What Is a Range Trading Strategy? Why Might It Be More Suitable in a Sideways Market, Yet Risky During a Strong Trend Breakout?
In cryptocurrency trading, prices do not always keep rising or falling. When the market lacks a clear direction and prices repeatedly fluctuate within a certain range, a range trading strategy may be useful. But once the price truly breaks out of the range, the original trading logic may quickly become invalid.
First, what is a range trading strategy?
Range trading involves identifying support and resistance zones where prices repeatedly fluctuate, looking for buying

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MarkSu 2 hours ago

Stock guru Warren Buffett bought several hundred billion dollars’ worth of Google at around 390. Now Google is at 288—ALL IN?
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anasta_maverkan hour ago

$AXTI SHORT SETUP — SELLERS STILL IN CONTROL!
$AXTI is down 12%, and the chart continues to show bearish pressure after a sharp rejection from 54.24.
Entry: 46.10
SL: 47.30
TP1: 45.30
TP2: 44.45
TP3: 43.50
Final Target: 42.00
The recent bounce looks weak, with sellers maintaining control below 47.30. Another rejection could push the price back toward 44.45, with further downside possible if that support breaks.
Invalidation: A sustained move above 47.30 weakens the bearish setup.

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CryptoMishuan hour ago

CFD Global Markets Airdrop: Share Rewards Worth 800,000 USDx and Earn Up to 31.1 SLVON https://www.gate.com/campaigns/6879?ch=9334&ref=VLARBF1YAG&ref_type=132

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AlphaLittleTreasure 2 hours ago

I recently made a small profit of 1771u trading futures. $ETH I’ll protect you forever. Speaking of which, I haven’t handled any RMB in ages. Today I exchanged the money I made trading futures for 10,000 yuan. It feels so nice to hold—like I got it for free 🫣 Next, I’m going to use the RMB to buy myself a gold necklace 😬

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BlackoutCryptoBoyan hour ago

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UQueen2 hours ago

If $ADA can get back into the ascending channel, we could see a push to the $0.25 area.

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LiuBang an hour ago

What is trade expectancy? Why does it reflect a strategy’s long-term profitability better than win rate alone?
In cryptocurrency trading, a high win rate does not necessarily mean making money, and a low win rate does not necessarily mean losing money. What really matters is how much profit or loss each trade generates on average when you consistently trade by the same rules. That is the core meaning of trade expectancy.
First, what is trade expectancy?
Trade expectancy (EV) is a metric that combines win rate, average profit, and average loss to estimate the long-term average result per trade.

CryptoMishu19 minutes ago

#USNonfarmPayrolls #ShareWeekly
US Nonfarm Payrolls is one of the most closely watched releases on the economic calendar, and with Friday's October jobs report approaching, markets are once again trying to price the Federal Reserve's next move. Bitcoin is trading near 80,490.4 USDT on Gate spot, up 4.12 percent over the last 24 hours, a gain of about 3,316.20 USDT from roughly 77,174.20 USDT a day earlier. 24-hour quote volume is about 1.11 billion USDT, which signals active participation. Gold (XAUUSD) is near 4,138.66 USD, up 78.50 USD or about 1.93 percent from its previous close of 4,060.

Rinoa16 minutes ago

Trading has been really tough this year, and everyone keeps telling me not to focus on just one direction. Sometimes I want to try a different approach and look at stock contracts, but there aren't many markets to choose from, the range of assets is fairly limited, and I have to keep switching platforms.
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$ARIA Was He Yi fucked from behind?

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Falcon_Officialan hour ago

🇺🇸 US Midterms Are Over — What Will Drive the Next Market Move?
Democrats have won both chambers of Congress, while Republicans retain the White House.
As election uncertainty eases, US stocks have rebounded, the dollar has weakened, and BTC has recovered from its initial dip. 📈
Now the focus shifts from politics to earnings and fundamentals.
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GateUser-bae3f83b 27 minutes ago

$AIN broke out from an 8 months resistance with insane buy volume
The Onchain flow is the fuel for this pump
24H Net Flow: +$2.22M 🟢
7D Net Flow: +$1.26M 🟢
Derivatives Data:
• Top Positions are Long (1.36)
• Retail is Short (0.49): 67% of retail accounts are shorting this breakout. They are trapped
• Spot Led Flow (0.3x): Spot volume is $13.37M vs $4.34M futures. This move is driven by real buyers, not just leverage.
4H Liquidations: Shorts- $40.7K vs Longs- $8.3K
The picture is clear: Retail is trying to fade an 8 month breakout while larger traders are positioned Long & spot buyers are d

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UQueenan hour ago

Crypto Treasury Stocks: mNAV and Dilution Impact on Value
A bigger Bitcoin or Ether treasury does not automatically translate into more crypto per share or a positive stock return. Strategy’s disclosures reveal why the specific valuation formula used matters.
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AChenBit 30 minutes ago

Review of yesterday's 11.4 ZEC long/short thesis (posted late)
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Yesterday morning's thesis failed to play out as expected, with no low-level range-bound trend. However, while reviewing the 11.3 thesis in the afternoon, I gave trading advice to recoup losses, and those gains were realized in the evening.
[Strategy review]:
Morning long/short thesis failed
Short entered at 1330, target around 1280 reached
Long entered at 1280, target around 1330 reached
[Current market]:
After spiking to 1352 yesterday, the price pulled back and formed a high-level range. Market depth sho

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ARiceLoverWhoLovesToEatRice.an hour ago

U.S. stocks rallied last night, but semiconductors were singled out and hammered😮‍💨
The S&P 500 rose 1.6%, while Micron $MU , SanDisk $SNDK , and Marvell all fell more than 7%, and Nvidia wasn't spared either
I think this sell-off needs to be viewed in the context of the U.S. midterm elections:
The Democrats won the Texas gubernatorial election, and the incoming governor had previously explicitly called for a pause on approvals for new data centers until stricter regulatory rules are introduced
This is a major shift:
In the past, AI chips were priced with an implicit assumption: tech giants

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FyPaymentMadeEasyan hour ago

11.5
BTC has risen nearly 6,000 this round. I imagine quite a few people got caught in losing positions. I’ve been calling for longs at 76,500 for days—do you still want to short?
Being stuck in a losing position isn’t scary; what’s scary is not knowing how high it could go. It’s been moving sideways around 80k without breaking below it. Honestly, the bulls are pretty strong this time. If you’re not too deep in the hole, let’s fight back!!!$BTC $ETH #BTC重返8万

FyPaymentMadeEasy2026-11-05 03:19:11

11.5
BTC retested 75600 yesterday to induce shorts
Staged a “Big V Tianlong” reversal, shooting straight up to 81000
Took out both longs and shorts, catching shorts at 76000 and longs at 80000
What’s the outlook for BTC today?
On the 4-hour chart, it tested the previous high of 82000 but failed to break through. Still, it’s holding firmly above 80000, and the pullback hasn’t been very strong. Bulls have the upper hand, so the strategy remains to buy dips
Go long at 78300–78800
Targets: 82000/83000
I’ve been telling everyone to enter longs at 76500, and now the results are clear. The bullish call and long execution have played out $BTC $ETH #BTC重返8万

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