Sounds familiar?
What gets in the way today.
One feed says top, the next says bottom.
Long-run cycle models instead of the loudest opinion.
Futures positioning hides in weekly CFTC tables.
CME and Coinbase futures by trader group, in one panel.
You forget why you entered.
Every trade with its reason, stop and result.
With DESK
What changes.
01
See where the cycle stands
Rainbow bands on a logarithmic scale and the classic cycle models, over the full history — so a single week doesn’t decide your view.
Crypto Terminal →
02
Read the positioning
Who holds bitcoin and ether futures on CME and Coinbase: leveraged funds, asset managers and dealers, week by week (CFTC).
Crypto Terminal →
03
Write the trade down
Entry, stop, target and the reason. Tags for your setups, so the statistics can tell you which ones pay.
Journal →A routine
How a week can look.
- Every morning
Fear & greed and futures positioning: is the crowd leaning one way?
- Every week
Dominance: where is the money going?
- Every month
The cycle models: has anything structural changed?
- Every trade
One journal entry with the reason, before you forget it.
Where to start
Three steps for the first hour.
What DESK doesn’t do
DESK shows market structure and records your trades. It doesn’t place orders and it doesn’t give signals.
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