BTCUSD short — 23 Aug 2026 (stopped out)
This short on BTCUSD entered at 76,279.1 and stopped out at 77,180 after 5.9 hours, closing at -1.18%.
| Asset | BTCUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-08-23 05:27 |
| Entry | 76,279.1 |
| Stop-loss | 77,180 |
| Take-profit 1 | 75,652.7 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 75,235 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.16 |
| Outcome | stopped out |
| Close price | 77,180 |
| Realized P&L | -1.18% |
| Time open | 5.9 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: MTF alignment 0/4 mixed/transitional, ADX_1h 16.9 (chop-to-weak) with +2.4 slope, choppiness 39.1 (borderline), 4h EMA bull_aligned but 1h/15m/5m bearish, HMM calm — a stretched bull structure now rolling over on lower TFs. 2. LEAN CHECK: near-term momentum is clearly down (net -1.23%/4h, -1.43%/24h), OI accelerating_down (oi_15m_z -3.90, momentum accelerating_down), taker ratio 0.764 (sellers pressing), funding elevated (z +1.52, agg z +1.54 — crowded longs vulnerable) — short lean over the next several hours. 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: strongest cluster is flow/OI + positioning — OI bleeding out hard while price falls (long liquidation/deleveraging), taker sell pressure, and elevated funding into a fade favors continuation lower; short is counter to the 4h EMA but aligned with the active 1h/15m/5m break and lack of any reclaim. 4. PRE-MORTEM: reclaim of ~77,000 with taker ratio flipping >1.0 and OI turning up would invalidate the down-continuation and reassert the intact bull trend. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 76,279; stop 77,180 just above the 4h/1h pivot and reclaim zone (~1.18% / within rv_24h ~2.8% traversal); take_profit_1 75,235 at the next support shelf, ~1.37% down, R:R ~1.16. 6. EXPECTATION: momentum favors the fade but counter-trend vs 4h and chop keeps it two-sided.
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