ValueInvestor24 65
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Is it just me or is the market acting way too confident right now? I'm looking at these headlines about the BoJ finally hitting that 2% core inflation target and USD/JPY slipping down to 157.32, and honestly... I’m just not buying the hype yet. Everyone is rushing to short the dollar because of the Fed and ECB moves, but this feels like a massive liquidity hunt to me. I saw some guys on the discord talking about how the Yen is "finally back" and how the carry trade is dead. But look at the numbers. The BoJ held at 1.25%. Yeah, it's a move, and yeah, they are signaling more hikes, but 1.25% is still peanuts compared to the rest of the world.
I was looking at my old trade journals this morning while drinking my coffee, specifically looking at a setup test I ran back in late 2022 when I tried to catch a similar "reversal" in the DXY. I got absolutely rekt because I ignored the fact that the macro backdrop doesn't shift over a weekend just because of one rate decision. I think a lot of people are going to get caught off guard here. We see the Yen strengthening for a third straight session, but 157.32 isn't exactly "cheap" for the dollar if you look at the five-year chart. Probly just a bunch of scalpers taking profit before the next leg up.
Then you have the Euro and the Pound. The dollar dips slightly after the Fed and ECB and suddenly everyone thinks we are in a new bull trend for the majors. The Pound is extending gains, sure, but for how long? If the Fed stays even slightly more hawkish than expected in the next presser, all these "gains" are going to evaporate. I've been a long-term investor for a decade now and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the "macro noise" usually drowns out the actual structural problems. We are seeing a tech-stock sell-off and somehow people think that’s good for risk assets?
And don't even get me started on the crypto side of things. I saw the news about the $6.3 billion Binance hack. That is a staggering amount of money to just... vanish or get locked up. We already saw $1.6 billion in liquidations follow that news, yet I’m seeing "momentum indicators" pointing to a $76,000 BTC rebound. Are we for real right now? Since when is a multi-billion dollar hack a bullish catalyst? It feels like pure hopium. I've seen this movie before where the market stays irrational longer than you can stay solvent. I remember a personal lesson with a tight stoploss back during the FTX collapse—I tried to play the "rebound" then too, thinking the liquidations were over. I was wrong. The secondary waves are always what gets the retail traders who think they are "buying the dip."
If you’re trying to DCA into Bitcoin at $76k right now after a hack that size, you have way more guts than I do. The correlation between the tech sell-off and BTC is still way too high for my liking. If the Nasdaq keeps sliding because of the rate uncertainty, BTC isn't going to magically decouple and hit 100k. It’s going to follow the tech bros right off the cliff. People talk about $76,000 as "support," but support levels are just lines on a graph until a whale decides they aren't.
The BoJ sending a signal about future policy is interesting, don't get me wrong. Core inflation at 2% is what they've been chasing for decades. But is it sustainable? Or is it just a byproduct of the global supply chain mess and energy costs that will cool off, leaving Japan stuck in the mud again? If I'm scalping, maybe I play the 157.32 level for a bounce, but as a long-term guy, I’m sitting on my hands. There’s too much conflicting data.
The pound and euro strength feels like a temporary play on dollar weakness rather than actual strength in those economies. If you look at the manufacturing data coming out of the EU, it’s not exactly a pretty picture. I think a lot of traders are just looking for any excuse to move out of the USD for a few days to catch some pips. But for those of us with actual bags to worry about, this feels like a giant trap.
I’m staying in cash for the most part this week. No FOMO here. I’d rather miss the first 5% of a real move than be the exit liquidity for a whale who's dumping their Yen or BTC on the "rebound" news. I mean, do you guys honestly think the BoJ is going to get aggressive enough to make the Yen a top-tier currency again this year? Or are we just watching another fakeout before the dollar takes off again?
I was looking at my old trade journals this morning while drinking my coffee, specifically looking at a setup test I ran back in late 2022 when I tried to catch a similar "reversal" in the DXY. I got absolutely rekt because I ignored the fact that the macro backdrop doesn't shift over a weekend just because of one rate decision. I think a lot of people are going to get caught off guard here. We see the Yen strengthening for a third straight session, but 157.32 isn't exactly "cheap" for the dollar if you look at the five-year chart. Probly just a bunch of scalpers taking profit before the next leg up.
Then you have the Euro and the Pound. The dollar dips slightly after the Fed and ECB and suddenly everyone thinks we are in a new bull trend for the majors. The Pound is extending gains, sure, but for how long? If the Fed stays even slightly more hawkish than expected in the next presser, all these "gains" are going to evaporate. I've been a long-term investor for a decade now and if there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that the "macro noise" usually drowns out the actual structural problems. We are seeing a tech-stock sell-off and somehow people think that’s good for risk assets?
And don't even get me started on the crypto side of things. I saw the news about the $6.3 billion Binance hack. That is a staggering amount of money to just... vanish or get locked up. We already saw $1.6 billion in liquidations follow that news, yet I’m seeing "momentum indicators" pointing to a $76,000 BTC rebound. Are we for real right now? Since when is a multi-billion dollar hack a bullish catalyst? It feels like pure hopium. I've seen this movie before where the market stays irrational longer than you can stay solvent. I remember a personal lesson with a tight stoploss back during the FTX collapse—I tried to play the "rebound" then too, thinking the liquidations were over. I was wrong. The secondary waves are always what gets the retail traders who think they are "buying the dip."
If you’re trying to DCA into Bitcoin at $76k right now after a hack that size, you have way more guts than I do. The correlation between the tech sell-off and BTC is still way too high for my liking. If the Nasdaq keeps sliding because of the rate uncertainty, BTC isn't going to magically decouple and hit 100k. It’s going to follow the tech bros right off the cliff. People talk about $76,000 as "support," but support levels are just lines on a graph until a whale decides they aren't.
The BoJ sending a signal about future policy is interesting, don't get me wrong. Core inflation at 2% is what they've been chasing for decades. But is it sustainable? Or is it just a byproduct of the global supply chain mess and energy costs that will cool off, leaving Japan stuck in the mud again? If I'm scalping, maybe I play the 157.32 level for a bounce, but as a long-term guy, I’m sitting on my hands. There’s too much conflicting data.
The pound and euro strength feels like a temporary play on dollar weakness rather than actual strength in those economies. If you look at the manufacturing data coming out of the EU, it’s not exactly a pretty picture. I think a lot of traders are just looking for any excuse to move out of the USD for a few days to catch some pips. But for those of us with actual bags to worry about, this feels like a giant trap.
I’m staying in cash for the most part this week. No FOMO here. I’d rather miss the first 5% of a real move than be the exit liquidity for a whale who's dumping their Yen or BTC on the "rebound" news. I mean, do you guys honestly think the BoJ is going to get aggressive enough to make the Yen a top-tier currency again this year? Or are we just watching another fakeout before the dollar takes off again?
