Thoughts...
There’s an inversion that defines most traders.
When they’re in the zone, they play small. When they’re cold, they play big.
The exact moments that deserve aggression are met with caution, and the ones that demand restraint turn manic.
The zone is not luck.
It’s a temporary alignment where instinct, timing, and execution move as one.
The conscious layer....the part that usually interferes, doubts, or tries to control, finally shuts up.
You stop negotiating with your own mind. Everything you touch feels fluid. Every read lands. It doesn’t last long, and that’s exactly why it matters.
That window is when you press.
You stay in the chair.
When your state is right, the market bends in your favor.
You can’t simulate that alignment, you can only recognize it and squeeze it.
Those runs are rare, and they’re what make the year.
Then there’s the other side.
The cold streak.
The stretch where judgment is off, reaction time is slow, and emotion starts leaking into every decision.
Most traders, instead of stepping back, do the opposite.
They press harder.
They start chasing entries, forcing ideas, and trying to make it all back fast, as if the game were ending tomorrow.
That rush to recover is what deepens the hole.
Trading doesn’t end.
It’s a game of infinite rounds.
You don’t need to earn it back in the same week or even the same month.
You just need to be around when alignment returns.
The trader who learns to protect energy during the cold streak ends up with more to press when the zone reappears.
Do not undervalue the zone. Do not overfund the cold streak.
@TheWhiteWhaleHL@terencesflam Value creation isn’t zero sum. A cobbler who makes shoes has added wealth to the world without taking it from anyone. It’s new value entering the system.
$$ as a medium is just to exchange that value, but the total amount of wealth can grow without being pvp.
@TheWhiteWhaleHL@terencesflam Value creation isn’t zero sum. A cobbler who makes shoes has added wealth to the world without taking it from anyone. It’s new value entering the system.
$$ as a medium is just to exchange that value, but the total amount of wealth can grow without being pvp.
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so let's say the trenches on SOL were completely cooked, what happens next? 🤔
the money has to flow somewhere
the question is, where does it go?
to start, I don't think SOL memecoins are completely dead, and it has solidified itself as "the casino" even with all the mass extraction recently
but for the sake of playing both sides, WHAT IF Solana is done?
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1) NFTs
there wasn't really true buyer demand for new projects on Abstract or Berachain, so buying secondary on new projects still isn't the move due to high selling pressure
there is an issue buying established NFTs, many of which have already deployed tokens and are also down 90%, while Opensea just launched Blur v2 to incentivize farming (we all know how Blur went)
what is it going to take for the masses to actually come back and make NFTs worth holding again?
I know many people are waiting for NFTs to come back, not sure where they go from here
2) memecoins on BNB or AVAX
there were two really solid presales on AVAX which did insanely well, assuming due to support from AVAX
for some reason BNB doesn't want to support memecoins on their chain, having listed all 3 $BROCCOLI tokens on Binance alpha
the issue here is, there is still a lack of inflows into BNB or AVAX compared to SOL (according to Debridge), but not saying that can't shift if more opportunity pops up
we saw Tron try to push memecoins 4 months ago, but it was shortlived and only last about a month
with that said, I'll be keeping an eye on other chains, especially AVAX
3) AI Tokens
I think this is likely where most of the money will flow in terms of alts, and we saw the first life of this on SOL when there was a full on AI bull run
two of the top AI infra tokens on SOL, $ARC and $AI16Z, are still holding relatively well and I can see tokens with stacked Githubs and devs continuing to grow over time
this falls under the category of "betting on AI tech in crypto" and I don't consider these memecoins at all
the best tech will catch bids, and all the larp shit won't
4) Bitcoin
BTC dominance has been crushing it this cycle, while ETH has underperformed and SOL has been a mass extraction casino
I think people have gotten rinsed so hard that many are just saying "well I'll just hold the one crypto asset which is relatively safe"
we haven't even really seen much of an altcoin run in the past year, with most alts just bleeding
is this the first cycle where we don't get a real alt season because there are too many tokens and not enough liquidity?
I doubt that's the case, but there is definitely fatigue in the market and people may just be choosing to stack Bitcoin
overall, from my perspective this cycle has been great because I was heavily invested into SOL and managed to make some insane trades in the trenches over the past year
with that being said, I understand how extractive SOL has been and that the culture has diminished over the past few months
I still think memecoins on SOL will continue to provide opportunity, but I also think people have become burnt out from the fact that you can't hold anything for more than 2 seconds anymore
every cycle we have these moment where people say "it's over" but I don't think it's over... yet
I hope you all enjoyed this write up, let me know what your thoughts are ⬇️
is the bull market finally over? is SOL dead? are memecoins dead?
I gave my full thoughts in this video
my main takeaways are:
1) the people who give up now will not "make it"
2) I will keep grinding and looking for opportunities per usual
3) if you want to get rich in crypto, you have to learn to deal with these down turns
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