Optima Financial
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Optima Financial
@Optima_Fi
Institutional investing open to everyone | EU-compliant ETF-style tokenized portfolios | DeFi compatible

never confuse a notional (1) with risk-adjusted exposure (2). for example, I was net long (notional), crypto was up, and I was losing money. that's because assets carry different risk exposures. it ain't market neutral to be $10k short btc and $10k long shib. I've been risk-adjusted net short for a long time.

When crypto drops 10%, everyone disappears. When crypto rises 5%, we start getting screenshots of 25x longs. It’s incredible how market sentiment works and how people become biased toward losing money.



Now fast forward to crypto in 2025. Every single day, billions of dollars flow across major blockchain networks. New tokens launch almost every minute. Wallets are created by the millions. Everyone has the "alpha." And yet 90% of retail participants are still losing money. Why?














I feel ya. Listen, smart money flooded in last cycle and rugged us near the top. Then the whole industry imploded during the bear with multiple hacks and bankruptcies. That fcked crypto big time. This cycle was front ran by smart money. We were just the exit liquidity for Wall Street and OG whales. Every pump was a fake out. Every dump reversed after everyone got rinsed. It was the most manipulated market cycle I have ever seen. You’re not alone bro. A lot of great traders got wiped out. Meanwhile trad markets keep putting in new highs. Gold doubled and tech stocks rip like alt coins. Fml



