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ETHUSD short — 18 Oct 2026 (hit target)
This short on ETHUSD entered at 2,375.7 and hit its target at 2,347.1 after 4.9 hours, closing at +1.21%.
| Asset | ETHUSD |
| Direction | short |
| Issued (UTC) | 2026-10-18 14:39 |
| Entry | 2,375.7 |
| Stop-loss | 2,412.5 |
| Take-profit 1 | 2,347.1 |
| Take-profit 2 (stretch) | 2,328 |
| Reward:risk at entry | 1.30 |
| Outcome | hit its target |
| Close price | 2,347.1 |
| Realized P&L | +1.21% |
| Time open | 4.9 hours |
What the model saw at issue time
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1. REGIME READ: Full bearish — mtf_alignment 4/4 bear_aligned across 5m/15m/1h/4h, 1h ADX 20.4 slope +2.2 (genuine trend strengthening), 4h ADX 31.4, choppiness 43 (mid), ER-10 0.55 but ER-30 0.25 (longer path chops), Hurst 0.44 mean-reverting, HMM calm hi-conf; price z -1.81, net moves negative 4h/12h/24h (-1.73%/-1.64%/-2.08%). 2. LEAN CHECK: short lean — trend, momentum, and flow all point down; no reclaim to fade. 3. THESIS: trend cluster + flow cluster align — taker ratio 0.83 (sellers dominant), OI z -1.93 / agg OI -1.64% falling (shorts into decline + weak hands shedding longs), sitting only +1.55% off 5d/20d/90d low with a fresh downside push. 4. PRE-MORTEM: deeply oversold (5m RSI 28.8, 15m RSI 20.6, z -1.81) plus top-trader pos ratio 1.62 long and heavy caveat — a mean-reversion bounce off the low could trigger a short squeeze; also recent same-regime shorts bled (3 SL hits), so chasing an oversold tape risks a snapback. 5. LEVELS: entry 2375.73; stop above the recent 4h swing/reclaim at 2412 (~1.53% stop, within atr/rv band); target 2328 structural test of the 5d low region (~2.0% / ~1.3x stop, inside clamps). 6. EXPECTATION: trend favors continuation but oversold + top-trader long + poor recent same-regime record cap conviction.
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