Why Are Traders More Likely to Underestimate Risk After a Winning Streak?

A winning streak is normally something to be happy about.

But in the trading market, getting several calls right in a row can quietly change the way someone makes decisions.

Some start increasing their position sizes, some loosen their stop-losses, and some think they have figured out how the market works. The risk has not disappeared; recent success has simply made it harder to see.

I. Why Can Profits Change Risk Perception?

1. Mistaking short-term success for long-term skill

Several consecutive profitable trades

Maneki_neko41 minutes ago

Why Are Institutions Starting to Reassess Bitcoin?

Recently, a contradiction in the Bitcoin market has emerged that warrants closer examination: ETF outflows continue, while large financial institutions have disclosed increased Bitcoin-related holdings. What does this mean?

First, let’s look at the flow data. As of November 10, 2026, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs had recorded cumulative net outflows of about $1.58B this month, with net outflows on 6 of the 7 settled trading days. But this does not mean all institutions are retreating.

According to third-quarter 13F filings disclosed on November 11

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RawlalGaib an hour ago

Let’s be fair, nothing is random and if you think this NVDA shenanigan was real, you’re a bum. Everything was already meant to be this way, but they needed a narrative to justify the selling. It’s the same every time an asset breaks structure they need a narrative to justify it.
As we know, crypto will always predict the future of any asset above it on the risk curve, because crypto dumps first, starting with altcoins, then Bitcoin, and eventually the domino effect moves forward into the stock market, the metals market, the bond market, and so on, until everything gets a reset and a new cycle

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WishForColdWeather an hour ago

Where Do DeFi’s High Yields Come From? Understanding the Source of Returns Matters More Than Chasing Numbers

In the DeFi world, you may see certain liquidity pools, lending protocols, or yield strategies offering quite high annualized yields.

But there is one question worth asking first:

Who exactly pays these returns, and what mechanism generates them?

If you cannot explain where the returns come from, it is difficult to determine whether they are sustainable.

I. Lending Interest: Returns Come from Borrowers’ Cost of Capital

In decentralized lending protocols, users can deposit assets a

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11.12 Achen ZEC Public Strategy
[Short Strategy] $ZEC
　　Entry range: around 1040-1070
　　Stop-loss: 1100
Take-profit levels
　　First target: 1032
　　Second target: 996
Trend target: 976
Long-term target: below 953

[Market Analysis]: The Bollinger Bands are opening and diverging downward. The larger time frame remains bearish, with no sign of convergence or reversal. The MACD lines are below the zero axis, with no golden-cross recovery pattern. Market depth shows a balance between longs and shorts, while heavy selling of major assets over the past five days has driven the

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WishForColdWeather an hour ago

What exactly are stablecoins? Why are they so important in the cryptocurrency world?

In the cryptocurrency market, the prices of BTC and ETH can fluctuate sharply over short periods, but one type of asset is designed to do the opposite: maintain a relatively stable price as much as possible.

It is called a stablecoin.

But there is one key point: price stability does not mean there is no risk.

I. What exactly is a stablecoin?

A stablecoin is a type of digital asset that attempts to peg its value to a reference asset. Common targets include the US dollar, though some are designed to be pegg

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AHeadOfBlackHair an hour ago

$NVDA #美国10月CPI全面超预期

Next week, Nvidia will report earnings. If investors can temporarily set aside concerns about CEO Jensen Huang and other related issues, Nvidia's results may offer the market more reason for optimism.
The importance of Nvidia's earnings report now goes beyond confirming whether GPU demand is strong. The market is looking for confirmation of three things: whether purchasing by cloud providers and neocloud companies will remain strong, whether supply and delivery of new products such as Blackwell can keep pace with demand, and whether the rapid growth in customer ca

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Mr.Ye'sSteadyRebalancing an hour ago

📉11.12 Midday Market Outlook📉

$BTC 观点：

$BTC This price action is truly awful—there’s no follow-through at all after even a slight rise. BTC rebounded and broke above 74000, but was held back by resistance at 74800 and failed to extend the rebound. It has now pulled back.

Everyone, look at how many times 74800, marked by the red arrow above, has been tested. I’ve lost count. BTC can’t extend its rebound without breaking through 74800, and there’s no positive news specifically for BTC from outside the market either, so BTC looks helpless, isolated, and indecisive.

After faili

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WishForColdWeather an hour ago

Does a well-known team, audited code, and an active community mean a project is reliable?

In the cryptocurrency market, when deciding whether a project is worth researching, many people first look at the team’s background, technical audits, and community size.

This information is indeed important, but none of it alone can prove that a project is reliable.

What truly warrants caution is treating any one seemingly positive signal as proof that the entire project is safe and sustainable.

1. A public team does not mean a project is necessarily trustworthy

Public team information can help outs

ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

What do you really own when you buy an NFT? The image, the copyright, or a record on the blockchain?

When many people first encounter NFTs, they understand them as digital images that can be purchased, collected, and resold.

But the core value of an NFT is not just the image itself; it lies in recording the ownership and transfer of a specific token through blockchain. The real question to clarify is: what rights do you actually obtain after purchasing an NFT?

I. Owning an NFT does not mean owning the copyright to the work

Purchasing an NFT usually means you gain control of that token on t

ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

What Exactly Are Wallet Seed Phrases and Private Keys, and Why Are They So Important?

In the Web3 world, creating a wallet is easy, but not everyone truly understands who controls it.

Many people know that seed phrases must not be disclosed, but may not be clear on how they differ from private keys or why a wallet can still be recovered after losing a phone.

To understand these questions, we first need to clarify three concepts.

I. What Is a Private Key?

A private key is secret information used for cryptographic signing. In many blockchain wallets, a private key can authorize transactions

ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

Connecting to a DApp Doesn’t Mean You’ve Completed an Operation: What Exactly Is a Web3 Wallet Authorizing?

In the Web3 world, a wallet is not only used to receive and send digital assets, but is also an important gateway for users to interact with decentralized applications (DApps).

You may have connected to DeFi platforms, NFT marketplaces, or on-chain games. Clicking “Connect Wallet” may seem like just a small step, but connecting, signing, and authorizing transactions are different actions.

I. Can an App Take Your Assets Just Because You Connected Your Wallet?

Normally, simply connecti

CryptoLegend26 minutes ago

#USAICStocksFallBroadly Over $1 Trillion Erased: Inside the Governance Crisis and National Security Storm Hammering U.S. AI Stocks

One of the sharpest governance and national security shocks in modern tech history is shaking Wall Street right now. Under #USAICStocksFallBroadly, institutional investors are rapidly pulling back from U.S. artificial intelligence equities following a major leadership crisis surrounding NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, escalating counterintelligence scrutiny involving China, and deep technical breakdowns across the charts.
This is far more than a routine tech pullback. It

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NorthStarAlphaan hour ago

#Gate直通IPO第三期Anthropic Big news in the AI world! Anthropic’s IPO is really happening this time, and Gate’s third round of direct IPO access is now open!

This is no ordinary project: Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has an indicative offering price of $70–78 per share and a fully diluted valuation of up to approximately $1.4 trillion. It plans to list on Nasdaq on November 19 under the ticker symbol ANT.

Even more striking, tech giants including Nvidia and Google have already taken part in a strategic investment arrangement worth $2.6 billion, drawing considerable market attention to th

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How badly would NVIDIA fall if Jensen Huang left? Forbes warns the AI industry could be hit hard—can

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MadRushesInTheCrypto an hour ago

Looks like the market opened high and fell today, so I sold first.
If it drops to around 2,500 on ChiNext, I'll keep buying!

ThisIsTranslateContent:Nanxun an hour ago

Hot wallets and cold wallets: how should you choose? How can you strike a balance between convenience and security?

When entering the Web3 world, many people first focus on what assets to buy, but often overlook a more fundamental question: where should those assets be stored?

Hot wallets and cold wallets are two common ways to manage digital assets. Their differences go beyond the devices themselves—they also concern how private keys are stored, how transactions are made, and what security responsibilities users must take on.

I. What is a hot wallet?

A hot wallet usually refers to a walle

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