🔴THE HANS NIEMANN INTERVIEW🔴
Speakers
Thread Guy
— Crypto influencer, independent
Summary
Thread Guy discusses the market rally post-Trump peace deal, his profitable HIMS trade, and interviews chess grandmaster Hans Niemann. He shares his current market outlook, including being long Bitcoin and watching for opportunities in altcoins like Zcash, while avoiding Tesla and MSTR.
- Markets rally to all-time highs on news of Trump's peace deal and reopening of Strait of Hormuz.
- Thread Guy details his successful HIMS trade, entering on attention momentum and exiting at peak attention.
- He remains long Bitcoin and wants to add on leverage, while holding half cash.
- He is conditionally interested in Zcash if Bitcoin breaks out, and likes the chart of a South Korea ETF.
- He is bearish on Tesla but not shorting, and avoids MSTR despite its crazy moves.
- Interview with Hans Niemann covers his cheating scandal, Netflix documentary, and his chess platform Endgame.ai.
- Niemann discusses his vision for high-stakes chess matches and prediction markets.
- Thread Guy ends the stream optimistic about the market and looking for the next HIMS-like trade.
Trade Ideas
Zcash long conditional on BTC breakout.
Zcash is very weak but he would like to long it if there is a real BTC breakout. It is an alt he would like to long under the right conditions.
Bitcoin looks good for $80k+, want more leverage.
He is still long Bitcoin, believes the chart looks good for $80k+, and wants to add more on leverage. He had to sell some for taxes but remains bullish and exposed.
Bearish Tesla but not shorting.
He is bearish on Tesla, thinks it's in a downtrend and might break above 420, but he is not shorting. He continues to stand on his bearish view.
MSTR looks electric but avoid.
MSTR has had crazy days and looks electric, but he would not touch it.
South Korea ETF chart looks insane, would long.
He looks at a chart of a South Korea ETF and says it looks insane and he would be down to long it. He mentions Samsung and Nintendo looking crazy.
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