Brothers, today's market data presents a classic "multiple-choice question," and your answer will directly determine the direction of your account in the coming months.
Side A (appearing bullish): Nasdaq up 0.91% (tech stocks rebound), BTC/ETH slightly up, total crypto market cap back above 3 trillion.
Side B (internal contradiction): The cryptocurrency fear index remains at 29 (fear), gold skyrocketed 1.91% to a new historical high (breaking $5181), commodities like oil and silver have all surged.
Retail investors' intuition chooses Side A: "Tech stocks have all risen, BTC has also risen, has the risk appetite returned? It's time to buy the dip!"
But the systems of professional traders will immediately light up red flags and tell you a harsh truth: this is not a return of risk appetite, but a deeper wealth redistribution dominated by “stagflation trades” and the “old and new capital confrontation.” If you don’t understand this logic, all “bottom fishing” may be at mid-mountain.
First layer: Understanding the truth of the “tech stock rise” — it is a rebound, not a reversal.
The rise of the Nasdaq is driven fundamentally by the earnings reports of tech giants (such as Alphabet) exceeding expectations, leading to individual stock and sector trends. This is a kind of “earnings-driven” recovery, rather than a systemic warming of overall market risk appetite.
A key piece of evidence is: the Dow Jones index, representing traditional industries, is down (-0.83%), while the Nasdaq, representing tech growth, is up (+0.91%). This indicates that funds are merely engaging in “high-low switching” and “group warming” within the tech sector, rather than spilling over into other traditional industries, nor has there been a large-scale and clear return to the entire crypto market (BTC has only slightly increased). This structured rebound is rooted in weakness.
Your insight: Don’t simply think that “the bull market is back” just because the Nasdaq is up. You must distinguish whether what you see is a heavy rain (systemic bull market) or just a dripping faucet (a rebound in certain sectors).
Second layer: Understanding the truth of the “gold and oil surge” — the ghost of stagflation and capital migration.
This is the most weighty and profound signal among all today. Gold, silver, oil — these traditional commodities and inflation-hedging assets are all surging synchronously, while the dollar index (DXY) is also rising.
This combination conveys a clear macro signal: the market is trading “stagflation” expectations.
“Inflation”: The surge in commodities indicates that the market expects global inflationary pressures (driven by geopolitical risks, supply chain issues, and energy prices) to continue or even worsen.
“Stagnation”: With high inflation expectations, the market is also concerned that economic growth will stagnate (due to a high interest rate environment, geopolitical conflicts, etc.). This leads to capital flowing out of risk assets, yet there is also distrust of cash (due to inflation eroding purchasing power), resulting in a frenzy of investment in gold and other tangible assets and inflation-resistant assets.
This is an epic capital migration: funds are withdrawing from optimistic narratives about future growth (represented by tech stocks and crypto assets) and shifting towards defensive layouts based on the scarcity of real resources and the devaluation of monetary purchasing power. Gold breaking through $5181 is not just a simple safe-haven move; it is capital voting with its feet, casting a huge vote of distrust against the current global monetary and fiscal system.
Your insight: BTC’s “digital gold” narrative has temporarily failed in the face of real, overwhelming traditional gold buying pressure. You must respect the market's choice: under the current macro narrative, real gold is king, while Bitcoin still needs to lie low.
Third layer: Understanding the truth of the “crypto market” — the gasping for breath in the cracks and structural differentiation.
Understanding the first two layers allows you to grasp why the crypto market is so twisted:
Survival in the cracks: On one hand, influenced by the sentiment of tech stocks and its own oversold nature, there is a technical rebound demand; on the other hand, it is suppressed by the tide of “stagflation trades” and a massive capital migration, making it unable to form an independent upward trend. Thus, it manifests as “following the decline without following the rise,” with weak rebounds.
Structural differentiation: Pay attention to a key detail in the data: institutional buying of ETH has surged (with a single purchase of $116 million by BitMine), but Bitcoin ETFs are still seeing outflows. This indicates that smart money may be undergoing “structural adjustments” within the crypto market, shifting from the relatively mature BTC to assets like ETH that have greater narrative potential and may benefit from technological waves such as AI. This is not an overall bullish stance, but rather a structural bet.
The panic index at 29 accurately reflects this “crack” state — the market is neither as hopeless as before (20) nor is there any reason for optimism. It remains in the “fear” range, quietly waiting for a decisive macro signal.
The current execution framework of the “Xuanwu system”: maintaining composure in the tide of “stagflation trades.”
In such a complex market environment where the dominant logic is not on our side, our core strategy is: do not resist the tide, do not speculate on turning points, consolidate positions at the edge of the tide, and wait for our advantageous battlefield to emerge.
1. Tortoise strategy: extreme focus, pause expansion.
Pause learning trades on gold/commodities. Currently, these assets are too volatile and trending, not fitting the core scenario of Tortoise’s ‘high-win-rate oscillation,’ and entering recklessly can lead to injury.
Return to crypto core: focus all Tortoise firepower on the key historical support zones of BTC and ETH at the weekly and even monthly level. At these positions, with a mindset of “collecting future chips,” set extremely sparse but high-value limit orders. At this moment, Tortoise's goal is not profit, but to pick up quality core assets that have been overlooked in the gaps of the “stagflation tide.”
2. Kunpeng strategy: double silence, double observation.
Maintain silence on crypto trends: before BTC/ETH clearly breaks out of the downward trend and macro “stagflation trades” show signs of loosening, strictly prohibit opening any trend long positions.
Maintain observation of the macro trend: on your charts, you must observe two trends simultaneously:
The trend of gold (XAUUSD): When will it show a daily-level top divergence or increased volume stagnation? This may be a signal of the peak of the “stagflation trades.”
The trend of the Nasdaq/tech stocks.: Can its rebound be sustained and spread? This concerns whether risk appetite can truly recover.
Only when the gold trend weakens while the tech stock trend strengthens, and forms a “seesaw” switch, is it a signal of “paradigm shift” that we need to be highly vigilant about, which may benefit the crypto market.
3. Capital and mindset: Shift from “hunters” to “strategic reserves.”
Maintain a high cash ratio (>50%). In the tide of “stagflation trades,” although cash depreciates, it is the only tool you can use to rush to the new land (whether bottom-fishing crypto or switching to other assets) as soon as the tide recedes.
Accept “boredom” and “waiting.” In the current market, the greatest virtue is to “do nothing.” Do not be tempted by the small rebound of tech stocks, do not be attracted by the huge profits of gold, and firmly wait for the return of the advantageous environment of our system (high risk-reward ratio trends + high win-rate oscillations).
The final truth: Wealth grows in the cracks of narrative shifts.
Real wealth growth rarely occurs in trends that everyone clearly sees and flow smoothly. It often happens in the chaotic cracks between the exhaustion of old narratives and the emergence of new ones.
Today, we stand before such a grand crack. The “tech growth narrative” and the “stagflation tangible narrative” are engaged in fierce confrontation. The outcome of this confrontation will determine the allocation direction of global capital for the coming years.
As a trader, your task is not to predict who will win, but to be in this showdown:
Understand the weapons and battlegrounds used by both sides (tech stocks vs. commodities).
Protect your principal and ammunition (high cash ratio, strict risk control).
Be ready to launch a decisive strike when signals appear in your advantageous battlefield (the trends and oscillations of the crypto market).
When others are asking, “Has the bull returned?”, you should be examining, “Has the grand narrative that dominates the market changed?”. The former is the anxiety of retail investors, while the latter is the perspective of the whales.
Maintain patience and clarity. The light in the cracks only illuminates those prepared eyes.
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