@jimcramer
Ang pinakamaingay na stock picker sa telebisyon ng Amerika — at sa crypto, ang boses na pinakamadalas kontrahin. Hindi crypto trader si Cramer; siya ay host ng CNBC na sinasabi sa harap ng kamera ang iniisip niya tungkol sa Bitcoin, may petsa. Kaya nga nasusuri ang kanyang track record, at kaya nga naging isang trade mismo ang “Inverse Cramer”.
Sa madaling salita. Jim Cramer is a former Goldman Sachs salesman and hedge fund manager who has hosted CNBC's Mad Money since 2005 and runs the CNBC Investing Club. Crypto is a sideline for him, not a specialty — but he talks about it constantly, on the record, so it can be scored. In the last seven months he has gone from “I own Bitcoin and I do think it's a good buy” (May) to calling Bitcoin “bad money” (June) to “I'm going to sell mine” over quantum computing (July) to “Just go buy Bitcoin” (August) — and on 1 October, “if you like Bitcoin I got an idea, buy Bitcoin”. Charted against real price, the bearish turns are where he has been most wrong: the three negative calls have since gone +36%, +29% and +31% in the direction he warned against, while his one clean buy call is +21% in his favour. He is a reach-driven contrarian indicator, not a source of levels — and this page treats him as exactly that.
Hindi karera sa crypto ang karera ni Cramer. Nag-aral siya ng Government sa Harvard, kumuha ng batas doon noong 1984, pumasok sa Goldman Sachs sa sales at trading, at noong 1987 nagtayo ng sarili niyang hedge fund — Cramer & Co., kalaunan ay Cramer Berkowitz — na pinamunuan niya hanggang umalis siya noong 2001. Inangkin niyang nakamit doon ang 24% average na taunang return sa loob ng 14 taon; kinuwestiyon ng mga independiyenteng mananaliksik ang bilang na iyon, at walang na-audit na rekord ang pampubliko. Noong 1996 kasama niyang itinatag ang TheStreet kay Martin Peretz, at mula 2005 ay nagho-host siya ng Mad Money sa CNBC, kung saan pinamamahalaan din niya ang bayad na CNBC Investing Club at ang Charitable Trust nito.
Sa crypto, kilala siya pangunahin bilang taong kinokontra. Ang kanyang dokumentadong kasaysayan ay serye ng pagbaligtad: noong Abril 2021 sinabi niya sa CNBC na nagbenta siya ng bahagi ng kanyang Bitcoin sa may ~$60k para bayaran ang isang mortgage; noong 6 Disyembre 2022, nasa $16,796 ang BTC, sinabi niyang binenta na niya ang lahat ng crypto niya, tinawag itong “a gigantic con” at sinabing hindi niya ito hahawakan “in a million years” — pagkatapos ay umakyat ang Bitcoin nang mahigit 400% sa sumunod na tatlong taon. Naging mainstream ang pattern hanggang sa maglunsad ang Tuttle Capital ng Inverse Cramer Tracker ETF (SJIM); isinara ito noong Pebrero 2024, hindi natalo si Cramer. Nasa labas ang mga pangyayaring ito ng pitong buwang window ng presyo na kayang i-chart ng pahinang ito, pero bahagi ito ng rekord, kaya nakasaad dito sa halip na tahimik na ilihim.
Sources: cnbc.com · x.com/jimcramer · dated third-party coverage (linked on every call)
Kuwento muna, sagad ang kumpiyansa, walang level. Nagtatrabaho si Cramer mula sa fundamentals ng kompanya, access sa manedsment (gabi-gabi siyang nakikipanayam sa mga CEO), at isang tumatakbong kuwentong macro — ang Fed, mga interes, ang AI capex cycle, ang utang. Sa crypto halos hindi siya nagbibigay ng price target, level, o punto ng invalidation; ang ibinibigay niya ay panindigan, sinasabi nang buong-buo ang tiwala at binabago nang walang seremonya kapag nagbago ang kuwento. Ang paglabas niya sa Bitcoin noong Hulyo 2026 ay nagmula sa iisang panayam sa isang CEO tungkol sa quantum computing — at binawi ito sa ere makalipas ang tatlong linggo. Para sa mambabasa, nandoon na ang buong aral: ang tigas ng pagkakasabi ay walang sinasabi tungkol sa tigas ng paniniwala sa likod nito, at hindi kailanman binabanggit ang laki ng posisyon, takdang panahon at stop dahil wala talaga ang mga ito.
Hindi ito neutralidad kundi tunay na pabagu-bago. Mamimili noong Mayo, mapanlait noong Hunyo, deklaradong nagbebenta noong Hulyo, at mamimili muli noong Agosto — lahat sa loob ng apat na buwan. Inilagay namin ang karayom sa gitna dahil iyon ang tapat na pangkalahatan ng isang panindigang paulit-ulit tumataob, hindi dahil nakaupo siya sa bakod.
Six dated statements from the last seven months, every one of them pulled back verbatim from its own source page before it was charted. Two come from CNBC's own write-ups and his own X account — first-party. Cramer does not trade crypto publicly, does not post levels and does not run a portfolio you can follow, so these are stances, scored on what price actually did next. The result is lopsided and we are not going to dress it up: 1 played out, 2 open, 3 went against him — and all three misses are moments he turned negative. Note also what is not here: no outlet has ever verified that he actually sold any Bitcoin, so this page says he said he would.
“Now, look, if you like Bitcoin I got an idea, buy Bitcoin.”
Reviewing the third quarter on Mad Money, he noted that Bitcoin's rally had lifted Strategy (MSTR) 76% — and told viewers to skip the levered proxy and own the coin. It repeats his 20 August line, and like that one it is a conditional buy: no level, no timeframe, no stop. BTC's daily point for 1 October is $83,576; the show airs at 6pm New York time, about two hours before the next point, $84,842 on 2 October. Since then BTC has dipped to $81,686 (−2.3%), reached $86,490 (+3.5%) and sits at $83,778 (+0.2%) — −1.3% from the 2 October point. Two weeks is far too early to score, so this is open. Quote and date are Insider Monkey's account of the 1 October episode; CNBC's own write-up confirms that night's show was the third-quarter review but does not carry the Bitcoin line.
SourceStrategy (MSTR) Rallied 76%, but Jim Cramer Would Rather Own Bitcoin — Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance↗ finance.yahoo.com“Just go buy Bitcoin. Don't buy the derivatives.”
Asked in the Mad Money lightning round about BitMine Immersion (BMNR), he told the caller to skip the equity and own the coin — three weeks after saying he would sell his own. BTC was $69,291 that night. It has never traded lower since (+0.0% worst dip), ran to $86,597 (+25.0%) on 22 September and sits at $83,778 (+20.9%). His cleanest crypto call of the window, and the one that most directly contradicts the call before it.
SourceCramer's lightning round: “Just go buy Bitcoin. Don't buy the derivatives.” — CNBC↗ cnbc.com“Arvind Krishna knows quantum incredibly. He knows Bitcoin and quantum. And I'm going to sell mine.”
After IBM CEO Arvind Krishna told him to get “rather paranoid” about cryptography inside three or four years, Cramer said he was out. BTC was $64,743. It then fell just 3.0% to $62,773, ran to $86,597 (+33.8%) and is $83,778 today (+29.4%) — and he was publicly recommending it again 20 days later. Dating note: outlets differ, some placing the on-air exchange on 31 July and others on 3–4 August; BTC traded $62.8k–$64.7k across that whole span, so the verdict is the same either way. No sale has ever been verified — no wallet, no size, no proof. We score the statement, not a trade.
SourceJim Cramer Is Selling His Bitcoin Over Quantum Threat — Decrypt↗ decrypt.co“I realize I'm waiting. Ethereum, really, maybe even worse.”
In the same breath he singled out Ethereum as the more exposed of the two. ETH was $1,918. It dipped 3.9% to $1,843, then ran to $2,775 (+44.7%) and trades at $2,514 (+31.1%) — the strongest move of any asset on this page, in the opposite direction. To be fair to the argument: quantum risk is a multi-year thesis and two months cannot falsify it. What two months can judge is the trading implication he attached to it, and that implication was wrong.
Source“Ethereum, really, maybe even worse” — Decrypt↗ decrypt.co“Bitcoin and gold--bad money, being liquidated for SpaceX. Apple and Nvidia --good money--being liquidated”
A one-line dismissal posted mid-selloff: BTC was the money being dumped for better assets. It was $61,670 that day — and that was close to the end of it. The subsequent low was $58,566, only 5.0% lower; from there BTC ran to $86,597 (+40.4%) and now sits at $83,778 (+35.8%). Verified in full through the public X syndication endpoint, so the wording above is his, including the dashes.
𝕏 Post“Bitcoin and gold--bad money, being liquidated for SpaceX” — @jimcramer↗ x.com“I own Bitcoin and I do think it's a good buy right here for the long term.”
Answering a caller sitting on a loss, he said he owned BTC and would not double down, but that it was a buy. BTC was $74,340. Anyone who acted on it then watched a 21.2% drawdown to $58,566 before it recovered; today it is $83,778 (+12.7%), and the best it has managed was $86,597 (+16.5%). He also framed it as long term, which we take at face value — four months does not settle a long-term call, so this is open, not a win and not a miss.
SourceCramer on Mad Money, 28 May 2026: “a good buy right here for the long term” — 24/7 Wall St.↗ 247wallst.comAng mga resulta ay pagbasa namin sa ipinahayag niyang panindigan laban sa tunay na presyo ng CoinGecko, hindi ang sarili niyang pagpuntos — at ang pagpuntos sa panindigang walang level at walang takdang panahon ay laging may bahid ng paghuhusga. Kapag nagkaiba-iba ang mga ulat sa petsa, sinasabi namin ito mismo sa card. Maaari pang magbago ang mga bagong marka.
Ang pera ni Cramer ay galing sa CNBC at sa mga subscription, hindi sa crypto. Inaalis nito ang isang conflict — hindi niya itinutulak ang sarili niyang bag — at nagdadala ng iba: ang produkto niya ay isang oras ng telebisyon kada gabi, at ginagantimpalaan ng telebisyon ang matapang na opinyon tungkol sa lahat, araw-araw, pati na sa mga araw na ang tapat na sagot ay “hindi ko alam”.
Nasa ere ang Mad Money mula 2005. Binabayaran siya bilang host ng network; ang insentibo ay manonood at airtime, at ginagantimpalaan nito ang dami at tigas ng opinyon, hindi ang tumpak na bawat call.
Isang bayad na subscription na binuo sa paligid ng kanyang portfolio na Charitable Trust at mga trade alert. Stocks ang sakop, hindi crypto — kaya komentaryo ang mga pananaw niya sa Bitcoin, hindi produktong ibinebenta niya.
Co-founder ng TheStreet (1996), kung saan siya sumulat hanggang 2021, at may-akda ng ilang libro kabilang ang Confessions of a Street Addict at Get Rich Carefully.
“Just go buy Bitcoin. Don't buy the derivatives.”
20 Aug 2026 · ang lightning-round call na tumama“Arvind Krishna knows quantum incredibly. He knows Bitcoin and quantum. And I'm going to sell mine.”
31 Jul 2026 · ang paglabas na binawi niya makalipas ang tatlong linggo“Bitcoin and gold--bad money, being liquidated for SpaceX. Apple and Nvidia --good money--being liquidated”
10 Jun 2026 · ipinost 5% sa ibabaw ng pinakamababaMga sipi mula sa sarili niyang pampublikong pinagkunan; mga pananaw na binanggit, hindi rekomendasyon.
Walang naka-link na video library dito. Ang produksiyon ni Cramer ay broadcast television — Mad Money at Squawk on the Street sa CNBC — hindi mga upload sa sarili niyang channel, at walang transcript ang mga video page ng CNBC. Sa halip na punuin ang seksiyong ito ng mga clip na hindi namin masipi, iniwan naming walang laman: bawat call sa chart sa itaas ay isang artikulo ng CNBC o isang post sa X, naka-link sa card nito at buong-buong isinatitik sa verified na korpus sa likod ng pahinang ito. Hindi namin chinachart ang mga pahayag na hindi namin masipi nang eksakto.
Si James Joseph Cramer — dating salesman ng Goldman Sachs na namuno sa hedge fund na Cramer Berkowitz mula 1987 hanggang 2001, kasamang nagtatag ng TheStreet noong 1996, at host ng Mad Money sa CNBC mula 2005. Stock picker siya sa trabaho; ang crypto ay bagay na kinokomentuhan niya, hindi bagay na espesyalisasyon niya.
A running market joke that fading his calls beats following them. It went far enough that Tuttle Capital listed an Inverse Cramer Tracker ETF (SJIM) — which was closed and liquidated in February 2024, having failed to beat him. On the six crypto calls charted on this page, three went against him, one played out and two are open. That is a small sample from one seven-month window, not proof of a reliable inverse signal — and it is worth noting the ETF built on exactly that premise did not work.
Noong Mayo 2026 sinabi niyang mayroon, at noong huling bahagi ng Hulyo 2026 na ibebenta niya. Walang bentang independiyenteng napatunayan — hindi siya kailanman naglabas ng wallet address, patunay ng transaksiyon, o laki ng posisyon — kaya walang nakakaalam sa labas ng bahay niya kung ano ang hawak niya. Tatlong linggo matapos ang paglabas, sinabihan niya ang isang tumawag na bumili ng Bitcoin.
He is a television host, not a licensed adviser, and his crypto record in this window is 1 played out, 2 open and 3 against. He gives no levels, no timeframes and no invalidation, and he reverses without warning — the August buy call directly contradicted the July sell call. Treat his views as a dated, checkable opinion from a mainstream-finance voice, and never trade them blindly in either direction.
Ang istilo ni Cramer ay kumpiyansa na walang level: matapang na kuwento, malakas na sinabi, binabago kapag nagbago ang kuwento. Gaano ito kalapit sa aktuwal mong pagpapasya? Sukatin ito nang totoo gamit ang Trader Passport.
Hindi edge ang isang pitong buwang sample, at isinara ang ETF na itinayo sa premise na iyon. Subukan ang ideya sa halip na paniwalaan ito — sa totoong datos ng merkado, walang kapital na nakataya, sa libreng torneo ng BuyCrypt na may tunay na premyo.
Pang-impormasyon at pang-edukasyong pagsusuri batay lamang sa mga pampublikong materyal (sariling ulat ng CNBC, ang beripikadong mga post niya sa X, at may-petsang saklaw ng ibang media, naka-link sa bawat call). Hindi ito payo sa pananalapi o pamumuhunan. Tinatayang mga numero at patuloy na nagbabago. Spotted an error, or are you Jim? Mag-submit ng pagwawasto →
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