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ETHUSD short — 18 Oct 2026 (stopped out)
This short on ETHUSD entered at 2,392.2 and stopped out at 2,432 after 4.4 hours, closing at -1.67%.
| Asset | ETHUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-10-18 22:24 |
| Entry | 2,392.2 |
| Stop-loss | 2,432 |
| Take-profit 1 | 2,363.9 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 2,345 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.18 |
| Outcome | stopped out |
| Close price | 2,432 |
| Realized P&L | -1.67% |
| Time open | 4.4 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: Bear-biased but mixed — mtf_alignment 2/4 (15m/1h/4h bear_aligned, 5m mixed), 1h ADX 31.7 slope +1.6 (genuine trend, strengthening), 4h ADX 33.7, choppiness 37.8 (borderline-trending), ER-30 0.033 (longer path nets nowhere), Hurst 0.43 mean-reverting, HMM calm hi-conf; price z -1.31, 24h flat but 12h -1.03%. 2. LEAN CHECK: thin but real short lean — HTF EMA stack bear across 15m/1h/4h and OI accelerating_down favor the sell side, but fresh +1.1% 4h bounce and hot taker 1.40 cut against it. 3. DIRECTIONAL THESIS: trend-aligned short — 4h/1h bear EMA stack with ADX 33+ is the dominant structure, OI momentum accelerating_down (oi_change_recent_half -2.5%) confirms shorts not covering, and ETH's own 30d track record shows the short side has repeatedly worked here. 4. PRE-MORTEM: the fresh 4h +1.1% push with 5m RSI 78.6 and taker 1.40 could extend a relief rally that reclaims the 5d-high zone and flips 15m/1h bullish. 5. LEVEL PLACEMENT: entry 2392.17, stop above the recent bounce high / invalidation at 2432 (~1.66% = ~1x the 1.68% avg 24h traversal), take_profit_1 at 2345 structural retest toward 5d-low area (~1.97% = ~1.18x stop distance, RR ~1.19, inside clamps). 6. EXPECTATION: trend favors downside but the fresh bounce raises near-term risk and expiry odds.
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