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Markets Are Stuck In a Range, What Is Going On?

Abstrac Regardless of the US bond default, it is expected to have a negative impact on the financial market. The cryptocurrency market may not experience a comprehensive bull market even with safe-haven demand. Focus should be placed on BTC’s hedging…

Can Bitcoin Breakthrough $30,000?

Pionex Research  05.08 – 05.15 Abstract Bank failures and Trade-Fi black swan events present short-term opportunities for cryptocurrencies. The long-term prospects of cryptocurrencies rely on strong economic fundamentals and purchasing power, and we need to see changes in liquidity in…

Notes From The Trading Desk #7

Pionex Trading Desk 4/24/2023 Thoughts After the ETH Shanghai upgrade, the options market on ETH has completely reversed itself. There is now a great demand for downside protection, as exemplified in the negative skew for both 25 and 5 delta…

Notes From The Trading Desk #6

Pionex Trading Desk 4/5/2023 Thoughts It is a tough time to make money, with BTC wedged in such a tight range and ETH showing a bit of outperformance in the past 2 days. Q2 might result in a quarter focused…

Bitcoin a Bright Spot in Chaos

Major event warning 3-30 Thursday ⭑⭑ Jobless claims ⭑⭑ US GDP ⭑⭑⭑ Treasury Secretary Yellen speaks ⭑⭑⭑ China Manufacturing and Non-Manufacturing PMI 3-31 Friday ⭑⭑ Fed William’s Speak ⭑⭑ Chicago PMI ⭑⭑⭑ EUR CPI inflation numbers (Mar) ⭑⭑ PCE inflation…

Notes from the Trading Desk #5

Pionex Trading Desk 3/20/2023 Events 3/22/2023 FOMC rate decision + Interest rate projections 2:00 Powell press conference 2:30 3/23/2023 Initial jobless claims 8:30  New home sales 10:00 3/24/2030 Durable goods orders 8:30 Fed Member Bullard speaks 9:30 services PMI (This…

Notes from the Trading Desk #4

Pionex Trading Desk 3/13/2023 News & Events An absolutely crazy week in the markets.  SVB and Signature bank took over by FDIC Fed, Treasury, and FDIC will cover all depositor’s money secured or unsecured in the banks taken over Fed…

Notes from the Trading Desk #3

Pionex Trading Desk 3/8/2023 Fundamentals Powell is speaking to House & Senate at 10 am EST today and tomorrow. He is expected to give further clarity on the economic conditions of the US and how rate hikes are working. This…

Bitcoin Market Structure

Major event warning Previous ⭑⭑⭑ Silvergate discontinued SEN services which allowed institutions to move money to crypto exchanges 3-7 Tuesday ⭑⭑⭑ Fed Chairman Powell testifies to Senate 3-8 Wednesday ⭑⭑ Beige Book ⭑⭑⭑ Fed Chairman Powell testifies to House ⭑⭑⭑…

Notes from the Trading Desk #2

Pionex Trading Desk 2/28/2023 News SEC Chairman Gary Gensler says, “everything is a security, except Bitcoin,” in an interview with NY magazine earlier this week. Plus, 3 US government agencies put out a statement about liquidity risk in stablecoins and…

Notes from the Trading Desk #1

Pionex Trading Desk 2/23/2023 Thoughts and Trades Last week’s momentum was driven by the rumor of a proposal in Hong Kong to allow retail traders to purchase crypto currency. The narrative was then expanded into China is behind this and…

2023 Crypto Market Outlook

2022 Negative News Highest Inflation in 40 years Increased likelihood of a recession Russia & Ukraine war Fastest interest rate increase since the 1970s in America Reduced money supply and liquidity hurting investment valuations of most types Bankruptcy of centralized…

Macro Week

​​Major event warning 12-13 Tuesday CPI data for Nov at 8:30 AM EST. This will be very important as it is one day before the FOMC meeting. It is expected to come in at 7.3% increase YoY. 12-14 Wednesday  Federal…

Good News, Bad News

Major event warning 12-1 Thursday ISM manufacturing PMI 49 vs 49.8 expected. This is a leading indicator of manufacturing payrolls by 7 months. This aligns with our view of recession and increased job losses into mid-year 2023. 12-5 Monday ISM…

Contagion

​​Major events 11-30 Wednesday Fed Beige Book – reports on broad economic conditions and used by the Fed to make interest rate decisions MoM Pending home sales – shows the change in demand for the real estate market Fed Powell…

Where is the Final Bottom

Giveaway! We are doing an early thanksgiving giveaway to our users! Follow us and retweet for a chance to win 150 $XRP or 555 $XLM! I will also be doing an AMA on TikTok with tiktok.com/@zeedood on November 20th at…

LUNA, Celsius, Now FTX?

​​Major event warning 11-7 Monday CZ tweeted over the weekend that they will be selling their $2 Billion FTT stake 11-8 Tuesday Binance signed a letter of intent to acquire FTX Global FTX halts withdrawals on their platform due to…

Market Moving Event!

Major events 11-01 Tuesday  Reserve Bank of Australia announces interest rate decision The final value of the US Markit manufacturing PMI in October. The previous value was 49.9, and the forecast value was 49 11-02 Wednesday  Bank of Japan release…

Dual-investment 1288USD Trial fund

How to get 1288USD Dual investment trial fund Qualification: Completed Level 2 Identity verification (KYC Level 2), and have not invested in the structured products before. The Step to receive trial fund: Please make sure your Pionex APP has been…