5 Alpha Tweets - How To Trade When The Market Has Pumped, What Is Max Pain? & More

Edition 56

Jan 27, 2023

Welcome to the alpha please newsletter. I curate five alpha tweets every Friday; that’s it, that’s the newsletter.

Gm friends.

It’s been up only so far in 2023. Does the market keep trending up forcing the sidelined capital to FOMO in? Wouldn’t be the first time…

Your weekly reads below:

1. Reflections & Rebirth

This excellent report looks at how the crypto markets collapsed in 2022 & how crypto now has a “very strong rallying cry to build unbundled, self-custodial and transparent infrastructure.”

Edessa @edessacap

Reflections On Contagion & The Rebirth Of Crypto Infrastructure edessa.capital/research

2. How to trade when the market has pumped

I’m sure this guide will be very handy for many right now.

Inmortal @inmortalcrypto

| RANGE AFTER IMPULSE | How to trade when the market has "already pumped". This is a setup I used a lot between 2019-2021 and given the behavior of crypto lately, I think it would be useful to share how I trade it. (1/11) 🧵

3. What is max pain?

I’m sure you’ve heard of the term “max pain”, but do you actually know what it means?

Minty @DeFiMinty

People bring up the topic of Pain often in Crypto. But what does the term mean and how can you use it to your advantage? Let’s take a Deep Dive into Max Pain Theory. 🧵

4. For NFT traders and NFT haters

A new way to trade NFTs.

Rekt Fencer @rektfencer

The Best Tool For NFT Traders (and not only for them) Do you trade NFTs for a living? Or maybe you are an NFT hater who wants to short them to zero? If so, this thread is for you 🧵 👇

5. Curve vs Uniswap

Why Curve:

DeFi Cheetah🐆 ¤🫐🦇🔊🌿 @DeFi_Cheetah

[Curve vs Uniswap part 2] Why is @CurveFinance better positioned itself to be the core DeFi infra than @Uniswap? TLDR: 1. $CRV tokenomics protects Curve against competition [1-13] 2. Curve’s liquidity-as-a-service: functionalities that solve on-chain liquidity issue [14-19] ...

alpha_pls tweet of the week

Just some good vibes for anyone that stuck around and had conviction.

Aylo @alpha_pls

You survived 2022. You stuck around & you accumulated at the lows. Now all of your bags are pumping. You had conviction. Enjoy it. You deserve it.

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