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A few days ago, I was still thinking about how to make a graceful exit, but this morning it sent me straight into profit. While everyone else was running, $FOLKS moved sideways above 1.972. It looked to me like a high-level stall, with selling pressure far from weak and pitifully low volume. When an asset rises without anyone taking the other side, I directly flagged a short. This morning, I saw 1.804—+412.71% secured. The sleepless nights paid off.
Close 80% and take the profits, move the stop-loss on the remaining 20% to the entry price, and let it run if it keeps falling; even if it rebound

AI server demand tightens MLCC supply: high-end server capacitors now see multi-month lead times, with some over 5 months and specific products pushed to 30–40 weeks. $MLCC (tech hardware supply signal)

I have to admit, my trading is really terrible—I held through a 300-point move, then cut my losses on half the position at a high.

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$XAG USD BUY SETUP
Entry Zone: 65.00 – 65.15
Stop Loss: 64.53
Targets: 65.60 • 66.00 • 66.58
Silver is reacting from a strong demand zone with bullish structure in focus. Looking for bullish rejection

📊 8.18 Review
Bitcoin 64,317 strengthens
Support 63,500, resistance 65,500
A break and hold above it targets 66,800
Ethereum 1,902, hold 1,850
SNDK 1,711 consolidating strongly
Support 1,650, resistance 1,750
Semiconductors pull back, SOXL plunges 9%
Re-enter after Micron, SK Hynix, and others stabilize
Gold 4,397, range-bound with an upward bias
Support 4,350, resistance 4,440
Silver 65.1, hold 64
Crude oil 84 strengthens
Korean ETFs plunge 12%; reduce leveraged positions.
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$KORU /USDT Perp – "Capitulation Breakdown – Short"**
**Trading Plan Short $KORU
Entry: 20.15 – 20.30
SL: 20.60
TP1: 19.80
TP2: 19.55
KORU is down -14.54% at 20.046, crushed below EMA30 (20.757). MACD is heavily negative. The 21.216 yellow line is the sell zone. TP targets the 19.772 low.
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On August 18, spot gold’s overall daily trend moved lower in a range-bound manner, perfectly matching the morning expectations, falling from 4439 to 4390, with a peak range of around 50 points.
$XAU Mingyuan 8/18 evening: Short around 4410-4435, targeting
4370-4335.

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The AI market has already moved far beyond the original chatbot boom. Businesses are increasingly integrating advanced models into software development, research, data analysis, customer service, automation, knowledge management and everyday product

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I wasn’t watching the market or even thinking about it—it was jumping on its own, like it was working overtime for me. I opened the charts this morning and saw $ACE hold after the pullback, with funds quietly moving in. The order I placed a few days ago was filled directly, and the entry was beautiful.
Entered at 0.1751, current price 0.1987, +327.94% in hand—straight to the moon. Feeling good, brothers; this profit tastes great.
Take profit on 80% first, and move the stop-loss on the remaining 20% to the entry price and let it keep running. Don’t get greedy for the last bite. Putting risk con

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$POL is showing a setup worth watching closely 👀
On the daily chart, price appears to be breaking above a multi-month symmetrical triangle after weeks of compression.
The key now is whether $POL can hold the breakout zone around $0.077–$0.078.
If buyers defend this area, the next levels I’m watching are:
🎯 $0.082
🎯 $0.085
🎯 $0.090
A move back inside the triangle would weaken the setup, so confirmation matters more than chasing the first candle.
Compression is ending. Now $POL needs follow-through
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$ACE Seeing a bunch of people with empty hearts all die. What a bunch of geniuses—drag them all down together. Just take it to 0.34 and wipe out all the bears.

#GateDebutsMOUTAIAnd9OtherA-Shares
Gate is bringing 10 popular A-shares into the crypto trading ecosystem.
But what caught my attention is not just the addition of Moutai, China Shenhua, Yangtze Power, and other major Chinese stocks.
It’s the shift in how investors can access traditional equities through crypto-native trading infrastructure.
One development stands out:
⚡ A-Share Perpetual Contracts
Starting August 18 at 14:00 (UTC+8), Gate launched USDT-settled perpetual contracts for 10 A-share names.
The list includes:
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