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What are the four phases of the (crypto) market?

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

The crypto market cycle and, to a lesser extent any other financial market, consists of four phases. 1. Accumulation Accumulation begins when the last cycle ends. Sellers have sold, the price has bottomed out or stabilised, so the smart money star...

Let's talk about the Fear & Greed index

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 2 comments LeftFooted

The fear and greed index measures the sentiment of the market. Even though it is entirely based on emotions, which is something some people would say has nothing to do with investing, it is actually even more important than most technical indicators...

Three key elements of market psychology

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

As the market changes, our psychology changes, sometimes (almost) beyond our control. The biggest and perhaps most famous example we can use is the FOMO, which stands for Fear of Missing Out. FOMO is what happens whenever a new cryptocurrency drops...

Here's what an ETF actually is (might be good for a pub quiz, you never know)

18 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I feel like we've been bombarded with news and rumors about upcoming crypto ETFs but some people may not know what an ETF actually is. I certainly didn't. I had to look it up. ETF is short for Exchange Traded Funds, and an ETF is a financial tool...

Compound interest is your best friend

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

Compound interest is "the eight wonder of the world," some attribute this quote to Einstein. Compound interest is also the reason Warren Buffett is so rich. The whole idea behind compound interest is that time is money, literally. In that, $100 tod...

Trading terminology: what is a 'Greek', and why they call it that?

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

A Greek is a person from Greece. But, oddly, it is a term that's used in finance. The variables of risk that exist when you trade options are called Greeks. So different Greeks represent different risk levels. I know a Greek guy I always meet at t...

Trading terminology: what the fudge is a 'Future'?

17 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I was bored on my rocking chair yesterday and so I figured I might as well trying and understand some of those annoying and boring trading terms, like 'Futures'. Futures are contracts that are executed in a very specific manner, at a very specific t...

Trading terminology: now what the heck is GRID trading?

16 Oct 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

I have way too much on my hands after I'm done with work, social life, my YouTube channel, my website, and my insta (not the personal one, the work one). So I figured I'd learn - or at least study and attempt to learn - a thing or two about trading,...

Trading terminology: what exactly is an 'Option'?

16 Oct 2025 1 minute read 1 comment LeftFooted

I've been spending some time trying to figure out what obscure terms of trading mean, and it's a nightmare. But it's doable. Lately I've been focusing on understanding what the heck an option is. An option is a financial instrument that's valued b...

Using Leverage: The Basics Of Perps Trading

15 Oct 2025 6 minute read 0 comments brando28

Since the huge success of Hyperliquid this year, we've witnessed the rise and hype of multiple perpetual DEXs. Volumes and fees generated have been insane, and unfortunately, it all got a bit overheated like we saw on Friday the 10th, when the big cr...