Bitcoin barely moved on Friday, closing down just 0.07%, but the level still matters: BTC wicked up to 64,394 and needs to keep closing above the TBO support area around 63,913 to make this move look bullish. The bearish pennant is probably finished after two closes above it, but volume is still weak, the candle was tiny, and TBO/on-balance volume remain strongly bearish, so I would not be shocked to see a weekend trickle lower or a Sunday pump-or-dump. Ethereum is still sitting below overhead resistance and opened below support, even with bullish RSI resets showing up. My shorts remain open, and if BTC or ETH spike into their baselines/fast lines, that is where I would be looking to add, not here. Total crypto is still below the 1.9T TBO support/resistance area, stablecoin dominance is only hinting at a bearish divergence until the candle confirms, Bitcoin dominance is doing what I am waiting for BTC to do, and OTHERS market cap remains very strong bearish despite tagging the fast line. In TradFi, DXY is pushing into historical TBO resistance around 103.28, USDJPY still is not enough to go Home Alone style, S&P/SPX/NASDAQ have closed recent TBO close longs, and the VIX reaction is still weird. Oil keeps dropping toward the 81 area, gold and silver are technically strong bearish, and today’s picks are full of examples of why entries and profit-taking matter: BEAT pulled back after a massive run, XMR and TRUMP show why I do not trust pumps, COAI gave a clean fast-line entry, VELVET showed an 80% wipeout, and viewer picks included HOOD, CRCL, ALAB, AMAT, NKE, and SOL. CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 BTC Flat Close, 64k TBO Support, and Fast Line Target 02:29 Ethereum Resistance, Open Shorts, and Weekend Risk 03:37 TOTALES, Stablecoin Dominance, BTC Dominance, and OTHERS 05:07 TradFi Watch: DXY, EURUSD, USDJPY, S&P Futures, and VIX 07:15 Oil, Gold, Silver, and Better Traders Resources 10:05 My Picks: BEAT, XMR, TRUMP, and COAI 12:43 DEXE Bearish Divergence and HYPE Setup 14:20 NEAR, ONDO, VVV, INJ, H, FF, and VELVET 16:40 Viewer Picks: HOOD, CRCL, ALAB, and AMAT 19:07 NKE Gap Fill Risk and SOL Outlook 21:47 SUI Preview, HYPE Deep Dive, and Club Early Access

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Gold's inflation problem could become its next bullish trigger (Kitco News) - It has been another frustrating week for gold investors, with prices now falling into bear market territory. But beneath the surface, the macro backdrop may be shifting in a way that could eventually turn a near-term headwind into a longer-term tailwind. At the center of the uncertainty is inflation. ...

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$BTC finally bounced hard, but the bigger structure still has not changed. Thursday’s 3.44% move pushed price back through the short-term pennant and into overhead resistance, but without a clean daily close back above TBO resistance, this still looks like a bearish rally inside a larger downtrend. $ETH had its own bounce and another weak bullish RSI reset, but it is still trapped inside the same messy range with bearish TBO, volume, and OBV pressure. Stablecoin dominance pulled back as $BTC dominance and OTHERS dominance bounced, but the overall message is still patience: rallies can happen, but the macro trend is still doing the heavy lifting. TradFi reacted to another headline-driven relief move, with DXY pulling back, USDJPY nearly retracing the move, and S&P futures, SPX, Nasdaq and $NVDA all bouncing into open TBO close-long setups. That does not make the risk-off pressure disappear. $VIX cooled off, oil dropped hard, and metals bounced, but gold, silver, platinum and copper are still flashing reversal or breakdown warnings. Uranium was one of the cleaner short-term bounce setups after the oversold dip and bullish RSI reset, with the fast line as the first target. The alt watchlist is still split between insane runners and bear-market discipline. $VELVET, $XMR, $ATOM, $CRV, $COAI, $BEAT, $DEXE, $KAS and $LAB all had different versions of explosive bounce or runner behavior, but most of them are stretched, overbought, at resistance, or better suited for spot-only setups than leverage. The big lesson today: the macro trend wins in the end. You can cheer other people on, take partial profits, and still be completely fine sitting out when charts are moving too far too fast. CHAPTER MARKERS 00:00 BTC bounce into resistance 01:04 ETH, TOTALES and stablecoin dominance 03:06 TradFi volatility, DXY and USDJPY 06:45 S&P futures, SPX, Nasdaq, NVDA and VIX 08:24 Oil, Nikkei, Shanghai and metals 09:37 Gold, silver, platinum and copper 12:10 Uranium bounce setup 12:59 TBO, journal, club and trading mindset 17:40 My picks: VELVET, XMR, ATOM, CRV and COAI 22:46 BEAT, DEXE, KAS and LAB runner discipline 26:32 Bearish updates: TRX, ZEC, CAKE, HYPE and more 30:51 Watchlist risk notes and market discipline 44:22 SUI deep dive preview and wrap-up

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