🌑 Is the "Bitcoin AfterDark" ETF a Retail Death Trap? 📉

While you sleep, the whales are eating your lunch. A new actively managed strategy, the Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF (NGHT), is launching to capture BTC’s performance specifically while U.S. stock markets are closed.

The Controversy: 1. Institutional Front-Running: Data shows that U.S. trading session returns have historically exceeded APAC and London returns. By "bottling" overnight performance, institutions are creating a specialized vehicle to profit from global liquidity shifts before you even wake up to check your portfolio.

2. The "24/7" Illusion: Crypto was supposed to be the great equalizer because the market never sleeps. But with "AfterDark" ETFs, Wall Street is effectively "scheduling" volatility to suit their own risk-managed desks, leaving retail traders to deal with the messy price action during the day.

3. Volatility Harvesting: These strategies rely on the premise that Bitcoin performs better at night. If institutions successfully "capture" this, it could lead to even thinner liquidity during your normal trading hours, making your stop-losses easier targets for manipulation.

The Reality: We are moving toward a market where "buying the dip" is becoming an institutional privilege. If the "night owls" take the best gains, retail is left with the scraps of high-volatility daytime trading.

Are you ready for a market where Bitcoin only "moons" while you're asleep? Or is this just another way for Wall Street to extract value from the 24/7 crypto cycle? 👇

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