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BTCUSD short — 15 Oct 2026 (stopped out)
This short on BTCUSD entered at 81,597.8 and stopped out at 82,760 after 20.5 hours, closing at -1.42%.
| Asset | BTCUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-10-15 14:50 |
| Entry | 81,597.8 |
| Stop-loss | 82,760 |
| Take-profit 1 | 80,789.1 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 80,250 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.16 |
| Outcome | stopped out |
| Close price | 82,760 |
| Realized P&L | -1.42% |
| Time open | 20.5 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: MTF bear-aligned on 15m/1h (5m/4h mixed), alignment 2/4, 1h ADX 31.3 slope +0.92 (genuine, mildly firming trend), choppiness 62 / ER_10 ~0.02 / ER_30 0.18 (noisy path netting little), Hurst 0.45 mild mean-revert, HMM calm conf 1.0, rolling z -1.25, price near 5d low (-3.0%) — a bear-leaning tape but with chop in the recent path. 2. LEAN CHECK: modest SHORT lean — 1h EMA bear-stacked with firm ADX, price sitting -3% off 5d high and pinned near lows, 4h RSI 43, and taker flow skewing sell (1h ratio 0.80, most recent hourly buckets 0.86/0.80 sub-1). 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: the higher-TF trend (15m/1h bear EMA + ADX 31 firming) aligns with persistent sell-side taker flow and a negative rolling z — the trend-aligned side is short; this asset's own recent track record is dominated by winning short calls in exactly this configuration. 4. PRE-MORTEM: top-trader position ratio 1.38 (longs leaning) plus funding only mildly positive and OI accelerating up could fuel a short squeeze reclaim of the 5d-low shelf, invalidating the down lean. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 81,598; stop above the recent swing/reclaim zone at 82,760 (~1.42% / ~1.1x the 1.2% avg 24h traversal, inside RV); stretch TP down at 80,250 (~1.65% below, R:R ~1.16, inside clamps) targeting a push toward the 5d-low extension. 6. EXPECTATION: trend+flow favor the short but chop/high choppiness and squeeze risk keep p_expire meaningful.
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