Closed short position with full TP here.

Long opened here.
Expecting a potential short-term bounce from this level, with room for a brief upside move. Monitoring price reaction closely and managing risk accordingly.

50% profits secured after a clean ~4,5% expansion.

SL moved slightly above entry.
Remaining position left to run.

Liquidity is concentrated below price in the 83k–85k region, while leverage remains skewed long around 88k, leaving the market vulnerable to a downside liquidity sweep. Weekend price action lacks conviction. I remain on the sidelines and will reassess once the weekly close is in and volume returns with the new trading week, providing clearer directional confirmation.

BTC vs Gold (2018) Structural Comparison

Bitcoin’s current daily structure closely mirrors Gold’s 2018 setup: a prolonged downtrend, compression into horizontal support, and declining volatility. Gold resolved this structure with a decisive upside breakout. Bitcoin is now trading at a similar inflection point, where ongoing supply absorption increases the probability of an expansion move. I am monitoring the 84–86k support zone for potential long positioning, pending confirmation through acceptance and volume.

Going long from here, risk defined, structure intact.

$BTC trades december recap:
Nearly +200% total return. Zero losing trades , all SL were managed into profit, with no SL closed at a loss. Disciplined risk management and consistent execution throughout the month.

Opening a long position here.
I will add more size if the market pulls back to $84,500.

This setup remains valid only as long as BTC holds above $82,300.
A clean break below invalidates the idea. SL at 82,300$

Long position from 87.5K remains in place with SL at break even. Price has yet to achieve acceptance above 88K, keeping the market range bound. A failure to hold the weekly open would favor further downside, with positioning to be reviewed at lower levels.

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Being Saturday, we can expect very low volume as we clearly experienced so far, so nothing really worth risking capital on. What I will have my eye on this week is Xrp. Now I’m not an Xrp Maxi or anything, but when it goes, it goes hard and we wanna be positioned before the retail market starts apeing in again. Looking at my chart here, I think it’s been building nice structure and absorbed all the liquidity left behind after the October 10th crash as you can see. Now it’s making its move back above my S/R level and break of trend line. Once we see some decent 4H candle closures above the purple box we will be taking a large position. Entry, Sl and Tp’s will be shared accordingly

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