Here's what happened when the Fear and Greed Index plummeted to 22 just before a major macro announcement.

Most retail traders panic-sold their positions right at the bottom, terrified of a hawkish speaker wiping out their portfolios. It is the classic trap of letting sentiment override your execution plan.

The market was bracing for a hawkish tone from Warsh, causing a massive wave of anxiety across the board. But when the actual speech delivered a measured tone, the overhang evaporated almost instantly. We saw $BTC reclaim the key $63,000 level, dragging $ETH and the rest of the market back into the green.

This relief rally looks clean, but it exposes a dangerous vulnerability in retail behavior. Trading the immediate reaction to macro news is a coin flip, and those who shorted the breakdown got squeezed immediately. If you are positioning based on pre-event panic, you are essentially gambling on the exact wording of a central banker.

How are you managing risk during these sudden macro-driven swings?

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