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The Supreme Court of Thailand has ruled that Bitcoin is considered property.
This ruling addresses a very practical issue: what exactly Bitcoin is legally regarded as.
Being classified as property means it can be inherited, divided in divorce, seized by courts, and included in bankruptcy asset pools. If not considered property, these procedures cannot be applied.
Thailand has been filling this gap over the past few years. In May this year, it issued regulations on the custody of seized digital assets, expanding the definition to "any property that can be stored in the same way."
This ruling by the Supreme Court has elevated the status.
By comparison, when the UK High Court handled a batch of 61,800 Bitcoins in October this year, under Chinese law, victims could not claim the appreciation in coin value. Chinese courts recognize virtual currency as property in criminal cases but do not acknowledge its currency status in civil cases.
The same issue receives different answers in different jurisdictions. People holding assets across borders need to know which set of rules they are under.
$BTC $ETH $SOL
#BTC现货ETF资金反复，市场买盘能否企稳？ This is why we must continuously track politicians' trading records! ✍️
Remember April 7? At that time, we noticed that U.S. Senator Fetterman bought Micron Technology ($MU), right around the stock's low point.
As of the original post, $MU has risen another 4% today, and the shares he bought at the end of March are reportedly up over 200%.
What’s even more noteworthy is that Fetterman’s Commerce Committee oversees matters including the CHIPS Act, and Micron reportedly received $6.165 billion in funding from this act, the largest amount in the program.
This trade is certainly eye-catching, but the timing alone does not prove insider trading.
Tracking public trading records is the best way to better understand politicians' investment behavior.
$BTC $NEAR
1. Current Core Contradiction
NEAR is currently priced between $4.6–4.7, with a circulating market cap of about $6 billion, ranking globally between 17th and 19th. It is still about 77% below its all-time high of $20.44 in 2022. The year-to-date increase exceeds 200%, but it has dropped about 9% in the last 30 days. After peaking at $5.97 in October, it retraced about 25% and is currently hovering near the 50-day moving average.
To sum up the current situation in one sentence: fundamentals are genuinely improving, marginal buying is weakening, and macro has shifted from rate cut expectations to rate hike pricing. The result of these three opposing forces means this is not a position to go all-in, but rather to accumulate in batches.
2. Macro: This round is not NEAR's own problem
First, the Federal Reserve turning hawkish is the key variable. The October meeting maintained the federal funds rate at 3.75%–4.00% with a 10:2 vote, two members advocated a 25bp hike, the statement upgraded the economy description to "strong expansion," and the chair refused to provide forward guidance. The market prices in over an 85% chance of a rate hike in December. Note this is a rate hike expectation, not a rate cut expectation, which directly suppresses valuations for high beta altcoins.
Aggressive entry points
Around 4.3: open long positions; add at 4.0, 3.8, and 3.5. Start with a small position, nominally 1% of the portfolio.
A safer approach is to enter below 4.0.
This article is a personal research share and does not constitute investment advice. #OKX百万规划师 $BTC The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 3.75%-4.00% at 2 AM Beijing time, but the vote was 10 to 2, with Cook and Hammack both wanting to raise by another 25 basis points. This hawkish tone is more noteworthy than the result itself.
Binance reported a trading volume of $126 million in that hour, the largest of the night, then it squeezed down to 81,788 by 4 AM, and now it's back to 80,970, with only a 0.4% increase in 24h.
$ETH also surged to 2,391 before pulling back, now at 2,347. The long-short ratio for ETH accounts remains at 3.15, BTC is at 1.86, and funding rates on both sides are around 0.0045%.
CoinGlass recorded a total liquidation of $200 million across the network in 24h as of 3:30 AM Beijing time, with shorts accounting for 66.9%. BTC liquidations were $65.17 million, nearly 80% of which were shorts.
My view is that this is another wave of shorts being squeezed up and then giving back the gains. Before the meeting, the market priced in over a 70% chance of a December rate hike. The two dissenting votes only make that more certain. I don't think we will see a one-sided move before the November 6 nonfarm payrolls.Before the earnings report, I kept adding positions from 350 down to 314, thinking it was the bottom. After the earnings report, it directly dropped to 285! Yesterday, I watched Wash's speech until after 3 o'clock, the hardware sector was all strong, and except for $NOK with a floating loss of 5%, my other hardware stocks returned to floating profits. Even $ORCL rose more than 12%, so I went to sleep without waiting for Google's earnings report. When I woke up and checked my phone, I saw Google had dropped 10%. At first, I was shocked—damn! A 4 trillion company can still drop like this? I lay back down to sleep, but while trying to sleep, I couldn't. After calmly thinking it over, I decided to add positions on the spot: 1. Buffett's holding cost is also around 300. 2. Google just released the world's strongest model, cloud growth is amazing, fundamentals haven't worsened, and the technology team is still top-tier and leading. 3. The weekly chart is oversold, breaking through the lower Bollinger Band; such an opportunity has only appeared 4 times in the past 2 years. My recent plan is to reduce AI hardware positions and increase holdings in big tech and crypto. I added positions directly at 292 and 291; my GOOG position is now 21%. Last night, I also reduced most of $META. The current market is undergoing panic punishment: capital expenditure, negative cash flow, debt, and share issuance. What used to be a cash cow is now a cash bear. What used to be buybacks is now share issuance. What used to be a treasury is now an IOU... Big tech, between buybacks and dividends, chose debt and share issuance, inevitably breaking the status quo of many years. Google and Meta are both in this category; the market's revaluation is reasonable.🔍 Seeing "cost basis composition support," my first reaction is: the average cost on the books—can it really become a defensive line where someone takes over the position? When I analyze this kind of clue, I’m most afraid of mistaking a statistical line for a buy wall. Don’t rush to conclusions.
PANews cited CryptoQuant analyst Darkfost, who said that Bitcoin $BTC short-term holders have been profitable on average for nearly two months, with an estimated cost basis of $76,500 and a current average profit margin of about 5.5%, down from a peak of 20% less than a month ago. He believes short-term holders may intervene near the cost basis to defend their entry price.
An interesting detail here: the narrowing profit is the data-based judgment he provides, but "someone will defend" is only a behavioral expectation. My view is that this position is worth observing, but the strength of the support has not yet been proven. Average cost does not equal everyone’s cost, and having unrealized gains doesn’t mean everyone is willing to keep holding.
Here’s my speculation: if the price approaches the cost line, some may add to their positions, while others may exit to break even. These two motivations are opposite, so just using "still profitable" to infer reliable support, I think the evidence is insufficient.
Next, I will watch for changes in short-term holders’ transfers and selling pressure when the price nears this line. Do you think they are more likely to defend the cost or exit to break even? Let’s watch the follow-up together and see whose speculation is closer.I'll first look at the odds: no matter how good the news is, if the price has already run ahead, it may not be worth chasing with excitement.
CryptoQuant data shows that publicly listed companies hold 1.3 million BTC, a 31% increase over 14 months, with Strategy accounting for 71% of the growth.
I think this doesn't yet qualify as widespread corporate entry; the increase is too concentrated to directly raise the odds of broad adoption. My guess is that if the number of new buyers increases, sustained demand will be more credible. I will watch the breadth of buyers and not treat a single large holder as representative of the entire industry.Microsoft rose nearly 3% after hours, Azure growth at 48%, I won't chase for now.
On Wednesday, US stock market closed with $MSFT around $531, almost flat.
After-hours earnings: revenue $92.3 billion, up 19% year-over-year, non-GAAP EPS 4.89, beating Wall Street consensus.
Azure revenue about $33.17 billion, up 48% year-over-year, Microsoft Cloud $63.9 billion, up 30%, backlog RPO reached $677 billion, up 73% year-over-year.
My view: the numbers look good, especially Azure disclosed in USD scale exceeding expectations, but free cash flow dropped about 27% year-over-year, indicating AI spending is still consuming cash.
Google fell nearly 10% after hours the same evening; the market is questioning "who can really monetize," not blindly lifting all cloud giants.
Watching without chasing the after-hours gap; if it holds above around 531, see if the gap can be digested; if it breaks below the pre-earnings low or near 526, consider this wave of sentiment invalid.
Do you believe Azure can maintain nearly 50% growth, or do you think AI spending will continue to pressure valuation?
$MSFT $GOOGL $AMZN
#USStockEarnings #Microsoft$GOOGLB has entered the oversold zone; a rebound and a bottom are two different things
$GOOGLB 24h -9.42%, current price 294.57. The 1-hour and 4-hour RSI are 19 and 26 respectively. Oversold conditions can trigger rebound demand, but a rebound only indicates a sharp drop, while a bottom requires the price to stop breaking the structure.
Volume does not support the trend: the current 1-hour trading volume is only 0.24 times the average volume of the previous 20 bars. Low volume can also move prices quickly, but sustainability must be proven by the next phase of the market. A single touch or a long candlestick is not enough to draw conclusions.
Looking back at the 24-hour range: low at 287.85, high at 327.65. The current price of 294.57’s position within this range directly affects the meaning of the same signal. Near the high, strength needs to prove it’s not a spike followed by a fall; near the low, a rebound needs to prove it’s not a continuation of the downtrend. The range is not a forecast target, but a way to check if the current narrative is hiding risks.
#GOOGLB$KORU: Today's price performance is very abnormal, unlike Hynix and Samsung stock prices which follow the decline but not the rise. The rebound is very small, not even 3 times, not even 1 time, but the decline is very large. It feels like either the quoting system has a problem or it is being manipulated It's been 18 days, and this group has moved again.
The October 9th incident of stealing Ledger users' data hasn't been resolved yet. The devices sold by Southeast Asian distributor CryptoBilis were tampered with, and Bitquery estimates a total multi-chain loss of $102 million. Ledger confirmed on the 11th that unauthorized hardware implants were found in the victims' devices.
On the 27th at around 2 PM UTC, those addresses acted again. They first split 1200 ETH into two new wallets, 600.1 each, then simultaneously funneled them into Tornado Cash, making 12 transactions in two and a half minutes, each 100 ETH, totaling $2.78 million.
It's been 18 days since the incident, yet the market surprisingly hasn't panicked. $ETH has even risen over two points in 24 hours, as the negative impact seems to have been dulled by previous fluctuations. But since the money went into the mixer, this case isn't truly closed. Whether $ETH can completely wash away the association with this stolen fund remains uncertain.
This kind of incident keeps happening repeatedly; if you use Ledger, check your firmware tonight.Scumbag observation: GOOGLE Google
A few days ago, while browsing X, the scumbag saw an opportunity to copy Buffett, so he checked Google's candlestick chart. The feeling at the time was that it seemed like it hadn't finished falling yet, so he placed a long order near the annual moving average.
This morning, he saw that the long order was executed and is currently slightly profitable.
Let's look at Google's Q3 earnings report. Google's extraordinary Q2 earnings report was supposed to be unsustainable (spcx listing brought nearly 100 billion in investment gains). In Q3, the investment gains on spcx overall showed an unrealized loss.
Looking at the main business growth falling short of expectations, this is quite normal, as AI usage has significantly reduced the demand for search, which lowers the chance of accidental clicks on search ads.
The good news is that the cloud business exceeded expectations To pour some cold water first, raising the collateral loan limit does not mean the market has an inevitable new buy order. Aave has increased the Bitcoin and Ether collateral loan limits for V3 and V4, where Core's WBTC and cbBTC borrowers can get about 11% more loan amount with the same collateral. I tend to see this as a capital efficiency tool rather than directly labeling it as positive for the coin price.
I have two concerns. First, the limit does not equal demand; whether users borrow more and what they use the loans for is not explained; if it's just swapping other debts, then I speculate the help for new buy orders might be limited. Second, efficiency improvements come at a cost: if the new limit is fully borrowed, the buffer against price drops shrinks. More debt on the same collateral means a thinner cushion, which is the calculation borrowers should focus on, rather than just getting excited about the extra limit.
Of course, the bullish view might also be correct. If we later see real borrowing demand increase and users generally do not max out their limits, I will acknowledge that this adjustment has a more positive significance than I initially expected. I'm not bullish for the sake of being bullish; I just don't want to translate "can borrow more" directly into "should rise"; going forward, I will watch loan usage and risk buffers, not just the limit numbers.Meta quietly shelled out $95 billion. $35 billion in additional issuance + $60 billion ATM, but only $12.5 billion will actually be received by October 2026, just 13%, and the $60 billion ATM contract hasn't even been signed yet.
$META has dropped 2.98% in 24 hours, while $QQQx rose 1.02% in the same period. Within the same sector, it is weakening against the trend, indicating that the tight funding situation seems more like Meta's own problem. $SPYx rose slightly by 0.36%, and the broader market did not collapse.
The $12.5 billion subscription shows the financing foundation hasn't fallen apart. If AI capital expenditure can truly translate into revenue growth, this situation can hold. But the uncertainty of the unsigned $60 billion is weighing down the valuation, and the short-term supply pressure has already been priced in by the market.
Do you know anyone holding Meta? What's their current mindset?$GOOGL This drop is really confusing: Google Cloud grew 103% year-over-year, yet the stock price fell sharply!
But breaking down the earnings report makes it clear:
📈 Cloud business revenue grew 103%, reaching $30.7 billion
📉 Total revenue slightly below market expectations
📉 Earnings per share also below expectations
💸 Free cash flow turned negative for the quarter, with huge investments in AI infrastructure
⚠️ Growth in search advertising business also failed to meet market expectations
Investors are not denying Google's AI strength, but are questioning: with so much money poured in, when will the returns truly materialize?
The market trades on future expectations, not just current growth. $BTC [ETH Volume Oscillation, The Real Signal Is to Wait and See]
ETH current price is $2352, up 0.4% in 24 hours, down 4.8% in 7 days. This is not a trend reversal, but more like a directional choice after a decline. My signal is clear: wait and see, don’t chase longs, and don’t rush to short.
Price is squeezed between support at 2277 and resistance at 2432, direction not yet chosen; volume is active, indicating funds are still in the market, but divergence is increasing; the Fear and Greed Index is 51, close to the weekly average of 50, sentiment is neutral, no momentum.
In reality, ETH demand is not purely narrative. Google is previewing a crypto custody security solution, with multiple financial institutions participating in testing, and Alphabet is also using Ethereum to protect digital assets. The first to be affected are institutional finance, custody service providers, and on-chain security teams. The business logic is clear: financial institutions are willing to pay to reduce asset operation risks. But this does not mean short-term funds immediately rush in; a 7-day drop of 4.8% remains, and before breaking resistance, institutional adoption cannot be mistaken for a bullish signal.
A true bullish turn looks for a volume breakout and firm hold above 2432; a bearish turn looks for effective loss of 2277. In the middle zone, patience is more important than direction.
What is your signal direction: long, short, or continue to wait?
$ETH $BTC $SOL
#10月FOMC利率决议即将公布 Anyone who has been in a relationship knows that arguing isn't scary; what's scary is when the other person suddenly stops arguing. They reply with just a "hmm." Isn't that strange? It's often at times like these that you should be most alert. Bitcoin is currently in this state. The Federal Reserve is holding steady this time, keeping interest rates at 3.75% to 4.00%. After the news came out, Bitcoin climbed back near $81,000. But what's even more noteworthy is another piece of data. According to Glassnode, Bitcoin's volatility has fallen back to its lowest level since 2023. Think about it: it's still far from the all-time high of $126,000, yet the price is getting quieter and quieter. Both bulls and bears don't want to make the first move, like two people in a cold war—whoever speaks first reveals their hand. I have three observations: First, low volatility doesn't mean no direction. Historically, when volatility drops very low, it often precedes a major directional move, though no one can predict which way in advance. Second, the macroeconomic situation hasn't fully settled yet. The interest rate hold is just the first step. The market is more concerned about officials' statements on inflation and the subsequent path, as well as whether GDP and PCE data will change the script. Third, $80,000 is the emotional watershed for this round. It just recently dipped below and then recovered, indicating some are buying in while others are waiting. So, what is least needed at this stage is getting overly excited. Those who cling stubbornly during a cooling-off period usually don't end well. Lighten your positions, reduce leverage, and save your bullets for the real directional move. There's a saying in relationships: silence isn't the end; it's gathering emotions. The market is the same. The above prices are as of October 28 and are for reference only Let's first do a straightforward calculation: publicly listed companies hold 1.3 million $BTC, a 31% increase over 14 months, with Strategy contributing 71% of the growth.
I think this is positive news, but it doesn't mean institutions are fully entering the market: the growth relies too heavily on one player. If it slows down its accumulation, new demand might weaken; this is my speculation.
I prefer to play it safe and first see if the accumulation spreads; I won't chase the hype based on this news alone. Are you looking for stability and waiting for more companies to follow, or are you willing to take the risk and bet on the big player continuing to increase holdings?Valued at 2 trillion, with 132 billion in cash, the security team was breached and wandered around within 12 hours.
Anthropic really submitted its Nasdaq IPO, stock code ANT. The prospectus looks good on paper: as of the end of June this year, 112.4 billion in cash plus 19.3 billion in short-term investments, totaling about 132 billion, and still holding 15 billion in undrawn revolving credit and up to 77 billion in arranged credit lines. Even more astonishing, the compute power long-term contracts have already exceeded 800 billion dollars, extending to 2045.
After the news broke, Broadcom, AMD, and Nvidia all rose nearly 3% that day. Bank of America led a 63 billion dollar financing round to supply Broadcom with XPU chips; the AI infrastructure arms race has never stopped. But look at stablecoins, with a total market cap just over 302 billion, shrinking 0.68% over 7 days, the crypto market remains unmoved.
Cathedral, founded by former DOGE members, penetrated the internal system within 12 hours through its bug bounty program, obtaining meeting records, payroll, and Slack messages. Anthropic itself admitted that sales, HR, and IT data were accessed, but Claude conversations and model weights were untouched.
A company with more money than it can spend, yet its security pants were stripped off by others in 12 hours. After going public, compliance is just getting started.
#AII believe this BTC correction is nearing its end.
As mentioned before, the buying range for ETH is between 2250-2400, and the lowest pullback reached 2280. Most of what needed to be bought has already been purchased.
$BTC only dropped as low as 79,000, and there’s still some left to buy. I’m preparing to buy it all when it dips again in November. However, the early November dip may not hit a new low.
This is a trading plan based on both price and time dimensions.
My general view is:
If there are no sudden negative shocks in the external market, the bottom price will basically remain stable.
Even if a sudden negative shock occurs and it dips further, I currently only see around 75,000.
There’s no need to be out of the market waiting for that dip. If the opportunity really comes, just add to the position.
Next, focus on when 85,000 will be broken.
This is the high point of the rebound around October 22, and also the B-wave rebound peak of this downtrend since September 22.
If this price can be broken, it should be the right-side confirmation that this downtrend has ended.
Let’s be patient and wait a bit longer.
$ETH has been oscillating widely for 68 days since breaking through 2300 on August 21, and the choice of direction is very close. As for me, I choose to look upward first.
Whether BTC or ETH, as long as it doesn’t break below the 200-day moving average, I choose to hold.Today, five projects emerged simultaneously, and certainty began to stratify, with stratification directly determining where the money should go.
TxFlow is the only one that has crossed into the "Confirmed" stage. Participation belongs to the transaction category, and the entry is still open now. This is not the same as filling out forms or following; it requires real money on-chain interaction. Conversely, precisely because it is costly, the filtered users are cleaner, and their future weight is usually higher. If you want to participate, first calculate the interaction frequency and the margin of fund safety.
The other four are still at the "Potential Clues" level. Fomo has raised about 94 million USD, the most prominent in this batch, using role acquisition, mainly consuming time rather than money. Beezie raised about 4 million USD to build a task reward platform interaction, and Flop Labs only requires filling out forms. These two are early layout probes, not to be taken as guaranteed returns.
The one to watch most closely is legend.trade. It has downgraded from "Confirmed" back to "Potential Clues," but its heat has actually increased. Downgrade in status and rise in heat—such divergence rarely happens without reason. The market is focused on its approximately 5 million USD fundraising background.
The volatility of BTC and ETH directly affects the actual cost of transaction-type tasks. The airdrop density in the SOL ecosystem has also always been high. When lying in wait, it’s better to keep mainstream asset positions on hand rather than going empty-handed and rushing in recklessly. Especially watch $BTC, as it is the anchor of interaction costs.
The fundraising amount is only a reference and does not equal an airdrop commitment. Before the stage leap, keep light positions, low frequency, and closely monitor task paths. My view first: ETH's current position is being propped up by contracts, while spot funds have actually been flowing out continuously. I have no confidence in how long this kind of support can last. These past two days, ETH is the most conflicted one I've been watching. On the contract side, about $46.5 million was liquidated in 24 hours, with over 70% being short positions. The shorts have been repeatedly wiped out. But on the ETF side, on 10/26 and 10/27 combined, there was a net outflow of $149 million. BlackRock's ETHA alone withdrew nearly $200 million, while Fidelity added a bit, but it didn't cover the outflow. The price is stuck in the middle, around 2,355, not moving at all. At 2 a.m. during the Fed announcement, I actually couldn't stay up, so I caught up in the morning. After the meeting, ETH surged past 2,390 once, but quickly came back down. Looking at the 1-hour chart, the price is grinding near the middle Bollinger Band, RSI just above 50, and MACD hugging the zero line. To put it bluntly, no one wants to make the first move. One thing I've been thinking about repeatedly is: who is providing the money when shorts are liquidated? It's not spot buyers. The ETF numbers for those two days are clear. So it must be the longs in the contracts. On OKX, the long-to-short ratio for ETH is now 2.38, compared to 2.24 24 hours ago—while shorts are being liquidated, retail longs are still increasing. Looking at open interest: on the evening of 10/28, ETH contract open interest dropped from around $1.9 billion to below $1.8 billion, but the price barely fell. My understanding is that part of this is shorts stopping out.The Federal Reserve did not raise interest rates early this morning, but the market is already betting on a rate hike in December 📅
According to CME FedWatch, after the announcement, the probability of a 25 basis point rate hike in December is about 87.5%, up from 81.4% before the result. Bets on Polymarket also rose from about 77% to 82%.
Chairman Powell said at the press conference that "tackling inflation is not about focusing on a specific date on the calendar," and also admitted that "price stability has not yet been achieved."
So the next key point is very close: tonight at 20:30 (Beijing time), the US will simultaneously release Q3 GDP and September PCE inflation data. Inflation data provider Truflation expects September PCE year-on-year at 3.6%, compared to 3.4% in August.
This morning at 08:37 (Beijing time), OKEx spot $BTC was about 81,184 USDT, up about 0.5% in 24 hours.
My understanding: the rate decision just postponed the suspense by one month; tonight's data will determine how fully priced December is. If PCE is hotter than expected, rate hike bets will be stronger, and assets like $BTC that fear high interest rates may take a hit first; if cooler, it might be a breather window.
For tonight's PCE, do you guess it will be above or below 3.6%?
Personal opinion, not investment adviceSamson Mow transferred out 2.5 $BTC, leaving a Liquid reserve shortfall of 600 coins
Sometimes in the $BTC community, what’s most worth paying attention to isn’t how much a whale buys, but the significance behind a small transfer.
According to provided information, JAN3 CEO Samson Mow sent a 2.5 BTC test transaction to the Liquid consortium wallet, reducing the reserve shortfall to 600 BTC.
To get to the point: this 2.5 $BTC is a test transaction and should not be directly interpreted as him replenishing a large amount of reserves at once.
But such actions are still worth noting because they involve reserve management and asset transfer verification within the Liquid ecosystem.
For Bitcoin-related networks, whether assets can be safely transferred, whether reserve information is transparent, and whether related mechanisms operate normally are far more important issues than simply calling for price increases.
Especially when market volatility intensifies and investor trust in trading platforms and custodians declines, reserve issues can easily become a market focus.
Of course, the reserve shortfall of 600 BTC means the matter is not completely resolved. The specific reserve status, shortfall calculation method, and subsequent replenishment arrangements all require further verification.
#10月FOMC利率决议即将公布 #SK海力士Q3营收首破100万亿韩元 #RobinhoodQ3营收增长，净利润下降 Four tubes, after the resolution all valves closed, resolution landed BTC ETF net inflow of 16.08 coins about 1.3 million, rebound momentum stopped for five days: out 7562, fill 1376, 2196, latest shrink 16.08; cumulative net inflow 723,700 coins, net value 107.359 billion. ETH continuously out 25909, 38048, latest inflow 1958 coins about 4.6 million, stopped bleeding but no rebound; cumulative 12.534 billion vs BTC 57.926 billion, channel narrow. SOL outflow or zero for five days, latest outflow 56274 coins, cumulative net outflow 771,300 coins, only ZEC has no ETF channel, heat relies on contracts and spot, wild temperament. This line sets the rhythm not the direction, waiting for tonight's GDP/PCE to make a move again, hands stop not rushing to run When I saw this message, the first thought in my mind wasn't "how much can it rise," but a question newcomers often ask me: Since you are optimistic about the price two years from now, why not just open a contract and hold it? Lao Ma wants to clarify this: being right about the destination doesn't mean you can endure the journey.
According to PANews quoting Cointelegraph, American real estate investor Grant Cardone proposed a $1 million bet to angel investor and Bitcoin critic Jason Calacanis, wagering that $BTC will reach or exceed $126,210.50 by October 28, 2028.
My judgment is that such a long-term target price has limited reference value for contract position management. The bet focuses on whether the target is met within the timeframe, but contracts have to face every fluctuation along the way; the higher the leverage, the less room there usually is for price reversals. These are not the same issue.
📌 Using the target price from the material as an example: if Bitcoin falls midway causing the long position margin to be insufficient and gets liquidated, and then later rises to $126,210.50, that position won't be there anymore. This is just a scenario analysis. A million-dollar bet also can't tell us how much principal to risk.
Newcomers often mistake "I believe in this target" for "my position can hold until the target." I prefer to first ask how much drawdown you can endure before discussing long-term predictions. If there's any part you still don't understand: why can a long-term bullish view still lead to an early exit from a long contract? Leave a comment about where you're stuck.Has Wall Street just changed its tune? The "scale difference" of ETF fund inflows is more worth watching than the direction
ETF data on October 21 did show a directional reversal, but when broken down, the structure is much more complex than "all three major coins turning positive simultaneously."
$BTC: $525 million in a single day, but this is not a "small inflow." In terms of volume, it is indeed the main force, but the outflow holes from the previous two weeks have not been fully filled yet. The net inflow over the past 7 days is about $513 million overall, indicating an improvement in fund absorption. If inflows rapidly decline in the following days, it suggests this is more of a one-time replenishment rather than a trend reversal to bullish.
$ETH: Turned positive, but internal differentiation is obvious
ETH ended five consecutive days of outflows, turning to a net inflow of $14.95 million. The products offset each other internally, so the quality of the overall positive net inflow is not high.
$SOL: A "positive" inflow at the $580,000 level, limited reference value
The net inflow for SOL spot ETFs on the day was only $585,300, which is almost negligible compared to SOL’s market cap and average daily trading volume. Among the "three major coins turning positive simultaneously," this tends to exaggerate the signal strength.
Regarding the Federal Reserve: Standing pat, but divergences are narrowing
"No change" itself is not incremental information; the direction of internal divergences is. If hawkish voices continue to grow, the rhythm of fund inflows into risk assets may be interrupted.
Rather than judging "breakthrough or pullback," it’s better to track two verifiable variables
This is only a market record and does not constitute investment advice.
#微软Azure增长43%，AI商业化能否提速？ ETF single-day net inflow of $111.5 million, marking the first positive turn after two consecutive days of outflows. Is capital quietly accumulating? First, the news. Capital side: latest single-day net inflow of $111.5 million (previous day net outflow of $32.6 million), 5-day net outflow of $28.7 million (slightly negative), 10-day net inflow of $308.2 million (continuing to expand). Price side: BTC at $80,948.4, 24h +0.49%, past week -4.25%; 20-day range from $79,220.1 to $84,899.6. Sentiment side: Fear & Greed Index rose from 48 to 51. Macro side: Dollar Index 102.43 (+0.10%), Gold 4,065.7 (+0.68%), S&P 500 7,722.6 (+0.60%). Next, looking at capital impact. The three metrics should be viewed separately: single-day positive means buying dominated that day; 5-day slight negative means capital basically flat over the past week; 10-day continued expansion means monthly capital is still flowing in. This short-term fluctuation with mid-term inflow structure usually indicates chip rotation rather than trend reversal. Implications for BTC: capital conditions have not worsened, just rotating amid fluctuations. The real warning would be a negative turn in the 10-day metric — currently +$308.2 million, still very safe. So this adjustment looks more like a weekly-level pullback rather than a new bear market. I will monitor four indicators next: first, whether single-day inflows can continue; second, whether the 5-day metric can turn positive; third, whether the 10-day metric continues to expand; fourth, whether BTC can hold above 【Crypto Circle Script】
#谷歌云业务增长82%，AI投入回报如何？
Google really seems a bit wronged here
They are investing in AI
Cloud business is also growing
But when the earnings report came out
The stock price slapped back immediately?
But thinking carefully
This matter is really not that simple
Cloud business growth
Sounds impressive indeed
But the problem is
The hotter AI gets, the more money Google has to pour in
Data centers need to be built
Chips need to be bought
Computing power must keep expanding
Revenue has gone up
But investments are also continuously increasing
What the market really worries about
Is not that Google can't make money now
But how much profit can be recovered in the future from all this money spent
What's more interesting is
AI brings new growth to Google on one hand
On the other hand, it might change the way search makes money
Previously, users searched for things
Google made money through ads
In the future, users will ask AI directly
Can ads still maintain their original monetization efficiency?
So the current AI market
Is no longer just about whose technology is better
It’s also about who can turn technology into profit
Who can maintain their cash flow while investing crazily
What do you think
Is Google's recent drop an overreaction by the market
Or has capital finally started seriously calculating the AI account?
$BTC 📉 Today, $BTC and ETH are generally consolidating sideways, with volatility even weaker than over the weekend. BTC has repeatedly tested the 80,000 level but was met with resistance and pulled back, indicating significant pressure at this level. It is not easy to firmly break above it in the short term.
💰 On October 26, Bitcoin spot ETFs saw a net inflow of $110.3 million, but this appears more like a phase of temporary inflow and cannot be directly interpreted as a bullish signal. Previously, on last Thursday and Friday combined, there was a net outflow of $774 million. Funds have yet to form a sustained net inflow, so ETF data should continue to be closely monitored.
⚠️ Ethereum’s funding situation is weaker: on October 26, spot ETFs had a net outflow of $88.6 million. It is clearly diverging from BTC; occasional net inflows are only a few million dollars, while outflows often reach tens or even hundreds of millions, indicating an overall "bleeding".
🧭 When market uncertainty is high, funds prefer to allocate to BTC rather than ETH or other high-risk assets. $ETH’s current trend is weak; only a genuine improvement in funding can strengthen its rebound; otherwise, any rise may remain lackluster. #10月FOMC利率决议即将公布 #SK海力士Q3营收首破100万亿韩元 Seeing this message, my first reaction was a bit discouraged: it turns out that even if the code can run, there are still so many hurdles before a protocol can truly survive. I've only been in the circle for a year, and I used to think "waiting for the mainnet launch" was much simpler 🤔
Diva Staking announced a gradual shutdown and will not launch the mainnet. The team said funds will be exhausted by mid-2024, after which three members will continue development without income or salary for about two and a half years, but ultimately it will be difficult to sustain. Early stakers who pre-deposited in the treasury can withdraw funds from Enzyme.
What I understand is that this is more like a sustainability alarm, and we can't directly conclude that the entire liquid staking sector is failing. According to the team, Hoodi ran for four months without faults but lacked major participants to help launch the mainnet: technical feasibility does not guarantee that launch resources will be in place. New audits and ongoing maintenance also require continuous funding; it’s not just handing in the homework on launch day and done.
I actually agree with their choice not to force it. Normal test runs don’t prove that complex protocols are free of vulnerabilities. However, AI makes vulnerabilities easier to find, which worries the team, but I can’t yet judge that audits have become unreliable based on this.
I still haven’t figured out how ordinary users can distinguish between "temporarily out of funds" and "no longer able to operate safely." I’d like to ask experienced project evaluators: when looking at such protocols, which public information best indicates whether the team has the capacity to continuously bear audit and maintenance costs?Next, keep an eye on these two things; they're more useful than watching the K-line
First, whether there will be a rate hike in December — some are already pushing for it in the decision-making, oil prices are still stuck above $100, and inflation isn't cooperating; second, the U.S. midterm elections on November 3rd, where WLFI and 1789 Capital, linked to the Trump family, are already stockpiling lawyers and lobbyists, fearing the Democrats might come back to investigate. Plus, when Mt.Gox will release the remaining batch of coins, and whether the November ETF funds can be renewed. CryptoQuant's bottom line is between 73,500 and 77,600. My view? Don't guess the direction; first, consider whether you can withstand a 20% fluctuation.Altcoins have no chance, money is flowing back into BTC
Today the fear and greed index is stuck in the neutral zone at 45–51, neither panicking nor excited. BTC market dominance is around 60%, leading altcoins by over 6 percentage points in the past 30 days: ETH -9.4%, SOL -10.6%, DOGE -12%, ADA -13%, LINK has dropped to around $11.5 looking for support, NEAR is holding at 4.3. Only XMR and BNB stubbornly turned positive again. PEPE surged 9%–13% last night following the chip stocks sentiment spike; this kind of pure sentiment bounce comes fast and goes even faster.$BNB Nasdaq bell ringing plus burning, such a big show, but it can't even hold 750.
It surged to 751 just briefly, then was pushed back down to 734.
The ceremony is a ceremony, the buying is buying. Everyone knows how much supply is pressing down from above; even a little heat turns into liquidity for selling.
No one is buying the spot; it's all propped up by contracts. This kind of stagnant market looks weak even at a glance.#谷歌云业务增长82%，AI投入回报如何？ "Google Cloud growth of 82%" actually refers to Q2 2026 data; the latest Q3 cloud business has grown by 103%, with revenue of $30.7 billion, operating profit of $11.1 billion, and an operating margin rising to 36.2%. AI investments on the cloud side have already started to pay off.
The quality of returns is not bad: cloud business growth significantly outpaces AWS and Azure, driven jointly by TPU external sales and AI infrastructure demand, with profitability improving faster than revenue growth. However, overall returns remain uneven: advertising revenue is below expectations, capital expenditures reach $51.4 billion, and free cash flow turns negative $9.1 billion, causing a sharp drop in after-hours stock price.
More precisely, Google's AI returns are "cloud validated, advertising lagging, cash flow under pressure." The next focus is whether cloud revenue can continue to cover depreciation and computing costs as capital expenditures rise in 2027, and whether AI search advertising can fill the advertising revenue gap.MicroStrategy (Strategy) launches "daily interest payment" Bitcoin stocks
Saylor has a new move: the special shareholders' meeting on the 28th preliminarily approved changing the four Bitcoin preferred stocks STRC, STRF, STRK, and STRD to daily interest calculation, including weekends and holidays. STRC will start on November 1, and the other three will follow on January 1 next year. The interest rates remain unchanged (STRC annualized 12%, STRF/STRD 10%, STRK 8%), but the "money flavor" is made to roll daily like a money market fund. Simply put, the goal is to package BTC as an "interest-bearing cash substitute"—the addiction is growing stronger.ETF has recovered some funds, but don't treat it as "true love"
On the 26th (Sunday's data), the spot BTC ETF had a net inflow of $110.3 million, all taken by BlackRock IBIT alone, with others at zero; on the 27th, another $176 million came in, with IBIT taking $151.5 million, totaling $286 million over two consecutive days. However, for the entire October, it still showed a slight net outflow (depending on different statistics, about -$170 million to -$26 million), with a single-day outflow of $635 million on October 22. Funds have flowed back, but it seems more like a cautious lick rather than a fierce rush.“Uptober” really crashed this year
It's quite awkward: Bitcoin has still dropped 4.2% this month as of the 25th (83600→80051), clearly about to close October in the red for the second consecutive year—between 2020 and 2024, October averaged about an 18% gain. CryptoQuant says the 30-day "apparent demand" has fallen to negative 76,000 BTC; since October 14th, new buyers have been absorbing coins slower than miners are producing them. Coinbase premium hasn't been positive all month, hitting -0.146 on the 24th, Americans aren't taking delivery, and pricing power has shifted back to Asia and offshore.DTCC launched its tokenization service yesterday. I translated the participant notice and feel the phrase "around the clock" should be taken with a grain of salt.
Among the first 20 signatories are JPMorgan, Citi, Fidelity, and Citadel. After securities become tokens, they can indeed be transferred day and night, even on weekends, but only between whitelisted wallets, and only on the Canton chain and DTCC's own private Besu network; other networks will have to wait until next year.
At first, I also thought this meant US stocks were on-chain and could be accessed anytime. But looking further, the exchange between original securities and tokens is only accepted Monday to Friday from 2 PM to 6 PM Eastern Time. Currently, that translates to 2 PM to 6 AM Beijing Time, with no service on weekends.
So if something happens over the weekend, tokens can be transferred within the whitelist, but to convert back to the original stocks, you have to wait until Monday. I also didn't find New York Mellon or Goldman Sachs on the whitelist.
From what I see, this step tokenizes securities rights held in DTC custody, but we're still far from retail investors being able to directly access on-chain US stocks. If someday the conversion step also operates 24/7 including weekends, then I'll admit I was premature. #美加稳定币监管推进，社区银行获邀入场 The Fed "holds steady," giving Bitcoin a breather
In the early morning, the Fed kept the interest rate at 3.75%–4.00%, with 10 votes in favor and 2 votes for a hike, basically in line with market expectations. BTC pulled back from around 80,000 to about 81,200 USD (+around 0.6%), ETH followed with a 1% rise. Don't rush to call a reversal—the price briefly fell below 84,000 before the decision, and it was only after short sellers were forced to cover about 110 million USD that the price was pushed back up; the entire market saw liquidations exceeding 167 million. This rebound, supported by a short squeeze, has a foundation thinner than paper.$BTC The Federal Reserve kept the interest rate unchanged at 3.75%–4% last night, but 2 out of 12 votes favored an immediate rate hike. Despite such a hawkish signal, BTC only fluctuated by 1.37% in the 6 hours following the decision.
In the past 14 rate decisions, the average volatility during the same period was 2.38%, with only one instance showing less movement than this time.
The leverage chart from last night also matched up: the highest surge was 1.16%, the lowest pullback was 0.21%, longs and shorts within 50x leverage are still active, while 100x shorts have already been liquidated.
The hawkish votes didn’t scare the price, but "no movement" doesn’t mean "safe"; tonight the US will release Q3 GDP.
Not investment advice | Data: OKX BTC-USDT 1-hour chart; Decision source: Federal Reserve statement #10月FOMC利率决议即将公布 I have a long position in $BTC with an average price of $83,030, no adding to the position, and no chasing in the middle of the range.
A) Holding above $82,007, the resistance above is the descending trendline at $83,946, which is still dropping; if it falls back below $80,849, it becomes invalid.
B) Breaking below the ascending trendline at $80,018 (which is still rising), the next level is $79,220; if it climbs back above $80,849, it becomes invalid.
The $81,051 level has been tested 13 times, held 6 times, broken 5 times, and no reaction 2 times.
In 46.8 hours, shorts liquidated $10.73 million, longs $4.64 million, indicating the shorts above have been swept once.
On October 29, there is the Federal Reserve rate decision and US PCE inflation data; I won’t guess the outcome, the price may not follow the usual pattern.
If it rebounds near $83,946, I will take half profits first and move the stop loss to the cost price of $83,030.
Which side do you lean towards? #OKXTraderVoices Two Fed members voted for a rate hike, yet BTC options volatility barely moved, this calmness looks a bit fake
The statement kept rates steady at 3.75%–4%, Cook and Hammack immediately wanted to raise by 25 basis points, and the CME December rate hike probability rose to about 82.6%.
Logically, a hawkish stance should have caused some jitter. But Deribit's DVOL basically stuck around 37.5 before and after the statement, Coinbase only rose 0.33% from the statement to evening, hovering roughly between 80600 and 81234 in the first hour.
Spot is still around 81200 now, with a 24h high of 81823 and low of 80397. The overnight candle didn’t widen either.
I think it looks more like "priced in long ago," not a sudden influx of buying. Volatility not rising and price not moving far means everyone is waiting for the next move, not rushing to take sides.
First, see if 81000 holds; if 1H closes below 80500, this "calm" act is over, then watch for a move down to 80000.
Do you think it’s truly digested, or will volatility explode a bit later?
$BTC
$ETH
#10月FOMC利率决议即将公布 The supply side of Bitcoin is shifting, but only halfway.
On October 26, exchanges saw a net inflow of 7,278 BTC, which flipped to a net outflow of 12,702 BTC on the 27th — a complete turnaround in one day. The 7-day net outflow was 4,633 BTC, and the 30-day net outflow was 4,048 BTC. Although there were 4 days of net inflows in the past 7 days, the overall trend has tilted toward withdrawing coins. With fewer coins on exchanges, there are naturally fewer spot assets available to sell.
Derivatives are not as optimistic. The funding rate is 0.00762%, higher than the 7-day and 30-day averages, indicating longs are still paying to maintain positions, reflecting a relatively hot sentiment. Open interest stands at $25.67 billion, up 0.56% over 7 days and 0.33% over 30 days, showing leverage has neither increased nor decreased. While spot is flowing out, the money on the contract side hasn’t left, showing a divergence in direction.
The key focus should be on long-term holders. SOPR dropped from 1.1657 to 1.0124, approaching the breakeven point of 1. This indicator measures the profit multiple when old coins are sold; the closer it is to 1, the thinner the selling of the most steadfast holdings. In other words, fewer people are willing to give up their old coins at this price level, pushing the psychological price higher.
Putting it all together, the outlook is neutral: supply improvement is a fact, and the high funding rate is also a fact, canceling each other out. The real signal will come when two things happen simultaneously — net outflows continuously expand, and the funding rate falls below the average. Until then, $BTC looks more like it’s sideways consolidating rather than preparing for a breakout.PEPE rose about 10% in the past 24 hours, with the nominal value of contract positions nearly 46% higher than the same hour yesterday, and the current fee rate at +0.01%.
At 08:46 on OKX, the spot price was 0.000005056, with a 24-hour trading volume of approximately $45.3 million. The nominal value of contract positions recorded at 07:00 was about $48.39 million, compared to about $33.17 million at 07:00 yesterday. The current price has pulled back about 3.5% from the 24-hour high of 0.0000052374.
My judgment is that the rise is accompanied by an expansion of open interest risk exposure, and next we need to see how these positions are digested. Since positions are measured by nominal value, price increases themselves will also raise this figure; it does not distinguish the long or short direction of new positions. The +0.01% fee rate alone cannot confirm crowding on the long side.
I am more focused on the close and open interest of the next full hour. If the price approaches 0.0000052374 again and open interest continues to increase, then we will see if the fee rate rises significantly; if the price falls back below 0.0000050 while open interest remains high, the leverage risk during the pullback will become more prominent.
$PEPE Robinhood closed at 91.43 the day after releasing its earnings report, down 3.3% from 94.56 the previous day. Since last April, this marks the seventh consecutive time the stock closed lower the day after earnings.
The opening was even worse, with a direct drop of 5.6%, opening at 89.23. It then gradually recovered, closing 2.5% higher than the opening price. The options bet on a roughly 10% move up or down, but the actual drop was only 3.3%, much smaller than the bet.
Both predictions in the outlook were correct. Earnings per share came in at 0.51, below the expected 0.555, and the stock also closed lower the next day. The 4 cents difference from my estimate of 0.55 was due to taxes; the unrealized loss on RVI didn’t offset the tax much.
Both 'No' bets won: the beat expectation averaged 18.4 cents, and the next day’s rise was 67 cents per share.Exhausted, the Federal Reserve's October interest rate decision is out, just as I said before: no rate hike in October, hike in December.
The rate remains unchanged at 3.75%-4%, with a 10:2 vote; Cook and Hammack voted against, requesting an additional 25 basis points hike. The Fed's statement: strong economic growth, stable unemployment rate, consumption still robust, but inflation remains high. Coupled with geopolitical uncertainties, they continue to stick to the 2% target. The overall tone is hawkish, indeed leaving room for a December hike, which the market has basically priced in.
The initial crypto reaction is very muted; Bitcoin is still oscillating above 80,000 (around 81,000), with leverage pressure unchanged. Short-term negative factors are exhausted, no need to worry too much, but the "hawkish overhang" in December plus midterm election results are the real variables ahead. As I always say: zero leverage, slowly accumulate spot, don't get shaken out by volatility. I originally planned to stay up late to trade crypto tonight, but BTC is behaving very calmly… $BTC $ETH $ZEC The oil pot has just been taken off the heat, yet the valve at the Strait of Hormuz is still being pressed down by a military boot—Brent at $109.74/barrel, WTI at $99.50/barrel, this ladle is far from a light broth. Iran's Supreme Leader has set conditions for a ceasefire, and warnings are coming from the Gulf direction; the kitchen is like it’s simultaneously on fire and ventilating: on one side skimming off diplomatic foam, on the other side guarding against military chili oil splashing the pot. This price level is not cheap fare; the broth still has oil floating on top. The market treats the “willingness to end the war” as a salt reduction, but Trump has yet to make a final decision, so shipping and energy security at Hormuz remain uncertain; shipping fees are like the food delivery channel—if the rhythm of serving the whole table is disrupted, supply disturbances are like the stove’s gas flame—if it flickers, all pots need to be re-seasoned. Whether oil prices can continue to fall depends on whether this broth is just skimming foam or changing the soup entirely. Geopolitical news is like extra spicy chili—adding a little enhances the aroma, but too much burns the stomach.
XMETA, this tokenized US stock offering, is not a lonely dessert. On the surface, it’s a tech main course, but underneath it’s drenched in macro oil sauce: high oil prices stoke inflation expectations and interest rate heat, and growth stock valuations fear the stove temperature fluctuating wildly; shipping and energy costs act like invisible thickeners, sticking to risk appetite. A drop in oil prices gives risk assets a spicy breath of relief, but with military risks still burning, safe-haven funds act like cold water poured on a hot pot—no matter how resilient XMETA is, it depends on the heat. On the menu, this dish’s top notes are a tech story, the mid-notes are the advertising cycle, and the base notes are interest rates and energy costs; a change in the oil price’s spiciness can suppress even the most fragrant top notes. The portfolio mix has always been: mainstream coins as the main course, altcoins as seasoning, and leveraged contracts as extra spicy chili—when the oil price ladle pours chili oil, no matter how fragrant the seasoning, it can’t cover up the stomach’s turmoil. XMETA’s linkage isn’t about watching a single headline dish, but whether the three pots of Hormuz valve, shipping fees, and inflation expectations are all stable simultaneously. Diplomatic hope is the foam skimmed off, military risk is the hidden fire; skimming off foam doesn’t mean the broth isn’t boiling. This pot of soup is still one fire short of clarity, and XMETA’s dish can only follow the stove’s temperament. #oilfallsamidiranrisks☀️ Uncle's Morning Report｜10.29 (Thursday) 🌍 Summary in one sentence: Microsoft Azure grew 48%, after-hours surged over 5%; Google Cloud grew 103%, but Alphabet fell due to profits falling far short of expectations. With similar AI bets, the market is starting to differentiate: growth is important, but whether growth can translate into profit is even more important. The Federal Reserve kept rates at 3.75%—4.00%, but with two dissenting votes advocating for a rate hike this time. The A-share market rebounded with volume yesterday; today’s test is not whether it can open higher, but whether it can continue to rise. 🪙 Crypto｜Consolidating near 81K, waiting for direction BTC around $81,290, ETH around $2,360 (pre-market reference prices). Uncle’s observation: The Fed decision is out, but that doesn’t mean macro risks are gone. Watch if it can hold above 82K; don’t mistake a rebound for a reversal. 🇺🇸 US Stock Market Overnight｜AI begins to face profit scrutiny Dow +0.19%, S&P +0.28%, Nasdaq +0.27%. Microsoft: Azure grew 48%, next quarter growth guidance continues to accelerate, after-hours surged over 5%. Alphabet: Revenue grew 25%, Google Cloud grew 103%, but EPS was $2.12, far below market expectations, stock price fell after hours. Uncle’s observation: Google Cloud grew 103%, yet the stock price still fell—the market isn’t disbelieving AI, but is starting to ask when investments will convert into profits and cash flow. Microsoft is being rewardedGoogle has released its earnings report, and the drop is unbearable to watch.
Earnings per share were 2.12, while Wall Street estimated 3.02. The miss was expected, but the surprise was how sharply the stock price fell.
On Wednesday, Google closed at 324.89, and after hours it dropped to a low of 287.57. By 8 PM Eastern Time, it was at 292.47, down 10%, breaking through the 6% drop that options had bet on.
In my outlook, I listed several numbers that could prove me wrong. Cloud revenue was 30.7 billion, surpassing the 30.5 billion threshold, and capital expenditures for 2026 did not increase further. Only the backlog was 561 billion, not reaching 650 billion. Most of the good numbers were there, yet the stock price still fell. Revenue was roughly as expected; the news cited the reasons as earnings per share missing estimates and spending being too high. The CFO also said capital expenditures will significantly increase in 2027.
What surprised me most was the orders on OKX perpetual contracts. I thought longs would close positions after the drop, but the long-to-short ratio rose from 6.3 last night to as high as 8.5 before 8 AM. Positions increased from 58,000 shares to 108,000 shares, nearly doubling—buying more as the price fell.
The No chosen for exceeding expectations won. The No chosen for the next day’s rise will have to wait until tonight’s US market close.
Alright, these are all my personal views and actual positions, not investment advice.