ZEC surges 8.5%! Don’t rush to declare the bull market back—these 3 questions matter more
When the market suddenly makes a sharp move upward, some people are always ready to cheer, while others ask: Is this a genuine opportunity, or the familiar emotional roller coaster?
ZEC’s sudden 8.5% rise has brought privacy coins back into the spotlight. But in the face of a gain like this, the most worthwhile thing to do is not rush into the market, but first get clear on three questions.
First, who exactly is driving the rally?
Prices may rise because buying pressure is increasing, short-term capital i

#CBOEExtendsOptionsTradingHours
#CBOEExtendsOptionsTradingHours More Time to Trade, But Will Longer Hours Deliver Better Opportunities?
The U.S. options market has entered a new phase. Since October 19, 2026, Cboe has offered extended pre-market and post-market trading for selected single-stock and ETF options. As of October 21, the key question is no longer when the new sessions begin. It is how traders will use these additional windows to respond to earnings, economic releases and price moves that happen outside regular market hours.
**The new schedule changes the trading day**
Cboe Options

The SanDisk long position I opened around 1340 a couple of days ago is now in profit.
It’s already at 1394 in U.S. premarket trading, just a few dollars shy of the first target at 1400.
Looking back at the reasoning at the time: last week was the chip sector’s worst week since March. SanDisk plunged from 1600 to 1276 in five days, flushing out most of the leveraged longs who had chased the rally. My view then was that after a drop of that magnitude, a short-term rebound was due.
So far, it’s playing out pretty much as expected.
U.S. stocks closed at 1371 on Monday. The stock pulled back on Tue

DeFi lending vault deposits have grown from ~$4B at the start of 2025 to more than $10B by October 2026.
That’s 2.5x growth in roughly 21 months.
But the bigger story isn’t the capital entering these products. It’s the lending risk depositors are outsourcing in exchange for yield.
Crypto lending vaults typically offer 3–10% returns, while riskier strategies can exceed 20%.
That spread deserves scrutiny.
Here’s where I think the risk becomes more interesting.
» Curators are becoming the risk managers
Take @Morpho.
Its Vault V2 separates strategy from execution. Curators determine which markets

Before ending the stream, alert: go long at 4111! If you added to your position, reduce it and set your stop to breakeven! We'll keep going after dinner! 🎉💰 Gold could hit a turning point at any time—keep your stop at breakeven!

I don't think there's anything to argue about
Every trading system has its strengths and weaknesses
There is no perfect trading system, let alone a perfect trader
Call me a gambling degen or say it was just luck
But basically everyone who entered the space early around the same time as I did has lost everything—what bull run was there? Those who entered the space too early didn't believe Bitcoin could still be longed at $20,000
Entering Bitcoin at $20,000 and holding until now at over $80,000
A 4x increase, while I made 10,000x trading
Time will tell who was right

Ethereum’s weekly super bull run has already started at 2,313! On the 12-hour chart, Mercury is purple and the mythical institutional whales are red, signaling that Wall Street’s whales have openly entered the market on the 12-hour timeframe to pump prices! Come autumn, by 10.28, ETH will definitely hit $4,000! Trump will definitely announce positive news before the midterm elections on 11.3, such as peace between the U.S. and Iran, peace between Russia and Ukraine, the CLARITY Act passing in the lame-duck session, and no Fed rate hike! Korean retail traders are about to come pump the market!

Everyone, trust me, $PARTI will soon rise to 0.04800, and I'm preparing to go long with 10x leverage.
Take profit: 0.048000 Stop loss: 0.034000 Everyone, manage your risk. Enter between 0.037 and 0.038, and you can make a good profit soon. Who wants to open a long position with me? Not investment advice. Trade here 👉🏻 $PARTI

$BTC is approaching a key decision point.
Price has been grinding higher inside a rising channel, consistently printing higher highs and higher lows.
The upper boundary now lines up almost perfectly with the monthly open around $83.6k, while the $84k region right above also marks the previous intermediate timeframe high.
This creates a pretty heavy resistance cluster, especially considering that $84k is an area many traders are likely watching for shorts.
A rejection from this region could send price back towards $81.5k-$81.8k for another test of the lower part of the channel.
If buyers manage

Generative Bionics plans a 5,000 m² Physical AI Data Factory in Italy, combining real-world humanoid training, digital twins and AMD Helios computing.
The first of three planned facilities is targeted to open in Q4 2027.

Ethena's USDe supply on Monad rose 71.50% in the past 30 days to $121.67M, passing Agora's AUSD. USDe is now the second-largest stablecoin on Monad, behind only Circle's USDC at $224.97M.
@ethena

Stop-Loss Distance, Position Size, and Maximum Loss: How Do You Calculate the True Risk of a Trade?
When opening a position, many traders first consider three questions:
What is the price of BTC right now?
Is it more likely to rise or fall next?
What leverage should I use?
But there is another question that is more worth answering in advance than any of these:
If this trade is wrong, how much am I prepared to lose at most?
If you don't have a clear answer, then even if you know where to enter and where to place your stop-loss, you could still take on more loss than expected because your positi

U.S. stock trading is increasingly becoming “around-the-clock”! CBOE extends options trading hours—what signal lies behind it?
If U.S. stock trading used to be like a shop that closed on schedule, some options businesses are now trying to extend their opening hours.
On October 19, CBOE’s C1 exchange added pre-market and after-hours trading sessions for options on select individual stocks and ETFs. This is not just a change to the trading clock; it also reflects global investors’ demand for flexible trading and risk management.
I. Why are exchanges seeking more trading hours?
Markets have long

Starbucks: “You must make a purchase to sit” starting October 22.
Freelancers across the city have turned the stores into free offices, leaving those who actually spend money with nowhere to sit.
The last refuge for office workers is gone. They might as well hang a sign at the entrance: These seats are for paying customers only.

What AI may be short on most right now isn’t chips—it’s power outlets🔌
Business Insider: Some of AWS’s Nvidia GB300 racks are sitting in warehouses because the data centers have space, but the power isn’t ready yet (Amazon says this is a normal phased rollout).
The FT also reported that Amazon is in talks to put about $8 billion worth of Nvidia chips into a special-purpose company, then lease them back.
In plain English: They got the chips, but not the power; they spent the money, but want to keep it off the books.
The Zuozuo household also has a box of stuff we bought and never unpacked—just

At this moment, are you still questioning Cao Cao?

October 21 Evening Strategy Plan, Ranked by Priority, for Followers Only
October 21 evening strategy plan.
I. Highest priority: Buy the pullback
Entry range: 2437–2442
Take profit: 2465
II. Second priority: Buy the breakout
Entry reference: 2466–2471
Take profit: 2480
III. Third priority: Short after a failed rally
Entry reference: 2448–2452, confirm the reversal first
Take profit: 2437
IV. Fourth priority: Short the breakdown retest
Trigger condition: A valid 15-minute breakdown below 2424, with the rebound failing to reclaim the level
Entry reference: 2420–2425
Take profit: