🐻 What is a bear trap? It's a price movement that appears to be the start of another bearish wave, but in reality, it's the very beginning of an uptrend. 📉 Sellers get confused and think another plunge is incoming. All this happens while the price is skyrocketing above recent resistance levels, collecting liquidity on the way. ✅ When you see a bear trap, the best you can do is to buy at the retest of the resistance levels that used to be a support. Look for confirmation on smaller timeframes or seek reversal candlestick patterns. ❌ Your Stop Loss should be below the support (fakeout), as shown in the figure. Take-profit levels can be forecasted via Fibonacci levels, or you can place them near a distant resistance level.

Right before the end of the year, something caught my attention in the commodity markets. Usually, I am not a big fan of commodities as I ​only invest when there's a commodity super cycle. However, silver has gone up 160% in the last 12 months ​ Why is that? Jan 1 2026 - China is implementing an export license (as a method to control) silver exports. This applies to silver and other precious metals that tech companies need. This would directly target data centers, chips, and electronics. ​Right now, we are seeing a mad rush to purchase silver right before the export control becomes effective on January 1 2026. ​However, as an investor, I don't think it is worth it to jump into silver right now because these policies can change on a whim. For example, China can come out tomorrow and say the export contorl is delayed or it is not as bad as we imagined. ​ But it is important to keep track of this export license control because it might impact the profitability of tech companies (which means the overall market might go down)​​ Cheers, Eric ---- Eric Seto Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) Chartered Investment Manager (CIM) Founder of 5MinInvesting.com In January, my goal is to help 25 people without a financial background to master investing through Investing Accelerator. Investing Accelerator is designed for people without a financial background. The goal is to achieve 30% return per year. In the first phase, you will learn long term investing and targeting 30% for tax free compound growth. This will help accelerate your overall wealth. In the second phase, you will learn monthly passive income to provide a more predictable cash flow (target 30% per year) which can cover your expenses. This will help accelerate your retirement goals. Here's a step by step guide on how to join Investing Accelerator for free: https://www.skool.com/invest-retire-community-1699/how-to-join-investing-accelerator-for-free

- Dec 31 is Warren Buffett's last day as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway - He started in 1965 with the stock at $19; today it's up 3,950,000% to $750,000 per share 5 Buffet quotes to ponder - “Rule No. 1 is never lose money. Rule No. 2 is never forget Rule No. 1.” -“The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging.” - “Price is what you pay, value is what you get.” - “Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.” - “Today, people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn’t. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.”

California passed a bill to seize #Bitcoin left idle on exchanges. After 3 years of inactivity, assets can be taken by the state under 'Unclaimed Property' laws. WOW… GET YOUR COINS OFF EXCHANGES 😳😳😳

₿BTC price on New Year's Eve 2013 = $755 2014 = $320 2015 = $430 2016 = $965 2017 = $14,155 2018 = $3,740 2019 = $7,195 2020 = $29,000 2021 = $49,305 2022 = $16,595 2023 = $42,560 2024 = $95,650 2025 = $87,580