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Jesus First | Crypto Options Trader

Joined April 2025
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Crypto options desk update: It's days like these when crypto and the stock market are down bad that I like to make such posts. Full transparency as always 😁 Down 75% YTD on the challenge account. Started with around $700 in February in the pits of the bear market. That's why YTD is so harsh while I worked out a real system. The goal? Get to $10,000. Keeping it real simple, I believe we're at the cusp of a bull market: - Long $BTC (with some options to hedge) - Long $MSTR Trusting the process and being patient. Trading platform: @DeribitOfficial
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Scratch that. ethereum:native just crashed so here’s the updated position.
Crypto options desk update: ethereum:native at a discount. Opened a 1x2 call ratio. Long the 2300C, short 2x 2700C into Dec 2026. Want it above 2300 by then. The short calls pay me while I wait. Will roll them if price starts running at 2700.
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Late $MSTR fill orders.
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Crypto options desk update: ethereum:native at a discount. Opened a 1x2 call ratio. Long the 2300C, short 2x 2700C into Dec 2026. Want it above 2300 by then. The short calls pay me while I wait. Will roll them if price starts running at 2700.
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Block RFQ options on Deribit today: Most of it is short vol or short calls. Bear call spreads and tight strangles around spot. One custom put spread was net bullish, but the day overall is still red on delta. The whales are not betting on a move up. They’re betting on time and range. Whales are collecting premium and betting $BTC stays under $85-90k into year-end, or just ranges near current levels. Curious if that changes into next week.
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Weekly recap (roughly Nov 1–6, 2026) Bitcoin & crypto: - $BTC opened near $78k, spiked to ~$81k midweek, then sold off. Trading around $75.5k–$76k by Friday. Down ~3% on the week, heading for a fifth straight red weekly close. - Lows near $74.8k–$75k after Thursday’s equity dump and the jobs number. - Spot BTC ETFs on track for a second weekly outflow (~$870M net through Thursday). Stocks & macro: - Thursday was ugly. Nasdaq –5.5% (into correction, ~12% off the October high). S&P –4.4%. Roughly $2.5–3T wiped. Worst session since the April 2025 tariff shock. AI/tech names (Nvidia, hyperscalers, etc.) got hit hardest. - Trigger: Democratic midterm sweep raised fears of tighter AI/data-center regulation. Brief post-election bounce on Wednesday reversed hard. - October jobs strong (+165k, unemployment 4.1%). Markets now pricing a high chance (~78%) of a December Fed hike. Politics & geopolitics: - US midterms (Nov 3): Democrats took both the House and Senate. Big gains, including flips in places like Texas, Kansas, Ohio. Trump’s party loses control of Congress for the rest of the term. - Iran conflict / Hormuz tensions still in the background (energy prices, uncertainty). Some noise around Ukraine talks, but nothing decisive. What it means: Neutral to cautiously bullish for Bitcoin. Short term it is still trading like a leveraged tech proxy. Liquidity is thinner, ETFs are leaking, and leveraged longs got cleaned out. That can continue if risk-off persists. Longer term the case does not change. Elevated inflation, high rates that still fail to crush prices, political gridlock, ongoing geopolitical friction, and the same debt/deficit trajectory all sit in the background. Bitcoin does not need a clean narrative or a soft Fed to accumulate. It just needs time and continued demand for something outside the system. Positioning without prediction. The tape is messy. The structure underneath is not.
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Crypto options desk update: Closing the brutal week at -1.49%. Oh wait, crypto is 24/7. Road to $10,000
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Crypto options desk update: $MSTR fill orders
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Most people watched the stock selloff and the $BTC drop. Fewer noticed DVOL never really cooled. While the vol line stays above the price line, the market is still paying for fear. $BTC keeps chopping until that line drops. Source: Deribit
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Pump our bags Trump!
BREAKING: President Trump says he will “work with” states who “want to become rich” from AI.
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Gotta love Elon, maybe he’s feeling it too? 😂
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Crypto options desk update: It’s good to be hedged at times like these. I still have a solid bitcoin:native long entry at $65,800, so I’m not too worried. Meanwhile, the long puts and short calls are working and printing for my protection. $MSTR is chilling and I’m just DCA’ing as it goes lower. Be patient and zoom out. Road to $10,000.
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Buying the $MSTR dip! What are you doing? Buying or crying?
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If you’re in AI pivot to Bitcoin ASAP. bitcoin:native
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Yes sir. Now pump my bags! bitcoin:native $MSTR $STRC
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Me right now knowing $STRC is back at par and @saylor will be buying lots of Bitcoin and stop diluting the common $MSTR
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Turn on the Bitcoin printer baby! $STRC
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