Detailed Thoughts on Broader Markets
This week markets are walking into a rare setup where policy risk, legal risk, and political pressure are all hitting at the same time.
Fresh Trump tariffs on Europe just landed, and they are not minor. A new 10 percent levy on the EU threatens trade flows worth nearly $1.5 trillion, and it is the first real tariff escalation in months. The last time markets faced a similar shock, both stocks and crypto sold off aggressively.
That alone would be enough to raise caution, but this is happening alongside a Supreme Court ruling that could either undermine tariff authority or force markets to fully price long-term trade damage. Either outcome creates uncertainty, and uncertainty is poison for risk assets.
Layer on top the growing tension between Trump and the Federal Reserve. Public pressure on the Fed chair, questions around independence, and mixed signals on rates only add fuel to the fire.
When fiscal aggression, legal ambiguity, and monetary tension collide, markets tend to overreact first and think later. That is when leverage gets punished the hardest.
This is not an environment to chase short-term moves or overtrade. The smarter approach is defensive positioning. Avoid leverage. Volatility will be unforgiving. Stick to long-term accumulation of high-conviction assets like $BTC , $ETH , and $SOL through disciplined DCA.
At the same time, diversify across asset classes. Exposure to metals like gold and silver, along with quality equities, helps smooth out shocks when risk sentiment turns violent.
Periods like this are less about being clever and more about surviving cleanly so you are still positioned when the noise fades and real trends reassert themselves.