A lot of people focus heavily on macro, policy and economic data to predict where an asset will move next.
But in seven years of trading, four of them full-time, I have never relied on news to justify an outcome. To me, most narratives are simply distractions. Stories used to convince people that price must do X before it can do Y.
$BTC often moves before the reason becomes obvious. By the time the macro environment shifts and the herd recognises it, Bitcoin has usually already made the move. Correlations are often delayed, which means you can understand the broader picture and still completely mistime the trade.
The market does not move because the majority understands it. The majority understands it because the market has already moved.
Consistency comes from observing what price is actually doing, structure, momentum and behaviour, not from allowing every new headline or data release to reshape your conviction.
The only thing that truly matters is observing PA for what it is, not searching for reasons to be bullish or bearish, but trading what is directly in front of you.
On July 27 at 23:01 UTC, SKHYNIX mark price dropped from $1,127.9 to $917.25. This print was based on an executed trade which was relayed by multiple independent data providers. The XYZ oracle was live in external pricing and tracking that venue, which serves as the primary Korean pre-market venue. The oracle system worked as intended according to its specification.
While the system performed as designed, users are understandably upset about liquidations that were triggered. Market integrity is among Trade[XYZ]'s core values, and we understand the trust of our users has been, and will continue to be, earned.
With these values in mind, we have decided to cover liquidation losses attributable to this anomaly. Eligibility requirements will be conveyed soon, and distributions are anticipated to be completed in the coming days. This is a one-time discretionary decision and is not a guarantee of similar future action.
Going forward, our pricing systems will be further improved to handle tail events. We are accelerating our review of how prices are formed, including revisiting assumptions on external venues, and taking into consideration the price formation which occurs on our own orderbooks, which carry increasingly meaningful depth and signal in relation to external sources.
We will share further information soon.