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Traders repeat a lot of rules about crypto and stocks. Slona checks them against the data and says what it found, in plain words. Every number shows where it came from. No trading tips, no hype.

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Card. The past week in crypto: Bitcoin +0.6%; UNI +43.5%, the biggest mover among the tracked coins; the Fear & Greed index at 56, the same as a week ago. Next: 32% of open Bitcoin options expire on Sep 25.

Sep 18, 2026 · the week · crypto

The week in crypto

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Card. News check: Japan's central bank raised rates to a 31-year high, CoinDesk reported on Sep 18 at 03:03 UTC. Bitcoin rose 0.5% in the hour of the headline. Rates went up; crypto did not fall.

Sep 18, 2026 · news check · crypto

Rates went up. Crypto did not fall.

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Card. News check: Circle launched its own blockchain with BlackRock, DTCC and Visa, Decrypt reported on Sep 16 at 14:56 UTC. Circle's stock, CRCL, closed −3.1% the same day. Big names; the stock fell anyway.

Sep 18, 2026 · news check · stocks

Big names, falling stock

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Card. Big price swings by day of the week on a basket of coins, where 1.00 is an even share: Monday 1.40, Tuesday 1.00, Wednesday 1.16, Thursday 0.97, Friday 1.17, Saturday 0.51, Sunday 0.80. It says when prices move, not which way.

Sep 18, 2026 · myth check · crypto

Crypto never stops. It still has a Monday

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Card. The belief: “when the stock market opens on Monday, it hits the weekend's high or low.” For MSTR it did in 95% of 41 weekends. An ordinary night's high or low was hit the same day 98% of the time. The weekend is not special.

Sep 18, 2026 · myth check · stocks

The weekend is not special

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Card. What if the turned-down trades had been taken? Stocks, Aug 10 to Aug 30: of 5 turned-down trade ideas simulated to the end, 1 would have made money and 4 would have lost. Saying no avoided losers. Too few to judge.

Sep 18, 2026 · scorecard · stocks

What the rules said no to: stocks

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