Brutal market. Many have been there.
Losing 90% on memes hurts. But you’re far from alone. Cycles always wash out the excess. Memes go up fast. They fall even faster.
Moving into stablecoins after a heavy loss is often emotional, but it also protects you from deeper damage. Now the real question: how do you rebuild without repeating the same mistakes?
Chasing a 6x just to break even mental trap.
When the goal becomes “recover”, decisions get forced. The market owes you nothing. Think in probabilities, not revenge.
All-in on $SOL ?
Possible, but concentration = higher risk. Yes, SOL has outperformed before. But past performance guarantees nothing. Even strong projects can underperform in a cycle.
Diversify?
More stable approach. $BTC and $ETH remain the market base. Less explosive, but more resilient. Adding exposure to a strong L1 like SOL can make sense. What matters: clear allocation + risk management.
Simple framework (adapt to your profile):
➤ Strong base (BTC / ETH)
➤ Growth bet (SOL, #bnb , or another strong L1)
➤ Small speculative portion only (memes / narratives)
Waiting for -80% from ATH to enter?
Good logic on paper. But nobody times the exact bottom. Many use DCA entering gradually to reduce timing risk.
Key lessons from the 2025 cycle
➤ Narrative drives short term, not forever.
➤ Liquidity is king. When it dries up, everything drops.
➤ Memes are trading, not investing.
➤ Survival beats fast gains. Discipline wins across cycles.
➤ Risk management > token selection.
You’re not “an idiot”. You went through the phase almost everyone faces once.
The real difference now
Will you rebuild with a plan or with hope?
#educational_post
$BTC
Single most important number: +$10M Net Dealer Gamma Exposure at spot.
Why:
+$10M is effectively zero gamma.
Zero gamma = no dealer shock absorber.
No absorber = flows set direction, volatility extends faster.
Numbers:
Spot: $69,010
Gamma Flip: $69,660–$70,651
Max Gamma / Call Wall: $70,000 (+1.4%)
Put Wall: $65,000 (-5.8%)
Amplification: 1.02x
Squeeze Score: 61% (elevated)
Gamma expiring Feb 20: 14.4% (in 5 days)
Decision tree:
Above $69.6K and accepted: path opens to $70K test.
Rejection at $70K + loss of flip: downside can accelerate.
When gamma is near zero, price can move farther and faster than expected.
Price Leads Hash rate by ~1 Month
Most people treat hashrate as the cause.
The data says it’s mostly the effect.
Price sets miner revenue.
Revenue drives rig economics.
Rig economics drive deployment/shutdown decisions.
Hash rate adjusts with a lag.
Difficulty adjusts last.
Most important number:
-12.8% hashrate gap
(Actual: 901M TH/s vs price-implied: 1,033M TH/s)
What that means:
This is not “price running ahead of infrastructure.”
Price dropped sharply, and hashrate is still absorbing that shock through the lag structure.
Key numbers:
• Price → HR lead: ~30–34 days (cross-corr peak r≈0.196)
• Best regression lag: 34d
• Fit: R² 0.723 (lagged) vs 0.647 (contemporaneous), +11.7%
• Elasticity: +1% BTC price → +0.61% HR after ~34d
Granger: Price Granger-predicts HR at lags 2 and 5; HR does not robustly Granger-predict price
Core insight:
Actual hashrate is falling faster than the lagged-price model would imply.
Bottom line:
Price is the signal.
Hash rate is delayed confirmation.
First-principles view:
Bitcoin mining is a delayed, frictional feedback system: price shocks first, hashrate responds with inertia, and difficulty stabilizes block timing afterward.
$BTC – Levels I’m Watching Going Into Next Week
BTC is currently testing the weekly open.
If price continues to hold below the weekly open, the CME gap below (around the previous daily open) becomes the primary LTF objective.
One of my main plans from $66K was for price to sweep the external range highs, and that’s exactly the scenario Im gravitating towards. This remains my key area of interest for shorts.
If the weekly open is flipped into support, I expect a sweep of $71.5K.
From there, I’ll be watching for a deviation toward $73.8K (previous high of the 6-month range).
If momentum extends, there’s room for potential upside into $75K, where I may consider additional short adds.
I’ll be using fractionalized entries for this short plan.
That said, I’m not sizing heavily on shorts right now. Although the short term trend remains bearish and we’re technically still in a bear market, the HTF RR currently favors upside liquidity before a larger move down.
Once sufficient short liquidity is swept, I expect a move back toward $60K. This may take several weeks, possibly a month to develop.
Hope this helps you understand my plans.
This post is for information and education only and is not investment advice. Crypto assets are volatile and high risk. Do your own research.
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