2026-01-05 05:28:34

Slowly, then all at once.

That's how markets move. The calm before the storm looks deceptively peaceful—prices trade sideways, volatility compresses, retail yawns. Then one catalyst, one liquidation cascade, one piece of news flips the board. What took weeks to build unravels in hours. Bitcoin rallies for months unnoticed, then pumps 20% in a single session. The same applies in reverse during downturns.

This is why watching the chart tick-by-tick is pointless. Real moves happen in clusters. The key is catching the inflection point—when slow accumulation transforms into explosive action.

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GateUser-00be86fc

· 01-07 04:02

After looking at charts for so many years, it really is just like that. The market was ignored for two months, and as soon as one piece of news came out, it collapsed...

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SurvivorshipBias

· 01-06 19:41

Really, watching the market all day feels lonely, and I end up falling asleep right when the explosion happens.

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gm_or_ngmi

· 01-05 05:56

Consolidation until breakout—this routine is a common cliché. The key is whether you can buy the dip.

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SeeYouInFourYears

· 01-05 05:56

That's right, it's just the usual trick... I was stubbornly watching the chart all afternoon, and nothing happened. As soon as I turned around, it exploded.

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FOMOmonster

· 01-05 05:43

I was just saying that staring at the chart is useless, right? The key is to wait for that critical point to appear.

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YieldHunter

· 01-05 05:35

ngl, this "inflection point" framing is exactly how degens rationalize their bags tbh. if you look at the data, most ppl catching that moment are just... lucky? the correlation coefficient between chart watching and actual profits is basically nonexistent lmao

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