According to CMC, trading volumes of major crytocurrencies (BTC, ETH, EOS, LTC, etc.), experience constant growth since the middle of 2018. And it's obvious that the number of exchange platforms grows as well as number of trading bots on those exchanges.
But what about actual crypto interest which is represented by real people buying and selling crypto?
My guess is that there is no direct dependence between current crypto volume growth and actual crypto interest.

Is the volume growth real or fake i am not sure of it and one should not just depend on it but more to how you manage your portfolio risk in the crypto market and dont be greedy.

I was wondering according to the data shows we are already in transition from Bearish to Bullish period, But in some cases I dont understand why some altcoins are getting some boost, while other is not. Question is this a sign of artificial price pumping created by Whales or its just another unsustain momentum of the Market.

I cannot say whether the current increase in price is a real movement or not but what i assume is that those altcoins that are being pump most probably are those coins that are able to give the investors confidence that the coin will grow in value overtime.

On March 4, 2019, the price of Stellar lumens reached a low of $0.080. It has been on a gradual uptrend since.

Price increases accelerated on Apr 2. At the time of writing on Apr 3, XLM/USD had reached a daily high of $0.131.

Will prices keep going up or are lumens about to face a tragic correction?


Stellar Lumens (XLM): Highlights and Trends For April 3, 2019
- The price of Stellar lumens has been on an uptrend since Mar 4.
- XLM is trading inside an ascending channel.
- There is bearish divergence developing in the RSI.
- There is support near $0.12.

Ascending Channel
On Mar 4, the price made a low of $0.080. A rapid increase ensued, followed by a gradual decrease. The price made several lower lows.

Tracing these lows gives us an ascending support line:


source: https://beincrypto.com/xlm-stellar-lumens-price-analysis-04-03-2019/

Great effort done by you to attach the chart pictures of XLM coins to me i do hope that the rising will continue but that is just our hope as stellar is facing a big resistance here, hope that new volume will be inject into XLM or crypto for a bigger bull move.

Quote from: masterrex on April 09, 2019, 02:53:21 PM

Lately i was amazed with the result of the (Kucoin Spotlight IEO) the offered tokens are sold in 7 seconds, with the 600 million tokens sold out, and the participants is from 59 countries and territories,  6111 participants, and 1161 has successfully bought the tokens, base on the data i pressumed that  the investors are still optimistic, about investing in cryptocurrency related project. and i conclude that if the ICO's has equipped with more safeguards like IEO does, i strongly believe that it will recover eventually.

IEO is definitely a good type of investment why i say so is because if the project is not legit or attractive enough exchanges will not want to risk their reputation selling the tokens.

You got a good point there i am sure with the filtering from exchanges as investors we can be doubly sure that the project is more than average and at least it is not a scam to invest in.

Crypto is not for risk takers as it may seem but rather for those who are ready to dive deep into a project, study it and base on tangible analysis make feasible conclusions before investing. You cannot enter crypto based on just your risk taking appetite, you need more than that. Study the crypto market, know how it operates and you will make some good money out of it.

I have a different view though i thin crypto is for risk takers i understand your point but what makes crypto different from the normal investing is the volatility in crypto  and i am sure not many will want to see their portfolio is 5 digit and it change to 4 or even 3 in a few months especially for those that does not do money management.

Guys, this is what i think about Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) and Initial Coin Offering (ICO); the biggest problem with ICOs is that they’re not monitored by any third parties. Basically, anyone can launch an ICO, as long as you have a white paper to convince investors to put funds into your company.
On the other hand, an IEO is a very, if not entirely, different model. While both ICOs and IEOs share the rationale of an initial public offering (IPO), in an IEO, the exchange becomes an administrator.

To conduct an IEO, the project team must meet and comply with the exchange’s requirements in order to launch the token sale. Contributors are, therefore, protected by the exchange.

Although some may argue that the exchange may go along with the project team to scam customers, this will put the exchange’s reputation at risk. Exchanges that look for a sustainable business model would not consider taking such an unethical move.
However, i have come to a conclusion that IEOs will definitely overtake ICOs very soon. What do you think?

I think so as well IEO is a new development to ICO and what i see from the market is that those ICO that is shifting to IEO do pretty well when their coins are launch but will 100% of ICO move to IEO is still unknown though.

During the last 2018, did you succeed in making a profit in trading crypto? Do you still have the same strategy this year?
 Thank you.

I indeed make a decent amount in 2018 and i am still using the same strategy of scaling out when appropriate. However if the market does not perform i will need to change to a more conservative strategy.