What Is Open Interest (OI), and How Can It Help Us Track Changes in Market Leverage?

In crypto derivatives markets, rising prices do not necessarily mean market risk is falling, and falling prices do not necessarily mean all traders are exiting. In addition to price and trading volume, open interest (OI) is also an important indicator for analyzing market structure.

First, what is OI?

OI refers to the number of contracts, or their corresponding value, that have not yet been closed out or settled at expiry. It reflects the contract exposure that still exists, but is not directly equivalent t

#KoreanStocksJumpOver5% $SKHYNIX $SAMSUNG
Korean Stocks Jump Over 5%: Is the Semiconductor Recovery Real?

A sharp rebound in South Korean stocks has brought semiconductor companies back into focus. The KOSPI climbed more than 5% intraday on November 10, with Samsung Electronics gaining around 5.6% and SK Hynix rising more than 8%.

After last week's heavy selling, this move looks impressive. But I think investors should separate two different developments: a recovery in market sentiment and a genuine improvement in the business outlook for semiconductor companies.

They can happen together,

$SNDK Sandisk's long-to-short ratio is terrifying, with a tenfold difference. I bought the dip—isn't it easy for it to get back above 1000?😎

$GOOGL Downside momentum has waned, and a high-probability long signal has emerged. Adding to long positions. #美国10月CPI即将公布 #作手分析

I only make one or two trades a day. Sometimes, if I miss the move, I’ll just take a quick scalp for around 10 points. (My scalping is different from that of some so-called genius traders: opening gambling-style positions, doubling down after losses, holding losing positions through tens of points just to make 0.x or one or two points.)
I won’t say more. A single trade can easily bring in more points than some traders who get liquidated make in a hard day’s work.
Think independently and distinguish right from wrong. Don’t be exit liquidity. $XAUUSD

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I threw up all night
Then I think, I'm 30 now
Still staying up late every day
I lost the drinking stamina I used to have long ago
Feeling awful, wanna cry

#BTC Yesterday, the livestream called for:
Going long on BTC around 73853, entering near the low and successfully taking profit
Going long on SNDK around 808, which rebounded to around 905 at its peak, and successfully taking profit
During the overnight session, it called for:
Going long on ETH around 2108, also entering near the low; the position is currently in profit

**$KIMCHI /USDT Perp – "Continued Sell-off – Short"**
Trading Plan Short $KIMCHI
Entry: 0.002157
SL: 0.002230
TP1: 0.002141
TP2: 0.002100
KIMCHI is down -12.57% and printing new local lows. MACD remains bearish; targeting a continuation below the 0.002156 recent low.

What Is the Long-Short Ratio? Why Can Prices Still Fall When There Are More Longs?

In the crypto futures market, many traders watch the Long-Short Ratio to gauge market sentiment. When data shows significantly more longs than shorts, some believe prices should rise. In practice, however, this is not necessarily the case, because the Long-Short Ratio reflects the distribution of positions under a specific statistical methodology, not the certain direction of future prices.

First, what is the Long-Short Ratio?

The Long-Short Ratio is generally used to compare the number of long and short acco

Microsoft has launched the Technical Adoption Program (TAP) for Windows Server, inviting enterprise customers to try unreleased features early in lab or test environments and provide feedback directly. This shifts from the previous approach, which relied mainly on Insider previews and assessed compatibility and operational impact only after release.

For enterprises running mission-critical workloads, identifying compatibility and performance issues during testing rather than stumbling upon them after deployment is a more practical approach.

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There’s no clear direction yet, so don’t place trades lightly

#Anthropic启动纳斯达克IPO路演 For this IPO roadshow, I’m more inclined to see it as the starting point for a repricing. For now, though, it looks more like a cooling of lofty valuations than a completed revaluation.

Why call it the starting point for a repricing?
Valuation has been slashed: A few months ago, people were still talking about $2 trillion; now some investors have pushed it down to $1.1 trillion–$1.3 trillion.
The pricing logic is changing: The market is no longer looking only at revenue growth, but is starting to price in computing bills and earnings stability.
The IPO price has industry

MARA Sells 13,597 Bitcoin, Repays $750M Debt
MARA Holdings has announced a new $500 million stock buyback authorization. The move comes as two planned data center leases face a possible delay into 2027.
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Don’t be fooled by Anthropic’s $26 billion “top-tier endorsement”—this isn’t suppliers scrambling to buy equity. It’s an extraordinarily well-engineered consortium cash-out insurance policy.

According to details from the S-1 recently disclosed by CNBC, seven chip and cloud giants—Google, NVIDIA, AMD, Broadcom, Micron, Microsoft, and TSMC—will subscribe for $26 billion worth of Anthropic private shares at the IPO price.

At first glance, it looks like this group of hardware giants is putting real money behind Anthropic’s future. But flip through the ledger on the other side of the deal, and th

$SNDK Don't be fooled by hourly “bear traps.”

The daily chart carries more weight than the hourly chart. Yesterday's full-bodied daily candle, with almost no upper wick, shows that bullish momentum is very strong.

I am absolutely, definitely, and unequivocally certain that the rally will continue. $900 will definitely be broken today, and $1,050 will be reclaimed this week...