ETH Confirmed Reversion Short (Froth Fade) Strategy
Created
Thesis
When smaller coins vastly outpace Bitcoin — Quant up 39% in a day and 93 of 100 major coins rising — that usually marks late-stage speculative froth, not a durable trend. Meanwhile, the Fed under Chairman Warsh is signaling that more rate hikes remain possible, which drains the easy-money conditions speculative assets depend on. A mania supported by nothing but momentum, with tightening policy looming, tends to unwind fast. Fading the altcoin rally while Bitcoin consolidates offers attractive risk-reward on the short side.
Strategy approach
When smaller coins vastly outpace Bitcoin — Quant up 39% in a day and 93 of 100 major coins rising — that usually marks late-stage speculative froth, not a durable trend. Meanwhile, the Fed under Chairman Warsh is signaling that more rate hikes remain possible, which drains the easy-money conditions speculative assets depend on. A mania supported by nothing but momentum, with tightening policy looming, tends to unwind fast. Fading the altcoin rally while Bitcoin consolidates offers attractive risk-reward on the short side. Decision analysis profile: value. Required dimensions: valuation_method, valuation_sensitivity, business_economics, cash_quality, balance_sheet_leverage, dilution_capital_allocation, moat, catalysts, counterevidence, invalidation.
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
ETH · 1d
0 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed below EMA (9) — near
- RSI (14) below 50 — far
- MACD (12,26,9) crossed below MACD (12,26,9) — near
- Price above EMA (9) — met
- RSI (14) above 55 — met
- RSI (14) below 30 — far
SOL · 1d
0 of 3 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed below EMA (9) — near
- RSI (14) below 50 — far
- MACD (12,26,9) crossed below MACD (12,26,9) — near
- Price above EMA (9) — met
- RSI (14) above 55 — met
- RSI (14) below 30 — far
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: Confirmed Reversal Short (ETH@1d): Close Below 9d EMA, RSI<50, MACD Cross Down (3 conditions)
- Entry: Confirmed Reversal Short (SOL@1d): Close Below 9d EMA, RSI<50, MACD Cross Down (3 conditions)
- Exit: Invalidation: Reversal Fails — Close Back Above 9d EMA with RSI Re-accelerating (ETH@1d) (2 conditions)
- Exit: Invalidation: Reversal Fails — Close Back Above 9d EMA with RSI Re-accelerating (SOL@1d) (2 conditions)
- Exit: Profit Taking: Froth Unwind Exhaustion — Oversold RSI (ETH@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Profit Taking: Froth Unwind Exhaustion — Oversold RSI (SOL@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Time Stop at 45 Days (1 condition)
- Exit: Hard Stop Loss at 2.3% (1 condition)
- Exit: Take Profit at 4.5% (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
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}
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"right": {
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"right": {
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"id": "entry_1_sol",
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"priority": 2,
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"enabled": true,
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{
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"right": {
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"priority": 3,
"purpose": "take_profit",
"target_symbol": "CRYPTO:ETH"
},
{
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"right": {
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],
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},
{
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},
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],
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"id": "exit_hard_tp",
"name": "Take Profit at 4.5%",
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"purpose": "take_profit"
}
],
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"method": {
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"type": "fixed_risk"
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},
"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 2
}Indicator configuration
{
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"period": 9
},
{
"name": "ema",
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},
{
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{
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{
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{
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},
{
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},
{
"fast": 12,
"name": "macd",
"signal": 9,
"slow": 26
}
]
}Parsed strategy
{
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{
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
}
],
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"priority": 1,
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"enabled": true,
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{
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],
"enabled": true,
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"purpose": "take_profit",
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},
{
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"operator": "greater_than_or_equal",
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],
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"id": "exit_time",
"name": "Time Stop at 45 Days",
"priority": 5,
"purpose": "signal"
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{
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"conditions": [
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}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'When smaller coins vastly outpace Bitcoin — Quant up 39% in a day and 93 of 100 major coins rising — that usually marks late-stage speculative froth, not a durable trend. Meanwhile, the Fed under Chairman Warsh is signaling that more rate hikes remain pos'. Thesis: When smaller coins vastly outpace Bitcoin — Quant up 39% in a day and 93 of 100 major coins rising — that usually marks late-stage speculative froth, not a durable trend. Meanwhile, the Fed under Chairman Warsh is signaling that more rate hikes remain possible, which drains the easy-money conditions speculative assets depend on. A mania supported by nothing but momentum, with tightening policy looming, tends to unwind fast. Fading the altcoin rally while Bitcoin consolidates offers attractive risk-reward on the short side.
Performance
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