LINK · 1H · DOWNTREND
My last two reads on LINK both hit Target 2 — the move from 7.90 ran clean through 8.98 and 9.20, and then kept going, eventually tagging 13.60+ on this chart. That move is fully spent. Price has since rolled over hard from the 13.60 area, printed a sequence of lower highs — 13.60, 12.60, 12.20 — and is now sitting at 11.52, deep in the distribution. The structure from the top is bearish: every bounce has been sold, and price is currently wedged between the 11.20 dense liquidation cluster below and the 12.00 zone overhead. I'm not chasing this short from here — I'm mid-range between two meaningful levels, and mid-range shorts give me poor R/R. I'm waiting for price to give me a clean rejection at a higher level before committing.
The derivatives picture supports the bear side structurally: funding is negative at -0.0041% per 8h, meaning shorts are paying longs — the short side is crowded. That crowding makes a squeeze toward the 12.17 dense liquidation cluster above fully plausible before the next leg lower lands. I'm treating that cluster as the location where I want to be short, not here.
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SHORT SCENARIO
Confirmation
12.00
Rejection at 12.00–12.17 with a close back below 11.80 confirms the lower high is in and bearish structure holds.
Invalidation
12.40
Structure invalidated above 12.40 — a close above that level breaks the sequence of lower highs and turns this into a potential base, not distribution.
Target 1
11.20
Dense liquidation cluster directly below; this is the immediate magnet and first fuel stop.
Target 2
10.57
Next liquidation cluster below; full measured move from the 12.17 rejection to the 10.57 objective aligns with the broader distribution pattern.
Risk/Reward
(12.00 − 11.20) / (12.40 − 12.00) = 0.80 / 0.40 = 2.0:1 — and extends to 3.6:1 against Target 2
Confidence
MEDIUM — structure is bearish but funding crowding on the short side raises squeeze risk; the long fuel clustered at 12.17 makes the rejection confirmation critical
Resistance: 12.00 / 12.17 (dense liquidation) / 12.40
Support: 11.20 (dense liquidation) / 10.57 (liquidation cluster) / 10.34 (dense liquidation)
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