Liquidity is incentive driven.. which means it moves reactively



"Where can I get the most upside for the least risk?"

At different stages of a cycle, that answer changes..

🟡 Early cycle = Safety
⚪️ Mid cycle = Efficiency
🟢 Late cycle = Speculation

Once returns compress at the top, which right now is Gold and Silver.. capital must move lower to maintain return potential

Its not like investors suddenly become dumb and reckless.. but because the risk stays the same while the upside begins to shrink

This forces capital to look elsewhere, which naturally moves to smaller market cap assets..

Where the same liquidity produces larger price movements

Gold > Silver > #Bitcoin > $ETH + large caps > Mid caps > smaller caps > Memes + dumb shit

The compression in returns forces capital to seek efficiency.. its not because people want more risk

Which means narratives begin to form after the liquidity moves

🟡 "Gold is pumping because people lost faith in fiat"

⚪️ "Silver is pumping because of global supply shortage"

🟠 "Bitcoin is pumping because its a better version of gold"

And so on..

Its just recycled liquidity.. which flows and creates different narratives

Capital enters Gold > Leaves Gold
Enters silver > leaves silver
Enters Bitcoin > leaves bitcoin
Enters Altcoins > leaves altcoins

Each step brings larger returns as the same capital and liquidity is being pushed further out on the risk curve into more illiquid assets

Imagine a massive pot at the top of a structure..

Below the largest container sits medium ones.. below those are even smaller ones.. and at the bottom are the smallest containers

When that huge pot begins to overflow, it doesn't take much for the containers below to start spilling

Each level down requires less and less water for it to overflow

The water's not increased.. its just the containers have simply gotten smaller

And that’s why the biggest moves always happen at the end of the cycle

The liquidity flows downstream into thinner, more illiquid assets.. that causes violent movements from relatively modest inflows

We're currently in the first steps of this cycle..

Enjoy 🍻
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