@trader_koala
A pseudonymous swing trader who posts Bitcoin plans with levels, invalidations and a bias that can flip in a week. It was bearish through June and July and called for “50k before 70k” on 7 July, but flipped long at the August lows: “TLDR: Higher” on 14 August came at $63,429, before Bitcoin reached $86,597 on 22 September.
In short. Trader Koala posts on X as @trader_koala to about 39,000 followers and does not name the person behind the account. It trades both ways and says so. On our sample of eleven posts from 23 March to 2 October — eight on Bitcoin, three on Ethereum — the record is 4 played out, 5 went against, 2 open. The good calls were the March dip-then-78k plan, the March Ethereum sub-$2,000 call, the June short to 62k–63k and the 14 August flip to long. The misses were the April and May upside targets, “50k before 70k”, the August Ethereum breakdown call and the late-August short.
The account @trader_koala dates from September 2021 and has about 39,000 followers. Its bio reads “Building @the_koalabot | Partner @verantaxyz | Nothing I say is financial advice”. It writes in the first person — “I, Koala of CT” — but does not name the person behind it. We found no press coverage of its Bitcoin or Ethereum calls.
Its method is ranges and closes: range highs and lows, “deviations”, “SFPs” and weekly or three-day closes that decide whether a plan is still valid. Most posts name a level, a target and an invalidation, and the account closes and flips positions in public. It also runs live “Traders Talk” streams on X and a Discord bot, KoalaBot.
This page grades Bitcoin and Ethereum posts only. X search returned nothing for this account, so the reading list is its profile feed, which reached back to 2 February (635 of its own posts). We charted posts that name a target, a direction or a level we could test against later prices. We left out altcoin and meme-coin calls, posts that only say what the account would do if a level broke, and trades it opened and closed within a day or two, such as the 8 October swing long it closed on 9 October.
Sources: x.com/trader_koala (captured via api.fxtwitter.com) · CoinGecko
Levels first, bias second. Trader Koala gives a plan, a target and the close that would prove it wrong. That works best when it trades against the crowd: it flipped long at the August lows after two months of bearish posts, and its March and June calls hit their levels. It is weaker at holding a big-picture view: its April and May upside targets came before a 22% fall, and it stayed short in late August before Bitcoin rose another 9.6%. Its September “$98k before the end of the year” call is still open, and on 12 October it wrote that “Uptober has been cancelled”.
Both ways. Bullish in March–May, bearish from June to mid-August, bullish again from 14 August, and more cautious after 12 October.
Eleven dated posts from @trader_koala — eight on Bitcoin, three on Ethereum — each captured verbatim from X and charted against real price. The tally is 4 played out, 5 went against, 2 open. The 23 March Bitcoin and Ethereum calls, the 17 June short to 62k–63k and the 14 August flip to long played out. The 17 April and 18 May upside calls, the 7 July “50k before 70k” call, the 5 August Ethereum breakdown call and the 27 August short went against. The 17 September $98k call and the 2 October $3,700 Ethereum call are open.
“3.7k ethereum:native is coming Study the 2k breakout and apply that to the incoming 3k breakout”
Posted at 20:10 UTC; the 2 October mark was $2,705 and the next, on 3 October, $2,668. Ethereum's best mark since was $2,726 (+0.8%) on 5 October; it fell to $2,420 (−10.6%) on 15 October. It sits at $2,439 (−9.9%). On 7 October the account wrote: “Every single time I am bullish on ethereum:native, it does me dirty”. No date was given — open, and below the post price.
𝕏 Post“3.7k ethereum:native is coming” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“I, Koala of CT, am here to tell you that the bottom is in and bitcoin:native will teleport to $98k before the end of the year.”
Posted at $76,147. Bitcoin never closed lower after the post, so the “bottom is in” part has held so far. It rose to $86,597 (+13.7%) on 22 September and sits at $82,001 (+7.7%). On 12 October the account wrote that “Uptober has been cancelled” but that the bull market was intact. $98,000 has not been reached and the deadline is 31 December — open.
𝕏 Post“the bottom is in” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“No change to bias and still in the swing short on $BTC. Much better prices are coming imo.”
Posted at 20:53 UTC; the 27 August mark was $79,018 and the next, on 28 August, $80,268. Bitcoin dipped to $75,590 (−4.3%) on 16 September, then rose to $86,597 (+9.6%) on 22 September. It sits at $82,001 (+3.8%). The dip was small and the rally bigger — went against.
𝕏 Post“Much better prices are coming” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“Bearish sentiment started after the lows were swept. That’s a long trigger. I'll add to longs on a weekly close above 64k with a target of 66k-68k. TLDR: Higher”
Posted at $63,429, after two months of bearish posts. Bitcoin dipped to $62,844 (−0.9%) on 17 August, then passed the 66k–68k target with $69,291 (+9.2%) on 20 August and reached $86,597 (+36.5%) on 22 September. It sits at $82,001 (+29.3%). Played out.
𝕏 Post“TLDR: Higher” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“ethereum:native - Expansion below 1.8k is coming”
Posted at 23:00 UTC; the 5 August mark was $1,869 and the next, on 6 August, $1,907. The same post said Bitcoin would go below $60k; its lowest later mark was $62,844. Ethereum never closed below $1,869 after the post. It rose to $2,252 (+20.5%) on 20 August and $2,775 (+48.5%) on 22 September. It sits at $2,439 (+30.5%). Went against.
𝕏 Post“Expansion below 1.8k is coming” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“H4 EMA200 resistance here, so longs should be cautious. 50k before 70k imo.”
Posted at 23:58 UTC; the 7 July mark was $64,001 and the next, on 8 July, $63,335. Bitcoin's lowest later mark was $62,247 (−2.7%) on 9 July, far from $50,000. It closed above $70,000 first, at $73,021 (+14.1%) on 21 August, and reached $86,597 (+35.3%) on 22 September. It sits at $82,001 (+28.1%). Went against.
𝕏 Post“50k before 70k imo” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“No changes to shorts until 62k-63k Looking to bid the range low if we see strength (60k-62k)”
Posted at 19:27 UTC; the 17 June mark was $65,619 and the next, on 18 June, $64,445. Bitcoin reached the target zone with $62,897 (−4.1%) on 19 June, and kept falling to $58,566 (−10.7%) on 1 July. It later rose to $86,597 (+32.0%) on 22 September and sits at $82,001 (+25.0%). The short call played out.
𝕏 Post“No changes to shorts until 62k-63k” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“I believe we trade back above 80k well before the monthly close. Wrong on a D3 close below 75k, at which point I will switch bias.”
Posted at $77,429. Bitcoin's best mark before the month ended was $77,550 (+0.2%) on 22 May; it closed at $74,340 on 28 May, below the 75k line, and ended May at $73,820 (−4.7%). It fell to $58,566 (−24.4%) on 1 July. It sits at $82,001 (+5.9%). Went against.
𝕏 Post“I believe we trade back above 80k” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“Range expansion towards 86k-94k next”
Posted at 21:44 UTC; the 17 April mark was $75,112 and the next, on 18 April, $77,126. Bitcoin rose to $82,018 (+9.2%) on 11 May, then fell to $58,566 (−22.0%) on 1 July. It reached the target zone only on 22 September, at $86,597 (+15.3%), five months and a 22% fall later. It sits at $82,001 (+9.2%). The next move was down — went against.
𝕏 Post“Range expansion towards 86k-94k next” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“Lose the midrange, and sub 2k is coming. My bias is still $BTC trading towards 65k, which means $ETH goes sub 2k”
Posted at 22:39 UTC; the 23 March mark was $2,056 and the next, on 24 March, $2,152. Ethereum closed below $2,000 at $1,992 on 28 March and reached $1,983 (−3.5%) on 30 March. It later rose to $2,775 (+35.0%) on 22 September and sits at $2,439 (+18.6%). Played out.
𝕏 Post“Lose the midrange, and sub 2k is coming” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.com“Plan for the week is simple. Looking for a move towards 65k to swing long towards 78k”
Posted at $67,933. Bitcoin dipped to $65,947 (−2.9%) on 30 March, then closed above $78,000 at $78,239 (+15.2%) on 23 April. It sits at $82,001 (+20.7%). The dip came within the week and the target within a month — played out.
𝕏 Post“Looking for a move towards 65k to swing long towards 78k” — @trader_koala on X↗ x.comOutcomes are our read of the stated claim against real price, not the account's own scoring. Every quote is a verbatim X post, linked on its card and reproduced in full in the verified corpus. X's API writes the BTC and ETH token tags as “bitcoin:native” and “ethereum:native”, and we quote them as returned. Prices are CoinGecko daily marks taken at 00:00 UTC, so a post is measured from the mark at the start of its day, and intraday highs and lows do not show. Seven posts came late in the day: 23 March Ethereum at 22:39 UTC (next mark $2,152), 17 April at 21:44 UTC (next mark $77,126), 17 June at 19:27 UTC (next mark $64,445), 7 July at 23:58 UTC (next mark $63,335), 5 August at 23:00 UTC (next mark $1,907), 27 August at 20:53 UTC (next mark $80,268) and 2 October at 20:10 UTC (next mark $2,668). The “$1,000 in on their call” line assumes buying on the post date; for the bearish 17 June, 7 July, 5 August and 27 August cards, that line is not a short. Near-term marks can flip.
Trader Koala is a named partner of a trading platform and builds a trading bot. Here is what we found.
The bio says “Partner @verantaxyz”. Veranta, formerly Avantis, is a decentralised derivatives exchange. Market videos in February were marked “In partnership with @avantisfi”, and the account posted an Avantis invite code on 14 August and praised the platform on 15 September and 6 October. We did not find the terms of the partnership.
The account builds KoalaBot, a Discord bot. On 24 June it said the bot had “sniped” a Bitcoin long and was “100% Free”, with limited spots.
The account says when it opens and closes Bitcoin and Ethereum longs and shorts, but not the size.
“TLDR: Higher”
14 Aug 2026 · the flip to long at $63,429“50k before 70k imo.”
7 Jul 2026 · 70k came first“the bottom is in and bitcoin:native will teleport to $98k before the end of the year.”
17 Sep 2026 · open until 31 DecemberQuotes transcribed from their own public sources; stated views, not recommendations.
Trader Koala posts charts and plans on X and runs live “Traders Talk” streams there. We graded X posts only.
A pseudonymous X account, @trader_koala, with about 39,000 followers. It posts Bitcoin, Ethereum and altcoin swing-trading plans, builds a Discord bot called KoalaBot and is a partner of the Veranta exchange. The person behind it is not named.
On our sample of eleven dated Bitcoin and Ethereum posts from March to October 2026: four played out, five went against, two are still open. The short-term level calls did better than the big-picture ones; the 14 August flip to long came near the summer low.
Both. It was bullish in spring, bearish from June to mid-August, then bullish again. It says when it changes its view.
We found no paid group. The account is a named partner of the Veranta (formerly Avantis) exchange and has posted its invite codes; its KoalaBot was described as free.
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