✈️ Friday Flight Log – 15 November 2024

ICYMI: THE TRADE TRAVEL CHILL WEEKLY RECAP

In a week when Janet got accused of being an AI (she’s not) and NRJ was mistaken for being Scottish (he isn’t), it’s safe to say that BTC hitting ATH after ATH is messing with our heads a bit. If you want to work out what’s fact and what’s fiction, buckle in and let’s take off into another recap of the week that was at TTC. ✈️

TRADE

👩‍✈️ FROM THE FLIGHT DECK

As Annii said this week, we’re officially in Linda territory now, and at TTC, that means we don’t get out of bed for less than a 10K candle. 💅🥱 Thankfully, we got one on Monday! 

Annii was on fire this week, delivering lots of tough love and plenty of no-BS insights to wake us up for this next exciting phase. Did you miss anything?

• She kicked things off with a live simulcast on YouTube and X, analysing Bitcoin’s latest moves and pinpointing the best zones for buying altcoin dips after the weekend’s pump. 
• Over the weekend, Annii noticed a lot of FOMO among community members and addressed it directly in Discord. She emphasised that price action was exactly as outlined in her previous analysis, yet many were too hesitant to take entries. To help the community overcome this, she put together annotated charts to study, which you can dive into here.

Guys, your issue isn’t lack of study, your issue is fear of pulling the trigger. Just fricken pull it and have a go. 

 — Annii

• Midweek, Annii highlighted that we might see a leverage flush impacting altcoins first. Watch closely for potential pullbacks, especially during session changes and grab the opportunity, especially those not in long positions yet.
• She flagged the lethal mix of risks from over-leverage, rising open interest, and blown-out funding rates, and the importance of keeping stops tight, letting the market play out, and being ready to go long again after flush-outs. Read her guidance here.
• Annii compared the current BTC cycle to 2020, suggesting we’re in a pause phase before the next move. She emphasized capital shifting into BTC and top alts, and shared strategies for preparing altcoin entries. Read more here.

Inflight news ⚡

Making headlines at TTC this week!

• Did you catch newly minted Cabin Crew member NRJ’s debut this week? It looks like for now you’ll be able to catch him on the Monday and Wednesday Asia sessions and holding the fort in the Discord during US sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Want to get to know the man with the gorgeous southern accent a bit better? Check out a little bio we put together in the Pro Results section below. 
• Annii announced a partnership with Alpha Crypto Network to help TTC expand into non-English speaking regions, starting with Portuguese content. Assista mais aqui!
• The BloFin War of Whales comp is on, with a $1,000,000 prize pool and TTC is fielding a team! 💪 Details here.
• And Janet returned with a beginner-friendly tutorial for the Tapbit exchange. Watch here and smash that like button to show our friendly ghost some love so she knows that we know she’s not a robot. 🥰

Weather Report 🌦️

Following Trump’s win, the markets are riding a wave of optimism, fuelled by hopes for pro-crypto policies and echoes of the 2016 rally. But, as Jarrid noted this week, there are some red flags that might temper our bullish vibes a bit. 🚩 Here’s what you need to know:

• In a bid to appear more balanced, the Fed has tweaked its language from having ‘greater confidence’ in the economy to a softer tone, hinting at how delicate the balancing act between inflation and labor market challenges is.
• Meanwhile, consumer credit spending has stagnated, and unemployment claims are on the rise. 👎 This signals cracks in consumer confidence and job market stability, despite the Fed’s efforts to paint a rosy picture.
• It looks like financial institutions have some trust issues to deal with. Heightened counterparty risk and a spike in U.S. repo market fails point to broader market stress and challenges ahead. Honestly, they should just get together and hug it out, IMO.
• China is stuck in a deflationary spiral, while Europe’s growth is barely staying above water. And just to keep things interesting, a stronger U.S. dollar is piling on the pressure for non-U.S. markets, tightening global liquidity flows like it’s on a mission.

The bottom line? Enjoy the bullish momentum while it lasts, but be prepared for anything. 

BONUS: Jarrid shared an exclusive blog for Discord members to help us Understand Swap Markets: Swaps, Swap Spreads, and Their Broader Implications. Read it in the macro econ chat here.

Friday (15th) and VIX expiration on Wed (20th) I’m curious to see if the tide continues to rise or if it will recede in a meaningful way. 

 — Jarrid J

Financial Astrology 🔮

Jarrid astro updates from Margo Amala, and Crypto Damus, pointing to potential market rollercoasters ahead. Mark your calendars: December 13th (Jupiter over Gemini), December 17th (lunar nodes echoing the 1987 crash peak), and December 7th (planetary returns tied to Pearl Harbor) could mean major shifts. Margo also sees a possible cycle low for gold so watch for a reversal.

Damus, meanwhile, stays bullish despite market chaos. With celestial events like the unpredictable Full Moon conjunct Uranus, Venus cozying up to BTC Mars, and Moon meeting Jupiter this weekend, plus a Mars-BTC trine next week as Pluto hits Aquarius, it’s looking like a wild but potentially rewarding ride.

🥂 FROM THE CAPITAL CLUB

This week in the Capital Club:

• Annii charted up some early-stage opportunities for members feeling the FOMO, including coins like $AR, $DIONE, $FET, $NEAR, and more. Memes are popping again, and $KARRAT is on the radar as a potential breakout.
• And she just updated the TTC portfolio spreadsheet to reflect her latest buys, and you can check it out here.
• She’s watching key support levels and structure shifts closely, so DON’T PANIC – there are plenty of potential plays still on the table. Just keep an eye on her cap club updates and chill. 😎
• This week, SilverWolf saddled up for the wild bull ride with his new blog on How To Embrace The Bull Market. Wondering whether to hold ’em or fold ’em? He’s got all the alpha to guide your moves.
• On the investment front, Wolf spotlighted major moves like Chainlink ($LINK), which surged over 40% in the past 6 days. Render Token ($RENDER), boasted a 77% climb since his initial buy-in, along with updates on Fetch.ai ($FET).
• He also warned of upcoming token unlocks for NEAR Protocol, Cardano, Ethena, Starknet, and Arbitrum, with the potential to shake up market dynamics.
• Closing out the week, SilverWolf explored Harmony ($ONE)’s price trends and PAAL AI’s surprising decision to halt a merger proposal and what that says about its approach to community sentiment. And finally, he shared a technical breakdown of $SEI’s triple bottom formation and potential breakout targets around key support and resistance levels.

For the full roundup, head to the silverwolfbtc-updates channel! Yeee hawww! 🤠(I have no idea why the cowboy metaphors this week, but I’m going for it.)

It’s time to take revenge on those friends and relatives who said the Bitcoin hype was over when the price dropped to $15,000 in December 2022. Call them up and say, ‘What’s up bruv? Can you please check the price of Bitcoin? Don’t bother, I will tell you. It is 80,000 United States Dollars for one Bitcoin!’
Nah, it’s not worth wasting your energy. Stay humble and keep grinding.

— SilverWolf

Is Smoking Silver Wolf the new Smoking Chicken Fish?

✈️ FROM THE MAIN CABIN

Cabin Crew Hangouts ✍️

This week, Cajun brought us a no-BS masterclass on adding to trades, and layer entries while managing risk. He explained that “adding into trades is not about being greedy; it’s about making that first trade pay for the next… just make sure that your average entry doesn’t jump up too much because then you’re going to be in trouble.” Cajun also gave us a live coaching moment about building trading confidence, emphasising that “There are no gains without losses. If you cannot live with absorbing a loss and looking at that as an investment in yourself… then you are not ready to get gains.” The hesitation many of us feel when entering trades based on candlestick patterns is so often due to having a lack of confidence in the underlying model. Catch all the spicy tough love here.

If you don’t trust the model, and you think ‘f*** this, it can go against me,’ well, you can’t trust the candles either… But if you know the model, and you trust the model, and you have the right candles at the right time, pull the trigger.”​

— CajunSpice

Cody is famous for smashing out his price action with unmatched precision and speed, but this week we got a rare ‘extension’ on his hangout, jam packed with parabolic trading tips. He delved into his latest backtesting of the previous bull market, mastering the art of stacking entries during parabolic runs, and leveraging the ribbon and vector breaks on lower timeframes as a foolproof method for pinpointing entries in a strong trend. He also tackled the hot topic of the week: When does “no shorts” really mean no shorts? (And no, he wasn’t talking about beachwear, you cheeky buggers!🩳🏖️) Catch up on this super-sized hangout here.

This is by far my favourite thing I discovered in this latest back-testing. More often than not in the bull market, and especially in the parabolic phase, Monday is setting the low of the week. That makes sense when we are trending, but what was surprising to me was that it happens even when we are not in the bull market.​

— Cody Selby

And of course NRJ stepped in to his new role as Cabin Crew this week and totally nailed it, marking out these 90K targets 👇 which MM spiked just hours later! Catch him at the Monday and Wednesday Asia sessions and of course chilling with us in Discord during the US sessions.

Want to know more about the man behind that gorgeous southern accent? I asked NRJ about his crypto journey, and here’s what I learned!

• He bought his first Bitcoin, $35 worth, in 2017 when it was at about $2,300, then sold it when BTC went to 11K that December. 🙃
• He bought another $200 a few weeks later but sold for breakeven when it didn’t 10x like everyone was promising. 
• Thinking BTC was a scam, NRJ didn’t touch crypto again until November 2020, when he finally dove deep into Bitcoin and started stacking Satoshis.
• He started to buy some alt coins that YouTubers and TikTokers were shilling, and joined a couple of trading “schools” that turned out to be mostly retail patterns and support/resistance basics.
• NRJ is a health data analyst by trade, and he knew this was a data-driven industry. He was convinced there MUST be a better and smarter way.
• Then one day, a trader with an amazing Australian accent came across his YouTube feed, and she was calling the price action to the exact penny!
• He binged watched all of Annii’s content, pausing her videos and marking draw the HOD/LOD, HOW/LOW on the charts. But he needed MORE!
• He shot the lock off his wallet in late 2023 and joined TTC, instantly falling in love with the community and the level of detail, support, and value being a member brought him  🥰 The rest is history!

I now have the honor and privilege of being part of the staff of THE greatest trading community on the planet. I am truly humbled and grateful, and still in a little bit of shock to have been blessed with this opportunity. I know just how high of a bar the Cabin Crew sets, and I promise I will work every day to improve my skills and knowledge to try and uphold that high standard. #TTC4LIFE​

— NRJ, Cabin Crew

Humblebrags 💪

NateMc deserves a big shout-out for sharing so much of his experience in the ribbon strategy chat this week. If you’re interested in learning more about ribbon scalping or share your results to help others, jump into the Saturday scalping session in Discord 7:30 AM UK, 10:30 AM UAE, 5:30 PM SYD, or 2:30 AM NY for the US degens.

And talk about a standout trade, how is this? And on only 8x! This one was definitely worth the wait, RSi Ronan.

TRAVEL

 Life on Anchor, Waiheke Island New Zealand
Community Travel Pic

 — Laurian

CHILL

Courage & Resilience 🌟

How often do you pause to acknowledge the courage it takes to trade confidently? This week, Annii joined Coach Cat to inspire the community to harness their inner strength and embrace challenges head-on.

During this powerful hangout session, Annii shared her journey to building courage in trading and how to push past self-doubt and fear of making mistakes. Coach Cat emphasised valuing ourselves and creating strong boundaries as keys to personal and trading success. Together, they explored how facing hardships with resilience can lead to transformative growth. 🥰

Missed the session? Head to the Mindset Corner for follow-up threads where you can share your own experiences, ask questions, and find encouragement from fellow traders. For a deeper dive into Annii’s take on overcoming fear, watch the recording here.

Sunset Over Airlie Beach, Australia
Community Travel Pic

 — NateMc2

Inflight Entertainment 📺

And as always, here are some suggestions to keep you from missing the charts too much this weekend! 

• Cody recommends a rewatch of Annii’s Coin Futures Q+A video just in time for the next run!
• THOR recommends checking out Jimmy Connors interview with Henrik Zeberg from Swissbank, on U.S. markets and how things might about to get ugly.
• Thanks for the lolz Lucyinthesky Long The Ponzi (Bitcoin’s Back)

☀️ ON THE HORIZON 

All times are listed in New York time. Access the full calendar here.

😆 MILE HIGH MEME 

Actual footage of Janet trying to log in to Zoom.

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Thank you for reading! I appreciate the support and feedback, and love to hear ideas about how to make this recap the best it can be. Comment below or send me a DM if you have thoughts.

— Caitlin 💙