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My previous short read is still open and triggered — confirmation came on the rejection at the 12.00–12.17 zone, and price has since printed lower highs exactly as structured. Target 1 at 11.20 has been swept (the dense liquidation cluster below got tagged on the Sep 10–11 flush visible on the right of the chart), and price has since bounced back to 11.46 where it sits now. That bounce is the tell — the 11.20 cluster acted as the fuel stop I expected, and price recovered off it. The question now is whether this is a dead-cat bounce back into the lower-high structure or a genuine base forming above the 11.20 zone.
My read is the former. The sequence of lower highs — 13.60, 12.60, 12.20, and now likely 11.80–12.00 — is intact. Funding is negative at -0.0067% per 8h, meaning shorts are paying longs, which tells me the short side is crowded here. That squeeze risk is real and it's why I'm not pressing fresh shorts at 11.46 mid-range. I'm waiting for price to retrace into the next lower-high zone before re-engaging.
SHORT SCENARIO
Confirmation
11.80
Rejection at 11.80–12.00 with a close back below 11.60 confirms the lower high is in and bearish structure continues; the 12.01 dense liquidation cluster above acts as the ceiling that caps any bounce.
Invalidation
12.40
Structure invalidated above 12.40 — a close above that level breaks the lower-high sequence and shifts this read entirely; the previous read's invalidation held and I'm keeping it.
Target 1
11.23
Dense liquidation cluster directly below; the Sep 10–11 sweep partially cleared it but the cluster remains a magnet on continuation.
Target 2
10.83
Next liquidation cluster below; full leg from 12.00 rejection to 10.83 aligns with the broader measured move and is the honest structural objective.
Risk/Reward
(12.00 − 11.23) / (12.40 − 12.00) = 0.77 / 0.40 — R/R improves materially on confirmation closer to 11.80 with a close below 11.60: (11.80 − 11.23) / (12.40 − 11.80) = 0.57 / 0.60 ≈ 1.0:1 at the tighter entry, extending to (11.80 − 10.83) / (12.40 − 11.80) = 0.97 / 0.60 ≈ 1.6:1 to Target 2
Confidence
MEDIUM — crowded short side (negative funding) introduces squeeze risk on the bounce; I need the 12.01 cluster to hold as resistance before I trust this
Resistance: 11.80 / 12.01 (dense liquidation) / 12.40
Support: 11.23 (dense liquidation) / 10.83 (liquidation cluster) / 10.34 (dense liquidation)
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