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26-2-4 Review: Trendline Failure in a Ranging Session

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Market Environment: Typical Ranging Session

Today’s session is characterized by structural disorder and trend inefficiency.
This type of market often creates the illusion of opportunity, while very few setups actually meet structural requirements.

BTC

תמונת-בזק

BTC displayed a classic intraday range structure.

Several apparent “trendline” formations appeared on the chart, but they share the same structural issues:

Trendline ① broke shortly after forming, without repeated market validation.
→ This behaves more like structural noise than a confirmed trend.
→ It can be seen as a structure break, but the quality of the break is low.

Trendline ② shows the same problem.
Formation time was too short and lacked testing.
→ Reversal probability at this level remains weak.

Two later zones showed bottom-type signals, but:

Candle count insufficient

No valid trendline construction

Structural criteria not met

Conclusion:
Trendline methodology offered little practical value on BTC today.
The session favored observation rather than participation.

ETH

תמונת-בזק

ETH showed slightly clearer structure than BTC, but still within a rotational environment.

Trendline ①
Loss of structure at point A followed by a downside break at B.
✔ This confirmed a short-term bullish-to-bearish structural shift.

Range Zone ②
Swing development was insufficient.
No valid trendline structure.

Trendline ③
Upside break at C confirmed a bearish-to-bullish shift.
However, follow-through momentum lacked sustainability and was quickly suppressed.

Trendline ④ region saw repeated structural flips, reflecting unstable order flow.
A breakout eventually occurred at point D.

However, an important detail:
Candles D and E both printed upper wicks at nearly the same level.

This indicates:

Buying interest was present

Supply repeatedly entered at the same resistance

Momentum sustainability was uncertain

The later reversal at point F aligns with this repeated supply response.

Gold

תמונת-בזק

Gold showed a similar condition to BTC — limited structural opportunity.

Trendline ① was only marginally valid.
Temporary internal violations reduce its structural strength.

The downside break candle at point A showed:

✔ A long lower wick
✔ A near-bullish pinbar structure

➡️ This represents a low-quality break and cannot serve as reliable structural confirmation.

Waiting for confirmation at point B would significantly widen the stop distance, reducing trade efficiency.

No new high-quality swing structures developed for the remainder of the session.

Summary

Today’s market characteristics:

Frequent swings

Many signals that appear valid

Most lacking structural qualification

Trendline methodology weakened under ranging conditions

In this type of environment, non-participation aligns with structural discipline.

The focus remains on waiting for clean structure to return.

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