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Bitcoin ignores tech sell-off as regulatory breakthrough looms — swing trade the

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Thesis

Bitcoin is quietly brushing off a tech-stock sell-off and eyeing a breakout to $70,000. The biggest catalyst is Washington: the President just agreed to ethics provisions on a new crypto bill, pushing the industry's biggest regulatory hurdle closer to resolution. Add Wall Street's largest money manager declaring the crypto washout over and calling Bitcoin stable, and you have a recipe for institutional money to flow back in. This sets up a swing trade to capture the upside as momentum builds.

Strategy approach

Build a rule-based swing trading strategy for BTCUSD on the Daily (D1) timeframe. Go long when BTCUSD closes green on a day the Nasdaq (QQQ) closes down at least 1%. Exit the trade if BTCUSD closes below its 20-day simple moving average, or hold for a maximum of 15 trading days. Cap risk with a 6% stop loss.

Markets and timeframes

Latest published rule evaluation

Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.

BTC · 1d

3 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.

  • Price above Price — met
  • Price below Price — met
  • Price above SMA (20) — met
  • Price below SMA (20) — near

BTCO · 1d

No entry condition values were published.

MSTR · 1d

3 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.

  • Price above Price — met
  • Price below Price — met
  • Price above SMA (20) — met
  • Price below SMA (20) — near

Entry and exit at a glance

These are the named rules in the shared configuration. Review the full conditions below before using a strategy.

  • Entry: BTC Decoupling Long (BTC@1d) (3 conditions)
  • Entry: MSTR Decoupling Long (MSTR@1d) (3 conditions)
  • Exit: Position Exit Rule (BTC@1d) (1 condition)
  • Exit: Position Exit Rule (MSTR@1d) (1 condition)
  • Exit: Time Stop: 15 Bars (1 condition)
  • Exit: SL: Below Support[2] (BTC@1d) (1 condition)
  • Exit: SL: Below Support[2] (MSTR@1d) (1 condition)
  • Exit: Stop Loss at 6% (1 condition)
  • Exit: TP: Near Resistance[1] (BTC@1d) (1 condition)
  • Exit: TP: Near Resistance[1] (MSTR@1d) (1 condition)

Shared strategy rules

Rule configuration

{
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    {
      "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    },
    {
      "symbol": "STOCK:QQQ",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    },
    {
      "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    }
  ],
  "entry_rules": [
    {
      "conditions": [
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              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than",
          "right": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "open",
            "type": "price"
          }
        },
        {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "less_than",
          "right": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "STOCK:QQQ",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "open",
            "type": "price"
          }
        },
        {
          "left": {
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              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than",
          "right": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "indicator": {
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              "period": 20
            },
            "type": "indicator"
          }
        }
      ],
      "direction": "long",
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "entry_1_btc",
      "name": "BTC Decoupling Long (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 1,
      "trade_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than",
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "open",
            "type": "price"
          }
        },
        {
          "left": {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
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          "right": {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "open",
            "type": "price"
          }
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        {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than",
          "right": {
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              "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
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              "period": 20
            },
            "type": "indicator"
          }
        }
      ],
      "direction": "long",
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "entry_1_mstr",
      "name": "MSTR Decoupling Long (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 2,
      "trade_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    }
  ],
  "exit_rules": [
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      "conditions": [
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "less_than",
          "right": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "indicator": {
              "name": "sma",
              "period": 20
            },
            "type": "indicator"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_1_btc",
      "name": "Position Exit Rule (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 1,
      "purpose": "signal",
      "target_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "less_than",
          "right": {
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              "timeframe": "1d"
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      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_1_mstr",
      "name": "Position Exit Rule (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 2,
      "purpose": "signal",
      "target_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
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            "type": "position"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "type": "constant",
            "value": 15
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_time_15",
      "name": "Time Stop: 15 Bars",
      "priority": 50,
      "purpose": "signal"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
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              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "less_than",
          "right": {
            "rank": 2,
            "type": "support_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_2_btc",
      "name": "SL: Below Support[2] (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 100,
      "purpose": "stop_loss",
      "target_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "less_than",
          "right": {
            "rank": 2,
            "type": "support_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_2_mstr",
      "name": "SL: Below Support[2] (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 101,
      "purpose": "stop_loss",
      "target_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
            "type": "position"
          },
          "operator": "less_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "type": "constant",
            "value": -6
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_3",
      "name": "Stop Loss at 6%",
      "priority": 100,
      "purpose": "stop_loss"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "long",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "rank": 1,
            "type": "resistance_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_5_btc",
      "name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 97,
      "purpose": "take_profit",
      "target_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "long",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "rank": 1,
            "type": "resistance_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_5_mstr",
      "name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 98,
      "purpose": "take_profit",
      "target_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    }
  ],
  "position_sizing": {
    "max_position_percent": 25,
    "method": {
      "risk_percent": 6,
      "support_stop_rank": 2,
      "type": "fixed_risk"
    },
    "min_position_value": 100
  },
  "trigger_timeframe": "1d",
  "version": 1
}

Indicator configuration

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      "name": "sma",
      "period": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "atr",
      "period": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "sma",
      "period": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "atr",
      "period": 14
    },
    {
      "name": "sma",
      "period": 20
    },
    {
      "name": "atr",
      "period": 14
    }
  ]
}

Parsed strategy

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  "data_dependencies": [
    {
      "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    },
    {
      "symbol": "STOCK:QQQ",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    },
    {
      "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
      "timeframe": "1d"
    }
  ],
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            },
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          },
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "open",
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          }
        },
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      ],
      "direction": "long",
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      "id": "entry_1_btc",
      "name": "BTC Decoupling Long (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 1,
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    },
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            },
            "field": "close",
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          },
          "operator": "less_than",
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    },
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        }
      ],
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      "priority": 50,
      "purpose": "signal"
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              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
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          },
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          }
        }
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      "name": "SL: Below Support[2] (BTC@1d)",
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      "purpose": "stop_loss",
      "target_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
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            },
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          },
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          }
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      "name": "SL: Below Support[2] (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 101,
      "purpose": "stop_loss",
      "target_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "both",
      "conditions": [
        {
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            "field": "unrealized_pnl_percent",
            "type": "position"
          },
          "operator": "less_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "type": "constant",
            "value": -6
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_3",
      "name": "Stop Loss at 6%",
      "priority": 100,
      "purpose": "stop_loss"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "long",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "rank": 1,
            "type": "resistance_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_5_btc",
      "name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (BTC@1d)",
      "priority": 97,
      "purpose": "take_profit",
      "target_symbol": "CRYPTO:BTC"
    },
    {
      "applies_to": "long",
      "conditions": [
        {
          "left": {
            "chart_ref": {
              "symbol": "STOCK:MSTR",
              "timeframe": "1d"
            },
            "field": "close",
            "type": "price"
          },
          "operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
          "right": {
            "rank": 1,
            "type": "resistance_level"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "id": "exit_5_mstr",
      "name": "TP: Near Resistance[1] (MSTR@1d)",
      "priority": 98,
      "purpose": "take_profit",
      "target_symbol": "STOCK:MSTR"
    }
  ],
  "position_sizing": {
    "max_position_percent": 25,
    "method": {
      "risk_percent": 6,
      "support_stop_rank": 2,
      "type": "fixed_risk"
    },
    "min_position_value": 100
  },
  "trigger_timeframe": "1d",
  "version": 1
}

Strategy instructions

Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'Bitcoin ignores tech sell-off as regulatory breakthrough looms — swing trade the breakout'. Thesis: Bitcoin is quietly brushing off a tech-stock sell-off and eyeing a breakout to $70,000. The biggest catalyst is Washington: the President just agreed to ethics provisions on a new crypto bill, pushing the industry's biggest regulatory hurdle closer to resolution. Add Wall Street's largest money manager declaring the crypto washout over and calling Bitcoin stable, and you have a recipe for institutional money to flow back in. This sets up a swing trade to capture the upside as momentum builds.

Performance

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What this public preview can establish

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  • Technical strategy fields are shared above. Inspect the actual conditions and check when they were evaluated before relying on them.
  • No trade count, win rate, or P&L figure is published in this preview. It cannot establish a performance record.

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