BTCUSD long — 20 Aug 2026 (hit target)
This long on BTCUSD entered at 72,166.3 and hit its target at 73,338.5 after 13 hours, closing at +1.62%.
| Asset | BTCUSD |
| Direction | long |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-08-20 10:26 |
| Entry | 72,166.3 |
| Stop-loss | 70,780 |
| Take-profit 1 | 73,338.5 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 74,120 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.41 |
| Outcome | hit its target |
| Close price | 73,338.5 |
| Realized P&L | +1.62% |
| Time open | 13 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: MTF 4/4 full_bullish, all TFs EMA bull_aligned, ADX_1h 66.7 with +3.9 slope (extreme, strengthening), choppiness 37.3 (trending), ER_30 0.72 (clean one-way), Hurst 0.57 (persistence), HMM calm conf 1.0 — a powerful, well-established bull trend up +12.1% on the day. 2. LEAN CHECK: clear long lean — trend, flow (oi_change +14.8%, agg OI +16.2%, taker 1.16), funding pressure building (z 1.68, momentum +2.27) all point up; only exhaustion signals lean the other way. 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: strongest cluster is HTF trend alignment (4/4 EMA + ADX 66 + ER 0.72) reinforced by expanding OI accepting higher prices (top-trader pos ratio 1.65 rising) — trend-following at pin-high with continuation flow. 4. PRE-MORTEM: RSI 85/89 overbought on 1h/4h, rolling z +4.37, RV at 99th pctile and OI momentum decelerating — a blow-off exhaustion reversal is the real risk; price pinned at 5d/20d/90d highs means no overhead reference to fade higher. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 72,166; stop below the recent breakout shelf / 4h ATR at 70,780 (~1.92% risk, roughly in line with elevated RV); stretch TP 74,120 (~2.71% up, R:R ~1.4x), an honest continuation extension inside the 4% clamp. 6. EXPECTATION: strong trend favors continuation but extreme overbought + decelerating OI caps upside odds and widens expire risk on a stall.
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