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BTCUSD short — 23 Oct 2026 (hit target)
This short on BTCUSD entered at 81,781.6 and hit its target at 80,540 after 13.7 hours, closing at +1.52%.
| Asset | BTCUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-10-23 09:09 |
| Entry | 81,781.6 |
| Stop-loss | 82,790 |
| Take-profit 1 | 81,036.6 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 80,540 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.23 |
| Outcome | hit its target |
| Close price | 80,540 |
| Realized P&L | +1.52% |
| Time open | 13.7 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: mtf_alignment 0/4 (5m bull, 15m/1h mixed, 4h bear), 1h ADX 38 but slope -2.0 (fading), 4h ADX 21 bear-aligned, choppiness 63.5 (range-bound), ER_10/30 ~0.19-0.21 (noisy nets-nowhere), Hurst 0.48 neutral/mean-reverting, HMM calm — a choppy transitional tape with a 4h bear tilt. 2. LEAN CHECK: modest SHORT lean — 4h EMA bear-aligned, net_move_4h -0.04% stalling, OI momentum accelerating_down with oi_change_recent_half -0.25%, BTC macro soft (SPX -1.2%, $635M ETF outflow yesterday), total mcap -3.6%. 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: flow cluster — OI bleeding (accelerating_down) into a 4h bear structure while funding sits elevated (z +1.16, agg z +1.33, crowded_long) and top-trader pos ratio 1.54 long; a crowded-long + draining-OI setup in a bear-tilted 4h favors downside continuation toward the 5d low. 4. PRE-MORTEM: taker ratio 1.26 and 5m bull-aligned show near-term buying — a reclaim above the 1h consolidation with taker persistence would invalidate the short. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 81,781; stop above recent intraday structure at 82,790 (~1.23%, within rv_24h range); stretch target 80,540 (~1.52% ≈ 1.23x stop distance, R:R ~1.23, inside clamps) at the 5d-low zone (-1.155%/+1.155% band). 6. EXPECTATION: choppy range caps conviction; BTC track record weak (45.6% wr, all recent chop longs lost but that cuts both ways on a fade), modest edge.
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