The options market is flashing a bullish signal again.
Two key sentiment indicators are moving in the same direction, and the shift is hard to ignore.
Both the put/call ratio for open interest and the ratio for traded volume have fallen below 1, placing them in the bottom third of their respective 2026 ranges.
Even more telling: there are now just 0.56 puts for every call in open interest.
In simple terms, call positions are significantly outweighing puts, pointing to a market increasingly tilted toward upside exposure.
When both ratios sit this low, it suggests bullish positioning is gaining

📉October 21 Midday Market Outlook📉
比特币观点：
$BTC Did you catch last night's rally, everyone? There were clear signs behind BTC's pump. BTC tested the 81309 support several times without breaking below it, and then hovered around 81309.
If it really wanted to drop, this support wouldn't be as solid as paper. Then it pumped and broke through the 82100 resistance. I entered a long after the break above 82100 because I like breakout trades and don't like guessing tops or bottoms from the left side; breakout trades offer greater certainty.
Why did I wait for a break above 82100 before

Take every last thing you can—pluck the feathers off a goose as it flies by, and leave a beast with nothing but its hide.
Even a lawyer would just shake their head at a question like yours, miss 🤦‍♂️

Germany allows direct crypto purchases via banking apps, Bitcoin and 4 alts included
Germany’s Sparkassen network has started rolling out crypto trading for retail customers through its banking app, initially at select member banks. The product, called “Krypto – powered by Deka,” is provided by DekaBank and integrated directly into the existing Sparkasse app. In the first phase, customers can trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Polygon, with a transaction fee set at €0.99 per order. No separate crypto exchange account is required — users can access the service within the investment sect

If Zou Shiming had married a wife like this, it’d be like making 200 million 🫣

Flare's FXRP was the first XRP spot market on Hyperliquid, which had offered XRP only as perpetual futures. By September, about 21M FXRP, 14.4% of supply, had moved to other chains through LayerZero.
@FlareNetworks

Financial advisors earning over one million in commissions—what level is that?
Financial advisors who resigned from Xinyi received text messages requesting commission repayment.
“Basically, the commission repayment exceeded one million per person; in Beijing, one financial advisor was even required to repay as much as ¥20 million.”

XRP’s 13-Week ETF Inflow Streak Ends as BTC and ETH Withdrawals Continue
US-listed XRP exchange-traded funds ended a 13-week inflow streak as investors withdrew nearly $576 million from four major cryptocurrency ETF categories.
Data from SoSoValue showed that XRP funds recorded $1.84 million in net outflows during the week ended Oct. 16, reversing the $11.31 million inflows registered a week earlier. The withdrawal ended the longest active weekly inflow streak among the four categories, removing the last source of positive flows as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana funds continued losing capital.

#SKHynixJumpsOver7%
SK Hynix Market Analysis: 952 USDT Current Price, AI Memory Demand, Key Levels, and Q3 Earnings Outlook
SK Hynix is one of the most important companies in the AI semiconductor industry. On October 21, 2026, investors are watching its price recovery, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) demand, semiconductor-sector sentiment, and upcoming third-quarter earnings.
The current reference price for this analysis is 952 USDT, as provided by the user. The USDT-denominated support and resistance levels below are approximate reference levels scaled from the earlier price snapshot, not indepe

#USIranMediationPressuresOil
🌍 US–Iran Mediation and Oil Prices: What Could Happen Next?
Geopolitical developments involving the US and Iran can influence global oil prices, particularly when traders are concerned about supply disruptions in the Middle East.
🔍 Three possible scenarios:
🟢 De-escalation: Reduced supply concerns could ease the geopolitical risk premium in oil prices.
🔴 Escalation: Greater disruption risks could push oil prices higher.
🟡 Uncertainty continues: Oil may remain volatile as markets react to new headlines.
What about Bitcoin? Higher oil prices can contribute to i

#GateRanks2ndIn30DayNetInflows
Gate Ranks Second Globally in 30-Day Net Inflows: A Powerful Signal of Market Activity and Growing Exchange Strength
The cryptocurrency industry is evolving rapidly, and the exchanges that attract sustained capital, support active trading, and continue improving their ecosystems are becoming increasingly important to the global digital asset market.
According to Odaily, citing DefiLlama data, Gate recorded more than $199 million in net inflows over the past 30 days, ranking second globally among centralized exchanges. This achievement highlights Gate's strong ma

#晒出我的持仓收益 $SCR Will it pump? Let's see tomorrow.👀

Anyone who has been trading for a while knows the pain of being trapped in a position—it wears you down the most. You toss and turn at night, always hoping for a rally to get back to breakeven.
Markets have their own rhythm of gains and losses; cling too tightly and you can get caught in a trap. $BTC
Deep underwater, you may wait for a big rally to get back to breakeven, but such opportunities are rare. Blindly adding to your position will only pull you deeper in. $ETH
A steadier approach is to manage your overall position size, trim in stages at resistance, and add small amounts at support,

Screenshot of the first-round winners in Dabao's livestream room

Even Dorgon probably wouldn’t dare take this job, huh?🤣

Always losing on contracts? Because you can't bear to miss any market move! I only trade three setups; stay flat otherwise
The hardest part of trading isn't understanding the market—it's accepting that some money isn't yours to make. Many people lose money not because they can't analyze, but because they want to catch every move, and end up completely out of sync.
I only trade three setups:
1. A confirmed retest after a breakout
After a trend move, price pulls back without breaking key structure, volume contracts, and it finds support and turns stronger. I wait for confirmation before entering