The bottom impulse candle never gets fully filled.
A lot of people are always looking at the "imbalance", the "major weekly FVG", or the low volume transacted around that particular price region.
Now, targeting imbalances can work, but during a bull market, the majority of imbalances formed by strong legs higher usually don't get fully filled. In fact, bottoming impulse candles historically tend to remain unfilled.
And I think there's a relatively simple explanation for that.
We chopped for 2 months, then pumped 27%, and the market is still sitting in disbelief. There isn't necessarily any incentive for the imbalance below to be fully filled.
The imbalance formed in the first place because roughly 6B worth of shorts were liquidated, and that's only the visible liquidations we can actually see publicly.
So, based on this context, the imbalance below doesn't need to be fully filled, and there's a good chance it won't be.
The most we saw in 2022 was a partial fill, and even then, that wick was very quickly bought up. If we saw something similar this time around, it would equate to $BTC testing the low 70Ks. But again, that's not something I would guarantee either.
The purpose of this post is simply to give you some insight into the characteristics of how bottoms are formed, and why these major imbalances can remain unfilled as price continues higher after months of chop.
Technically speaking, I don't believe BTC will ever revisit my 62.6K 2x long entry again. I don't even expect it to revisit my 65.8K spot notional average that I shared publicly.
In my view, the absolute worst case retest would be somewhere just shy of $0K, potentially the high 69Ks in the event of some form of capitulation.
Outside of that, I don't expect anything significantly deeper. And even that could be a stretch.
We could quite easily hold the 73K-75K region before eventually putting in another leg higher towards 85K.
The main point is simple, an imbalance existing below price does not mean the market is obligated to fill it.
bitcoin:native orderflow update:
Looking at the aggregated orderflow inside the weekend range, most of the movement has been driven by existing positioning unwinding rather than fresh participation.
OI has been trending lower, with contracts closing and perp CVD being shaped by a mix of long covering and short covering. Spot has also been gradually selling, but overall still relatively flat.
On the LTF, that is starting to change.
We’re now seeing more active selling pressure from binance perps, price is complying with it, and spot is beginning to confirm. Not aggressive yet, but clearly more directional.
We also lost daily VWAP, which is bearish intraday for now.
Below the 78.6 low, passive bids are sitting densely.
If sellers keep the momentum and push through them, that’s clean bearish momentum & would confirm with a proper close below the low a bearish structural sequence
If price stops progressing there despite persistent aggression, we can start trapping shorts and trigger another counterrotation - something we’ve already seen multiple times inside this top range.
For now, bears are making progress.
The dynamic mean behind price is exactly what I use to judge that. But its dynamic and needs to be updated continuously
Probably streaming around midday today.
bitcoin:native weekend plan:
We left a strong imbalance behind and are now grinding around ATH VWAP, slightly above Monday High. wVWAP held as dynamic support on the first test.
-> bulls don't want to lose it
If bulls build some weekend momentum or shorts start covering, we can first mitigate part of the imbalance - potentially even push into the poor high.
-> would also fit into the Saturday stats
Key area remains Monday High + irVAH.
> Acceptance above -> higher scenario opens. Ideally I’d want rejection around the GP or after a sweep of the poor high.
> Acceptance below -> I want to see wVWAP break, which would confirm the failed auction for me and put the range lows back in play.
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