What happened on the crypto market in October: a recap
Bitcoin (BTC) and other top cryptos exhibited an uncharacteristic lack of volatility in October.
Following a month that was mostly bereft of wild market action, crypto finished off October a bit higher, ahead of what may be an action-packed November. The bullish late-month trading action in BTC and in ETH may have been partly driven by a short squeeze in the market.
Adding to the recent hike, a pullback in U.S. Treasury bond yields during the closing week of October also helped Bitcoin and other cryptos rally ahead of a likely Fed rate hike in early November.
BTC is up by almost 6% in October while ETH reached +18%.
How did HAL strategies perform in October?
Best performers
Wise: DOGE with +55.69% (vs +105.66% DOGE). The strategy was able to catch the spike of DOGE on October 25.
Pulse: ETH with +15.32% (vs +18.36% ETH) benefited from the end of month ETH rally and erased its first losses from the October volatility crash.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Pick with +13.66% (vs +5.5% BTC). The strategy got long on ETH both on 23 and 28 October and caught the ETH uptrend.
Worst performers
Wise: BCH with -5.83% (vs +4.17% BCH). It suffered from a lack of clear trends on BCH.
Pulse: BTC with -5.34% (vs +5.5% BTC) was too late in opening long positions and missed the BTC end of month uptrend.
Wise: MATIC with -3.45% (vs +16% MATIC) suffered from false signals and was late getting long at the end of month.
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