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The Necessity of Bear Markets: Creative Destruction and the Discipline of Cycles

Bear markets and recessions are not failures of the system but essential corrections that restore discipline, clear away excess, and redirect capital toward true innovation. While modern policy seeks to avoid downturns at all costs, history shows that renewal and long-term opportunity often emerge from collapse. From the dot-com bust to the COVID-19 recession, it is in the ashes of contraction that the seeds of future growth are sown.

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The Script and the Rhythm: Understanding Wyckoff Mechanics and Elliott Waves

In markets, cycles are not random—they are patterned expansions and contractions shaped by accumulation, distribution, and the relentless hunt for liquidity. By weaving Wyckoff mechanics with Elliott Wave theory, we can begin to see markets not as chaos but as choreography: waves rising, breaking, and receding with purpose. Yet volume is the compass, and in unregulated arenas like crypto, where wash trading distorts the signal, discernment becomes survival.

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