The following breakdown illustrates the significant losses you've noted, based on the current market data as of February 18, 2026:
$FIL (Filecoin): Entered at 60 USD, now trading at approximately 0.96 USD. This represents a loss of over 98%.
$OP (Optimism): Entered at 3 USD, now trading at approximately 0.17 USD. This represents a loss of over 94%.
$SOLV (Solv Protocol): Entered at 0.1 USD, now trading at approximately 0.005 USD. This represents a loss of over 95%.
$ORDI: Entered at 80 USD, now trading at approximately 3 USD. This represents a loss of over 96%.
$Palu: Entered at 0.0045 USD, now trading at approximately 0.00005 USD. This represents a loss of over 98%.
While influencers often claim "spot trading is safe" because you aren't liquidated, these figures show that holding through a massive decline can lead to nearly total capital destruction.
$WLFI I is showing clean bullish recovery after bouncing from the 0.0885 area, and buyers are still holding momentum near the local highs. The structure looks strong for now, with price slowly pushing up and pressing toward breakout continuation.
If this zone stays supported, $WLFI can keep climbing from here. Better move is to avoid chasing the top and wait for a small pullback or confirmation before entry. Momentum is up, and bulls still look in control.
$GUN showing strong recovery after the pullback — buyers stepped in again and price is stabilizing above the support zone. If momentum continues and resistance breaks, the next push can expand quickly.
$DEGO – Looking to short again here after locking profits from the earlier move Trading Plan Short $DEGO Entry: 1.02 – 1.08 SL: 1.14 TP: 0.95 TP: 0.88 TP: 0.80 The bounce back up looks a bit forced after the earlier drop. Buyers tried to push price higher again but the follow-through isn’t as convincing and the advance is starting to turn more choppy. Instead of a clean continuation, the move is beginning to look like a relief bounce. Sellers appear to be gradually leaning back into the market, and when momentum starts fading like this it often leads to another leg lower. Trade $DEGO here 👇
$TAO +35%. Bullish TAO. TAO has easily broken through resistance. It has risen, but this is only the beginning. PUMP IT! TP: $245 – $260 – $280 SL: $216
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No Rate Cuts Got BTC TrappedIs flat CPI keeping us at 65K to 72K?
Looking at the current Bitcoin long vs short positions across major exchanges, the market sentiment appears mixed but slightly leaning towards caution.
The overall 24-hour taker buy/sell volume is almost balanced, with longs at 50.73% ($34.03B) and shorts at 49.27% ($33.05B), indicating no strong directional bias in the immediate term. Sentiment polling shows 57% of participants are bullish or very bullish on BTC, while 27% are bearish or very bearish, with the rest neutral. On Binance, retail traders show a neutral long/short ratio of 1.13, while whale accounts are more bullish at 1.24, but the overall smart money sentiment is bearish. OKX shows retail traders neutral at 1.06, but whale accounts are bearish with a long/short ratio of 0.88, though smart money sentiment here is bullish. Bybit’s retail and whale accounts are bullish with ratios around 1.21, but smart money sentiment remains bearish. This divergence between retail, whale, and smart money sentiment suggests uncertainty in the market. Whales on Binance and Bybit lean bullish, but smart money’s bearish stance could indicate caution or anticipation of a potential pullback.
Why $72K is the invalidation level for my $BTC short. For the bulls to maintain any chance of another short-term push higher, $69K needs to hold as support and $72K would have to be reclaimed and stabilized above. Without that, upside momentum remains very fragile. The problem is that $69K is currently acting as a critical pivot. If that level starts to weaken and gives way, the structure likely opens the door for a move back toward mid-range support, where the market would look for its next reaction. From a structural perspective, losing that zone would increase the probability of another rotation lower and eventually a retest of the range lows. Just reading what the chart is showing.
I know many of you have given up. Especially on alts.
Regardless if you don't care about buying or selling anymore here is still something you must absolutely do that doesn't cost anything but will greatly improve your future odds in this market: "SWAP THE OPPORTUNITY" Nova, I don't want to sell my 95% down alt bag. You don't need to don't worry. It's highly likely when your bag is 80-90% down that another altcoin is also 80-90% down with some slight deviations. If altcoin Y is down xx% but the team has stopped building or it just looks like an absolute ghost-town. It far better to swap it to altcoin Z that's also down xx% but where the foundation still holds up and are still shipping/improving. You're not taking a loss here as you don't theoretically sell. It's a relocation of capital to a better horse. Outside of $BTC and $ETH , my portfolio rarely looks the same year-to-year. Loyalty to a ticker symbol is incredibly costly in crypto.