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🦖 Crypto Kidnapping

🦖 Crypto Kidnapping

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Jordon Mellor
May 05, 2025

Good Morning. Fun fact: The famous Wall Street Charging Bull wasn’t commissioned… it was a surprise! In 1989, artist Arturo Di Modica dropped the sculpture in front of the New York Stock Exchange without permission as a gift to the city. Now, it’s one of the most photographed symbols of market optimism on the planet. Sometimes, bold moves pay off.

-Jordon Mellor, Patrick Lewis, Shaun A.

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MARKETS

How’s your favorite today?

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Over the weekend, bulls took control. The Dow jumped 1.4%, S&P 500 tacked on 1.5%, and Nasdaq followed suit, tech giants led the charge after earnings crushed expectations. Europe ripped higher: Germany’s DAX up 4.6%, France’s CAC and Italy’s FTSE MIB rallied as eurozone growth doubled. Asia was a split tape, Japan ran up 3%, China’s benchmark slipped on weak manufacturing data. Volatility cooled, the VIX dropped nearly 8%. Strong earnings and easing trade fears put risk back on the table. Traders have their eyes set on fresh highs if the momentum sticks.

TRADER INSIGHTS

A TradeDelicious Members Problem… Answered.

On Friday I put out a question, asking each and everyone of you to reply with the biggest mistake you made last week, so I could try and help you. I firstly want to start by saying thanks to everyone who replied, I read each comment. I’m choosing to reply to Hamza’s question because it brings up an important point.

“I don't make any big mistake but what I am suffering from is the feeling that I am not working hard enough. Because as a swing trader, there is a lot of patience required. But when I am waiting for my setup, I feel like that is not enough, I need to do more. I don't know if you will understand. I have my trading plan, I have my setup. I know how to think in probability and still I am not profiting. I don't know what I am doing wrong. Am I working hard enough or not?”

Hamza L - TradeDelicious Reader

Swing trading isn’t about grinding all day or stacking up trades for bragging rights. The real work is waiting, literally sitting on your hands while you let your setup come to you. It can mess with your head, especially when TikTok is full of ten-screen day traders flexing hard. Ignore them. Busywork is for brokers and market makers.

It is actually guilt that creeps in when you’re flat, but forcing trades because you’re bored isn’t hard work, it’s how you torch your account. Swing traders have a plan, trade their setups, and log the days when nothing happens. That’s discipline. If you feel lazy because you’re not clicking all over the place, you’re actually doing it right.

You can read my full reply here. -JM

CRYPTO

Crypto Kidnappings. Is This The New Normal?

Crypto kidnappings are real, ugly, and getting more common in Europe. These crews are targeting crypto holders, slicing off fingers, and demanding payment in digital coins. They watch social feeds, track wallets, and go straight for the family. Paris just saw another exec get snatched for a multi-million euro payout. Months of threats, then masked guys in broad daylight, all because his son flexed his wallet online.

Same playbook everywhere: snatch the family, film the pain, drop a cold demand, and expect instant crypto transfers. Cops are catching up (blockchain isn’t as anonymous as crooks think) but nobody walks away from this clean. The trauma sticks.

Crypto’s turned some into targets. Too many folks flashing gains, thinking their paper trail ends at a hardware wallet and a rented flat. That’s clueless risk management. You wouldn’t size up a position without a stop-loss, don’t do it with your safety. The play here is simple: stay low, protect your stack, and never believe you’re untouchable. Trading might feed your ego, but staying alive feeds your future. This is the new reality, adapt or get rekt. -PA

TRADER INSIGHTS

Traders Lose More to Time Than Price

Most traders don’t blow trades because they misread price, they blow them because they tap out too soon. You plan the setup. You wait. Market snoozes, so you bail. Ten minutes later, it rips from your level and you missed it, all because you got itchy.

Patience isn’t some Zen trait. It’s about knowing when the move’s actually set up, not just where. The big players care about timing. You just want action. That’s how you get faked out, stopped out, or jerked around by gold or FX pairs that love to fake and then take off as soon as you blink.

Trading isn’t about hunting every tick. It’s about sitting on your hands until it’s time. Start giving your trades a clock, not just a line on the chart. Journal the ones you skip too early and watch your stats change. Patience is a position, not a lack of action. Play for timing, not just price, and your edge gets sharper. Markets always give another setup. -SA

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