Context
The plan was simple - look for a short around 65k if price pushed higher. Multiple clean confluences were already waiting in that area: a naked Daily POC with decent volume, a clean 2H Order Block in the same zone, the 65k rounded number itself, and strong spot ask-side liquidity resting at the level. Nothing overly complicated - just multiple resistance factors lining up at the same price. Alert set on the zone and the level was ready well before price arrived.

Setup
Once price reached 65k the order flow gave enough confirmation. Over 100 BTC of spot ask-side limits being filled - buyers trading into resting sell liquidity. Nice futures liquidations into the level, positive delta with Open Interest dropping hard, and shorts getting stopped out during the push. All the ingredients for a resistance confirmation at a well-stacked zone.

Entry
Short entered around the 65k resistance zone as spot absorption and order flow confirmed the level was holding.

Exit / Management
First target was the next naked Daily POC below price. TP1 hit at around a 1% drop with the lower nPOC cleared as expected. Price then reversed back higher and the remaining position was stopped out with some additional small profit. An OK trade - nothing spectacular but the setup played out well enough to secure profits throughout.

Context
Coming off the metals longs from last week, the resistance levels around the highways were already mapped out and a small retracement was expected. This wasn't a single trade - it was a sequence of SR flips planned in advance in case strength continued to push metals higher. The full scenario was laid out on stream before any of it played out.

Setup
Once Gold came into the highway resistance levels the first retracement came in clean. After the first tap a second stab at the high was discussed live on stream - and when Gold came back into the level it dropped 3% as expected. The long play didn't reach as deep as anticipated but the SR flip area held and that was key. Resistance became support and the continuation pump from there ran 4.7%.

Entry
Short taken on the second tap at highway resistance.

Exit / Management
Short delivered 3% from the highway resistance. Long from the SR flip ran 4.7% on the continuation. Two clean trades within a single pre-mapped sequence - both sides of the move captured from levels identified before the week started.

Context
This one ended as a loss. The idea was that price could develop a small range before the next larger move. Two main areas were being watched - a lower 1H Order Block for a potential long that was unfortunately front-run by only a few dollars and never properly tapped, and an upper 4H Order Block for a potential short. A naked Daily Open sitting around the same upper area as the 4H OB was still waiting to be cleared. The combination gave enough confluence to look for a rejection from there.

Setup
As price moved into the 4H OB, some liquidations came through, ask-side limits were trying to defend the area, and Open Interest was declining around the daily open. The signals were there - but the ask-side liquidity simply wasn't strong enough. Price kept consuming those limits and eventually chopped straight through them. Sometimes the defence just isn't there.

Entry
Short taken at the 4H OB and Naked Daily Open confluence targeting the daily open being cleared.

Exit / Management
The 4H OB failed to produce the expected rejection and price continued higher. Setup didn't work - simple as that. Stop placed slightly above the 4H Order Block with very tight invalidation at around 0.1%. Because the invalidation was so clear and close, the loss remained minimal. Tight risk management meant a losing trade stayed small.

Context
A higher timeframe resistance level had been on the radar for a while - weekly tWAP, a trendline and vWAP close all converging in the same zone. The plan was to build a swing short from that area. Not a single entry but a position built in stages as the setup developed.

Setup
The first push into the zone showed some strength so rather than jumping in immediately the plan was to wait for bear CVD divs to develop before committing. Once the divs appeared the scalp short was entered and the swing position started to be built. The candle structure across spot, futures and inverse was very different from each other - a divergence that typically signals an SFP of the high was coming. The expectation was that Bitcoin would fake above the high before reversing.

Entry
Scalp short entered on bear CVD div confirmation at the HTF resistance zone. Swing short being built alongside it targeting the SFP scenario.

Exit / Management
Instead of the SFP, Bitcoin pushed further through the resistance and stopped out the scalp short. Swing short still live with tight invalidation in place. The candle structure idea was right - the execution timing on the scalp was the part that didn't work out. Swing position remains open and managed with clear invalidation above the zone.

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