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Investing without emotion: why rules beat gut feeling

Anyone who follows the crypto market daily knows the swings it produces in the mind: excitement when prices climb, unease as soon as they fall. These feelings seem harmless, yet they steer decisions. Fear and greed push investors towards buying at tops and selling at bottoms, the exact opposite of what they set out to…
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Moving averages: the foundation of trend following

A moving average is the average price over a fixed period, shifting forward one day at a time: the oldest price drops out of the calculation and the newest one joins. The result is a line that smooths the jagged day-to-day price action and reveals the underlying direction. For trend-following strategies this instrument is the…
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What is a systematic crypto strategy?

A systematic crypto strategy is an investment approach in which predefined rules decide when to buy and when to sell. Decisions are not driven by a manager’s gut feeling but by an algorithm: a set of instructions that executes the rules day after day. In a market as volatile as crypto, that discipline provides a…
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Trend-following investing explained

Trend-following investing means moving with the direction of the market rather than trying to predict it. The trend follower asks a modest question. Not: where will the price be a few months from now? But: which way is the price moving right now? The market itself answers that second question every day, and fixed rules…