Long BTC and short HBAR

urrirru in #alive • 29 days ago

My strategy this week is simple. I bought BTC and sold a weak token from the top 20, HBAR.

I'm long 21,000 USDT in Bitcoin and short half that amount in HBAR. Yet, when the market drops, I still make +300 USDT per day. Because HBAR is down 5% today and BTC is down 1.1%.

I think I'll buy more BTC after a slight market correction, so the ratio of the two trading pairs becomes 3 to 1. I want to get back to profits of around 1000 USDT per day.

It's not time to buy HIVE yet. I'll wait for a very strong market downturn in 2026. My initial goal is to buy 1 million HIVE.

29 days ago in #alive by urrirru

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riverflows 28 days ago

A million hive would be incredible. You would make a nice whale. Thanks so much for the tip. So kind of you. I was thinking today most people are nicer than you think. The world makes you believe everyone's an asshole but it's not true.

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urrirru 28 days ago

When HIVE was worth $1, it was a lot; I've never had $1 million. But if buying a whale in a bear market costs tens of thousands of dollars, I think it would make sense.

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hivecurious 29 days ago

!ALIVE
!BBH
!INDEED 👍

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stdd 28 days ago

I'll wait for a very strong market downturn in 2026. My initial goal is to buy 1 million HIVE.

🔥🔥🔥Wanna take a look at what it’s like up there on the top?)

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urrirru 28 days ago

No, I've been through this before, just on a different blockchain. I think the bear market will be followed by a bull market. And I'll sell the tokens I bought for a higher price.

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theindianguy 28 days ago

That 3 to 1 tilt after a dip makes sense to me, the spread you got today shows the weaker beta on HBAR vs BTC. From an accounting lens, daily PnL smooths out when you ADjust sizing to the weaker leg, so nudging BTC up while keeping the HBAR short lighter keeps variance tame. Very very patient way to stack on red days, Im a fan of getting paid to wait :)

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urrirru 28 days ago

We humans tend to do stupid things when we're in a bad mood. I decided it would be better for my emotional state if I could make money on both market rises and market falls (if I chose the right two tokens and the right long/short ratio).

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theindianguy 28 days ago

This is a healthy hack for the the brain, hedge the mood swings with a market neutral tilt that still lets you farm trend. A 3 to 1 btc long vs hbar short keeps beta in check and smooths pnl, just reblance when drift sneaks in :). From an accountant view, map fees and borrow rates daily so the edge stays positive. You tracking your hedge ratio on closes or on intraday bands?

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chinito 29 days ago

great start! I have gotten away from my trading manually nowadays, but still do it some.. I do it on NOT so big a scale as u tho.. :P

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urrirru 29 days ago

The scale is small; I'm thinking of trading 100,000 with 10x leverage, meaning I need 10,000 USDT in my trading account. Right now, I'm spending a little time on trading, but the key is choosing two coins, a strong one and a weak one from the top 20.

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chinito 29 days ago

ahhhhhh. I do just 0DTE options manually,.. the biggest I tried so far was 3k.

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