How do you calculate a reasonable position size? Why should you set your stop-loss before deciding how much to buy?

In crypto trading, many people decide how much to buy first and only then consider where to place their stop-loss. This order can make it difficult to control position risk. A more reasonable approach is to first determine the maximum loss you are willing to take on a single trade, then calculate the position size based on the distance to your stop-loss.

First, set your risk budget. Suppose your account equity is 10,000 USDT and you plan to limit the risk on a single trade to 1

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Why Do You Need to Gain 100% to Break Even After Losing 50%? Uncovering the Asymmetry of Compounding

In cryptocurrency trading, many people focus only on how much they lose in a single trade, while overlooking how much it takes to recover their original capital after a loss. The relationship between account losses and gains is not simply symmetrical, and this is a mathematical principle that must be understood in long-term trading.

First, the loss percentage and the gain needed to break even are not equal.

Suppose an account starts with 10,000 USDT. After a 20% loss, 8,000 USDT remains. At

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South Korea's Semiconductor Rally Is Back — AI Demand Is the Real Story Behind the Rebound

South Korea's stock market is delivering a powerful recovery, with semiconductor companies once again taking center stage.

On November 10, the KOSPI opened 4.55% higher and was trading up 4.52% at 5,245.72 by 11:20 AM Seoul time. Samsung Electronics gained 5.11%, while SK Hynix advanced 6.78%. The sharp opening move even triggered a buy-side trading sidecar, highlighting just how quickly sentiment had changed.

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What Is a Transaction Cost Model? How Can Backtest Results Be Made More Realistic?

In cryptocurrency trading, some strategies deliver high returns in historical backtests but perform poorly once real capital is deployed. The problem may not lie in the strategy’s signals themselves, but in the backtest’s failure to adequately account for real-world trading costs. A transaction cost model incorporates these real-world factors to assess a strategy’s actual performance after costs.

First, what is a transaction cost model?

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Tonight's CPI Trading Discipline: YoY Data Unavailable, MoM Sets the Tone—Don't Make Decisions on the First 21:30 Candle

One final practical point. Tonight's CPI has a special structure: YoY data won't be released, making core MoM the only meaningful signal. This means market pricing at 21:30 will be highly concentrated around a single decimal point, and volatility could be sharper than usual.

In the first 15 minutes after the data release, market makers pull orders and order books thin out. A small number of orders can push prices to extreme levels before they quickly retrace. Most of the “

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$BE LONG SETUP — BULLS DEFENDING THE BREAKOUT!

$BE is up 12.58%, and buyers are holding strong after the explosive rally toward 200.10. Price is consolidating near 193, with another bullish push possible!

Entry: 193.30
SL: 189.50

TP1: 196.50
TP2: 200.10
TP3: 205.00
Final Target: 210.00

The sharp breakout shows strong buying pressure, while the recent consolidation around 191–196 suggests buyers are defending most of the gains. A clean break above 200.10 could open the door for another rally.

Invalidation: Sustained breakdown below 189.50.

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Today's CPI data is very crucial for the crypto market
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If CPI MoM comes lower than 0.3%, there could be a short squeeze

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The current recovery process may continue for a few more days or weeks; however, I believe one should be cautious about viewing this as the beginning of a sustained bull market.

In my assessment, the markets are entering a phase where geopolitical risks are being repriced. Investors are scaling back expectations of a prolonged conflict between the U.S. and Iran, unwinding some of the "geopolitical premium" previously baked into oil prices, and feeling more comfortable holding risk assets.

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$AAVE Current price: 127.05. The first resistance above is the Bollinger middle band at 131.28 (also MA20), while support below is the Bollinger lower band at 126.35. These two levels form this week's bull-bear dividing line. The current price is just $0.7 above the lower band, reflecting a weak structure hugging support.
Using this coin to illustrate a reusable chart-reading method: use the “moving average alignment + RSI position” to judge whether a trend is healthy. A healthy uptrend should see MA5 cross above and hold above MA20, with RSI staying above 50. But currently, $AAVE 's MA5=127.

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