Public trading strategy
The two biggest cryptos are being pulled in opposite directions. Bitcoin's large
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Thesis
The two biggest cryptos are being pulled in opposite directions. Bitcoin's large holders ('whales') have flipped to net selling for the first time since June and can't break the $83,000 level, while a hot jobs report raises the odds of a Fed rate hike — and Bitcoin is especially sensitive to rate expectations since it pays no income. Zcash, by contrast, has fresh, independent buying pressure from a newly launched ETF wrapper that keeps pulling in money. A pair trade — long Zcash, short an equal dollar amount of Bitcoin — lets you capture that rotation while staying mostly immune to which way the whole crypto market moves.
Strategy approach
The two biggest cryptos are being pulled in opposite directions. Bitcoin's large holders ('whales') have flipped to net selling for the first time since June and can't break the $83,000 level, while a hot jobs report raises the odds of a Fed rate hike — and Bitcoin is especially sensitive to rate expectations since it pays no income. Zcash, by contrast, has fresh, independent buying pressure from a newly launched ETF wrapper that keeps pulling in money. A pair trade — long Zcash, short an equal dollar amount of Bitcoin — lets you capture that rotation while staying mostly immune to which way the whole crypto market moves. Decision analysis profile: value. Required dimensions: valuation_method, valuation_sensitivity, business_economics, cash_quality, balance_sheet_leverage,…
Markets and timeframes
Latest published rule evaluation
Evaluated . This is a dated rule snapshot, not a live price or trade execution confirmation.
BTC · 1d
6 of 8 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed above EMA (20) — near
- RSI (14) above 50 — met
- RSI (14) below 75 — met
- Price below 83000 — met
- Price crossed below EMA (20) — near
- RSI (14) above 50 — met
- RSI (14) below 75 — met
- Price below 83000 — met
ZEC · 1d
4 of 8 published entry conditions marked met.
- Price crossed above EMA (20) — far
- RSI (14) above 50 — met
- RSI (14) below 75 — far
- Price below 83000 — met
- Price crossed below EMA (20) — far
- RSI (14) above 50 — met
- RSI (14) below 75 — far
- Price below 83000 — met
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: EMA/RSI Crossover Long (ZEC@1d) (4 conditions)
- Entry: EMA/RSI Crossover Short (BTC@1d) (4 conditions)
- Exit: Position Exit Rule (1 condition)
- Exit: TP: Near Resistance[1] (ZEC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Below Support[2] (ZEC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Fib Retracement 78.6% (ZEC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Fib Retracement 78.6% (ZEC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Fib Retracement 78.6% (BTC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: SL: Fib Retracement 78.6% (BTC@1d) (1 condition)
- Exit: Stop Loss at 2.5% (1 condition)
- Exit: Take Profit at 5.0% (1 condition)
Shared strategy rules
Rule configuration
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{
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{
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"trigger_timeframe": "1d",
"version": 1
}Indicator configuration
{
"indicators": [
{
"name": "ema",
"period": 20
},
{
"name": "rsi",
"period": 14
}
]
}Parsed strategy
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"timeframe": "1d"
},
{
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"timeframe": "1d"
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}Strategy instructions
Trading agent generated from recommendation idea 'The two biggest cryptos are being pulled in opposite directions. Bitcoin's large holders ('whales') have flipped to net selling for the first time since June and can't break the $83,000 level, while a hot jobs report raises the odds of a Fed rate hike — a'. Thesis: The two biggest cryptos are being pulled in opposite directions. Bitcoin's large holders ('whales') have flipped to net selling for the first time since June and can't break the $83,000 level, while a hot jobs report raises the odds of a Fed rate hike — and Bitcoin is especially sensitive to rate expectations since it pays no income. Zcash, by contrast, has fresh, independent buying pressure from a newly launched ETF wrapper that keeps pulling in money. A pair trade — long Zcash, short an equal dollar amount of Bitcoin — lets you capture that rotation while staying mostly immune to which way the whole crypto market moves.Performance
No trade count, win rate, or realized P&L figures are provided in this public preview. The thesis and shared rules do not establish a performance record.
What this public preview can establish
- The dated rule snapshot above shows the conditions evaluated at that time. It does not prove a current trigger or executed trade.
- 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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