https://areebalikhan.com/blog/ Articles by Areeb Ali Khan, crypto product strategist and trader: crypto derivatives, macro, sentiment, on-chain and technical analysis, and how crypto products get built. en Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://areebalikhan.com/blog/brazil-ibovespa-selloff-after-lula-reelection.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/brazil-ibovespa-selloff-after-lula-reelection.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Macro Brazil's Ibovespa had its largest daily decline since 1998 after President Lula's re-election, triggering a trading halt. Why markets react to surprises against what was priced in, not to the news itself. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/sp500-forward-peg-ratio-lowest-in-30-years.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/sp500-forward-peg-ratio-lowest-in-30-years.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Macro The S&P 500 forward PEG ratio hit 0.70, the lowest in 30 years, while prices sit near record highs. Why a low PEG built on analyst forecasts is a reason for caution, not comfort. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/lessons-from-building-arib-research.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/lessons-from-building-arib-research.html Thu, 24 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Building Lessons from building ARIB Research, a crypto market intelligence platform with five live tools for macro, derivatives, on-chain, sentiment and technical analysis. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/crypto-liquidation-cascades-explained.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/crypto-liquidation-cascades-explained.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Derivatives How leverage and forced liquidations turn small crypto price moves into sudden cascades, which data to watch for crowded positioning, and what traders can do about it. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/on-chain-analysis-exchange-flows.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/on-chain-analysis-exchange-flows.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 On-chain A practical introduction to on-chain analysis: what exchange inflows and outflows mean, which signals actually matter for trading, and the common mistakes to avoid. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/crypto-sentiment-analysis-narratives.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/crypto-sentiment-analysis-narratives.html Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Sentiment Why narratives drive crypto prices, why most sentiment indicators fail, and how combining news, Reddit and AI models like CryptoBERT gives a more honest sentiment signal. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/what-is-a-crypto-macro-regime-score.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/what-is-a-crypto-macro-regime-score.html Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Macro How the dollar, interest rates, inflation and central-bank policy drive Bitcoin, and how a single 0–100 macro regime score turns that backdrop into something a trader can act on. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/how-i-prioritize-features-for-a-trading-app.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/how-i-prioritize-features-for-a-trading-app.html Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Product The framework I use to decide what a crypto trading app builds next: trader impact against engineering cost, tested against live trading before any developer time is spent. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/how-to-read-crypto-funding-rates-and-open-interest.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/how-to-read-crypto-funding-rates-and-open-interest.html Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Derivatives A trader's guide to funding rates, open interest and liquidations in crypto perpetual futures, and how to use them to spot crowded positioning before it unwinds. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/why-i-trade-the-4h-and-daily-timeframe.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/why-i-trade-the-4h-and-daily-timeframe.html Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Technical analysis Why lower timeframes are mostly noise in crypto, and the simple higher-timeframe support and resistance framework I use for every trade after 5+ years in the markets. https://areebalikhan.com/blog/what-does-a-crypto-product-manager-do.html https://areebalikhan.com/blog/what-does-a-crypto-product-manager-do.html Thu, 21 May 2026 09:00:00 +0000 Product What a crypto product manager does day to day: finding features traders need, working with developers and designers, clearing finance wording with legal, and shipping. From a product strategist who owns two trading apps.