RED ALERT: Commercial Traders Vs. Retail Traders – CoT

As of writing, 3/28/2019 there is an extreme balance in the Commitment of Traders. Using volume signatures, you can identify what traders are professional traders or retail traders. Currently leveraged funds are very short, while retailers are very long. In general, big money dictates the market. Market movers typically will try to gather liquidity from retailers by […]

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Fear and Greed – What Moves Markets?

Markets have become increasingly convoluted over time via trading algorithms, big hedge-funds, market makers, etc. However, the basis of all markets resides in human emotion. Patterns of psychological actions show up over and over again across all asset classes – not just bitcoin. Bubbles of irrationality form, and violent fear-fueled crashes collapse markets and punish emotional […]

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