Author

@nickgiva1 nickgiva1

Contrarian rates/macro trader dismantling the Bitcoin monetary narrative with curve mechanics

Posts original macro and rates frameworks (Fed policy, balan

trader score
+0.41
hit rate
60%
mean α
+0.44%
signals 14d
17

Grade = how their written analysis reads (A best). Trader score = how their last-20 timestamped calls performed vs SPY.

Their picks, scored

Across their last 5 scored bets: 60% hit rate, +0.44% mean alpha, trader score +0.41. Their last-14d mentions, direction-adjusted, have moved +2.2% since posting (mean over 2 mentions with price data).

Recent signals15receipts included
date (PT)tickerauthorsentwhat they saidsince thenreceipt
2026-10-16NQ@nickgiva1+0.90Buy NQ. — Explicit forward buy instruction for Nasdaq futures.·
2026-10-16MSTR@nickgiva1-0.25Observes a relative trade involving buying another asset versus shorting MSTR.+6.7%
2026-10-16·@nickgiva1·Rejects the claim that the Fed controls the 30-year Treasury yield.·
2026-10-13·@nickgiva1·Explains how interest-rate changes disproportionately affect financially marginal borrowers.·
2026-10-12·@nickgiva1·Sarcastically rejects the possibility that current TIPS coupons exceed 10%.·
2026-10-11BTC@nickgiva1+0.00Points Bitcoin readers to new levels and a reaction framework without stating the levels.·
2026-10-08·@nickgiva1·Recaps a fourth successful Treasury-futures passage from 104'00 over four days.·
2026-10-07DJI@nickgiva1-0.45Highlights extreme SPX concentration while broader indices and sectors are down over 10%.·
2026-10-07SPX@nickgiva1-0.20Highlights extreme SPX concentration while broader indices and sectors are down over 10%.·
2026-10-07SPX@nickgiva1+0.05Sarcastically disputes a simplistic relationship between high interest rates and equity weakness.·
2026-10-06·@nickgiva1·Sell the 96 calls while the unidentified underlying is below 96.10. — Recommends selling 96-strike calls, but the underlying is absent.·
2026-10-06·@nickgiva1·High rates are expected to slow stocks' upward trajectory without causing an immediate decline.·
2026-10-05BTC@nickgiva1-0.70Dismisses bullish Bitcoin media and discussion as nonsense.·
2026-10-05BTC@nickgiva1-0.30Rejects going all-in on Bitcoin and expects at least a move to 95K while describing MSTR risk.·
2026-10-05MSTR@nickgiva1-0.20Rejects going all-in on Bitcoin and expects at least a move to 95K while describing MSTR risk.-11.2%

Grade is our human read-worthiness rating; trader score is a rolling 20-bet hit-rate/alpha composite — different things, often disagreeing. “Since then” is direction-unaware in the table; the summary line above adjusts for which way they leaned.