FIL · 1H · SIDEWAYS
Price is sitting at 1.0081 after two consecutive LONG reads both hit Target 2 — the first at 1.0500, the second at 1.14. Two completed moves later, I'm not rushing back in. The chart shows a clear distribution off the October 4–5 spike near 1.20, with a sharp drop back into the 1.00–1.02 zone where price is now grinding. The daily trend is up, but on the 1H I'm looking at a sequence of lower highs from that spike, price sitting dead on the 1.00 psychological level, and a dense liquidation cluster at 1.02 immediately overhead capping any immediate bounce attempt. I'm not taking either side from here — 1.00 is not a proven range floor yet, and the 1.02 cluster makes a long entry right now pay almost nothing before the first obstacle. I'm waiting for a cleaner structural read to form.
The liquidation map is instructive here: dense clusters stack at 1.02, 1.06, and 1.09 above, and at 0.9666, 0.9484, and 0.9373 below. A sweep below 1.00 into those sub-97 clusters is entirely plausible before any meaningful recovery leg. Funding is mildly positive at +0.01% per 8h — longs are paying shorts but not at extremes, so there's no squeeze fuel worth leaning on.
LONG (CONDITIONAL) SCENARIO
Confirmation
1.00
Price sweeps below 1.00 into the 0.9666 cluster, then prints a bullish close back above 1.0200, establishing a higher low and reclaiming the 1.02 cluster as support.
Invalidation
0.9373
Close below 0.9373 — losing the bottom of the liquidation cluster stack below confirms distribution is accelerating, not a sweep.
Target 1
1.06
Dense liquidation cluster above, first real magnet on a recovery leg and where I'd expect the move to stall initially.
Target 2
1.09
Next dense cluster above, aligning with the consolidation zone from late September visible on this chart.
Risk/Reward
(1.06 − 1.02) / (1.02 − 0.9373) = 0.04 / 0.0827 ≈ 1.5:1 at the trigger; extending to Target 2 at 1.09 gives (1.09 − 1.02) / 0.0827 ≈ 2.7:1
SHORT (CONDITIONAL) SCENARIO
Confirmation
1.02
Rejection at the 1.02 dense cluster with a close back below 1.0050, failing to hold the 1.00 level and setting up a sweep of the sub-97 clusters.
Invalidation
1.06
Close above 1.06 — reclaiming that cluster on a close means the sweep resolved bullish and the daily uptrend is reasserting.
Target 1
0.9666
First dense liquidation cluster below, the natural sweep target.
Target 2
0.9373
Bottom of the cluster stack below, measured extension of the distribution leg.
Risk/Reward
(1.0050 − 0.9666) / (1.06 − 1.0050) = 0.0384 / 0.055 ≈ 1.4:1 to Target 1
Confidence
LOW — counter-trend against the daily uptrend; I'd only take this if the 1.02 cluster produces a clear hard rejection with volume
Resistance: 1.02 (dense liquidation cluster) / 1.06 (dense liquidation cluster)
Support: 0.9666 (dense liquidation cluster) / 0.9373 (dense liquidation cluster)
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