XT Chief Operating Officer Arman Achmed explains how broader market access and a clearer understanding of each trade can work together.

XT Chief Operating Officer (COO) Arman Achmed said he was seeing more crypto traders stay up for technology earnings. What had once been mainly a stock-market event, in his account, was becoming relevant to people trading digital assets as well.

That shift helped explain why broader market access mattered to him. It gave users more choices while making the forces behind each trade more important to understand. In XT’s AMA, he connected those choices to a clear goal for the exchange.

“So for us, the goal isn’t simply to offer more things to trade. It’s to help users better understand what they are holding, what they are trading. And more importantly, what could affect their investment.”

Arman Achmed, XT Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Making sense of the earnings story

Arman used AI investment to show what that understanding can involve. He described a market increasingly interested in whether companies could turn spending into results. The question was moving from who was investing in AI to who could demonstrate a return.

Asked to choose among rates, growth, and earnings, he selected earnings as the most important source of new information that week. Investors had already spent considerable time following rates, he said, and much of that outlook was reflected in prices. Company results offered a fresh test.

His focus was on whether AI spending would translate into revenue. If it did, he argued, markets would find higher rates easier to absorb. If it did not, those rates would become a greater burden.

He also explained what would change his view. If the upcoming GDP and PCE data drove yields sharply higher, interest rates could regain the leading role. His earnings focus came with a condition for reassessment, giving listeners a framework they could revisit as new information arrived.

Understanding how positions fit together

Arman linked this broader market view to the way people assess their holdings. Access to different markets gives users options, but they still need to consider what each position depends on and how those positions interact.

He noted that the same macro event could affect holdings in both crypto and traditional markets. A wider selection of assets therefore calls for a separate judgment about diversification. Different instruments can still respond to similar forces.

Growth and inflation illustrated the point. A stronger economy could lift confidence, he said, while also keeping inflation elevated and potentially prolonging higher rates. Understanding those connections helps explain why favorable economic news may have different implications for different trades.

Preparing before stepping away

Arman brought the discussion back to a decision traders can make before logging off: review the position they are leaving behind. How much leverage are they carrying? Could one unexpected headline force them out of a trade they still believe in?

He acknowledged that people cannot stay awake for every market event. His emphasis was on knowing what would change a view and keeping leverage at a level they could live with while away from the screen.

For XT, he described readiness for different market outcomes as an operating priority so users could manage their own risk when conditions changed. Alongside broader access, the goal he set was to help users understand their holdings and the events that could affect them. That gives market choice a practical purpose: supporting a more informed decision about each trade.

Based on Arman Achmed’s remarks in XT’s English-language AMA, “Rates, Growth, and Earnings: What’s Driving Risk Assets?” on October 29, 2026. The discussion presented market commentary and personal views, not financial advice. Replay the AMA.

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