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Three Ways to Live Off Your Bitcoin — And the Math That Tells You Which One Wins
Sell, borrow, or borrow-and-buy more? Three strategies with real numbers, stress-tested against the Bitcoin Power Law.
Backtesting Arena – A New Platform for Systematic Trading
Backtesting Arena (tradingstrategies.work) is a newly launched SaaS platform that lets traders and investors systematically test, compare and live-monitor trading strategies – across five asset classes: stocks, ETFs, commodities, forex and cryptocurrencies.
When RSI Drops Below 30 on Bitcoin — What 29 Signals Since 2015 Actually Tell Us
"RSI below 30 means oversold" is one of the most repeated phrases in trading education. The implied promise: when it triggers, a bounce is coming. Buy the dip.
The STRC Machine — How Saylor Turned the Bear Market Into a Bitcoin Accumulation Engine
There's a phrase you hear in every Bitcoin bear market: "wait for the forced sellers." Leveraged treasury companies, miners bleeding cash, funds facing redemptions — the theory says a prolonged downturn eventually flushes out the weak hands and marks the bottom.
Why We Currently Use Binance Data Only — And What That Has to Do With Honest Backtesting
MEXC lists 3,000 coins, Binance 'only' 400. We still deliberately use Binance data exclusively. The reason is simple: a backtest is only as good as its price history. Here's why data quality beats coin count.
We Built the Bitcoin Cycle Indicator From the Last Post — Here's What the Data Showed
In the last post we argued that adaptive normalization and institutional dampening are the future of cycle indicators. Then we built exactly one — and tested it honestly. The results forced us to reposition the indicator.
Most crypto traders ask the wrong question about altcoins
Most crypto traders ask the wrong question. Not "which altcoin should I buy?" — but "is it even altcoin season right now?" Buy the best altcoin at the wrong time and you'll still lose to someone who just held Bitcoin. Timing the market regime matters more than picking the right token.
Why building a Bitcoin top/bottom indicator is harder than it looks
Everyone wants a reliable Bitcoin cycle indicator. Buy near the bottom, sell near the top. Simple concept. Surprisingly hard to build well. Here's what we learned trying to build one — and why the classic approaches are becoming less reliable with every cycle.
50% of Solana DEX volume isn't real trading
Solana is one of the fastest, cheapest blockchains for trading. High throughput, near-zero fees, dozens of active DEXs. On paper, it looks like a trader's paradise.
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