Blockchain Alpha Trades

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Blockchain Alpha Trades

@BlockAlphaTrade

I track where traders get trapped on Bitcoin. HTF structure + positioning (OI & funding) No noise. Just what’s likely next.

Katılım Ekim 2020

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·3d

Most Bitcoin traders don’t lose because they’re wrong. They lose because they’re positioned wrong. Right now, millions are trading with leverage… but they have no idea where they’ll get liquidated. That’s where the real moves come from. Not news. Not narratives. Liquidations. I track: • Where traders are trapped • Where liquidity sits • When pressure is about to break Using: HTF structure + Open Interest + Funding No noise. No bias. Just positioning. If you want to see the move before it happens — follow.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·45m

Same pattern every cycle — narrative builds first, move comes after the crowd is positioned.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·2h

DXY losing 100 is a tailwind… but it doesn’t trigger the move by itself. Bitcoin is still sitting at 70K. Lose it → downside plays out regardless. Hold it → that macro tailwind starts to matter. Correlation sets the backdrop. When one side gets crowded, the move follows. #Btc #Bitcoin

Davinci Jeremie@Davincij15

$DXY has failed to reclaim 100 level. Every major drop below 100 in DXY has resulted in a multi-year uptrend for #Bitcoin.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·45m

Bitcoin still sitting at the level that matters. If that breaks, macro won’t save it short-term.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·46m

This is where people expect upside… that expectation becomes the trap.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·2h

Macro can push… but if traders are leaning the wrong way, price moves against them first.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·2h

@eliz883 Good trade — but the next move isn’t about preference. If BTC can’t push through and hold above that zone, it turns into distribution, not continuation. Levels decide, not what we’d like to see.

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EliZ@eliz883·2h

$BTC After taken the good long yesterday .now I’d like to see it brush past 0.75 and then retest prices around 72/73 This is the only strategy I’d try to get an easy invalidation Otherwise, relax – I’ve already made the profit I was aiming for this morning

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·2h

@BitcoinMagazine Structurally bullish, no doubt. But if price can’t hold key levels, this won’t matter short-term. Positioning still decides the move.

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Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine·2h

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 CFTC announces Futures Commission Merchants can accept Bitcoin as margin collateral.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·4h

@intocryptoverse Classic setup, most are counting on the February low pattern. March strength? Could trap late shorts. April weakness? Could flush the overconfident longs. Timing alone doesn’t matter — positioning decides who gets caught.

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Benjamin Cowen@intocryptoverse·4h

Bitcoin YTD ROI compared to the average of prior midterm years, with 1 standard deviation. While Bitcoin tends to find lows in February, and strength in March, weakness tends to show up again as April approaches

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·5h

@CryptoTony__ Relief pump is possible… but only if 70K holds first. Lose that level → the “bigger dump” starts immediately. No need to wait for a bounce.

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Crypto Tony@CryptoTony__·5h

A relief pump followed by a bigger dump. This is what i am expecting right now across the board.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·5h

@Trader_XO Waiting for lower sounds good… until the market doesn’t give it. These conditions usually resolve fast once positioning is set. 70K decides if you get your opportunity… or miss the move.

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XO@Trader_XO·5h

In the last bear market, I was far more vocal and expressive in both my views and positioning from the highs in December 2021, particularly with alts. This time, I’ve chosen to be more measured. The broader backdrop imo still lacks conviction and has done for several months. As a prospective buyer of Bitcoin and Equities, should markets turn and drift lower then its precisely the kind of environment Im waiting in terms of playing the next cycle. The deeper the decline, the greater the perceived value... thats for buying imo.

XO@Trader_XO

When fading range extremes, you want: Volume tapering at the tails -> signals exhaustion and lack of follow through (often a result of positioning forced to close out with no follow through) Acceptance below local HVN -> confirms rejection of the extreme and rotation back toward balance. Acceptance holding below the HVN → shows the fade is sticking and the auction has shifted back inside value. Retest and rejection of thin areas LVNs add further weight to the setup... There is context and structure within a developing profile that you can refine your execution... Takes time and practice but patterns repeat. 125 was a sell for me... which I have

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·7h

@PhilakoneCrypto Prediction is easy. The level that matters is 70K. Lose it → 68K comes fast. Reclaim it → this idea gets invalidated quickly.

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Philakone@PhilakoneCrypto·7h

Good afternoon all. Predicting daily close with a red candle hitting $68K ranges.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·7h

@MerlijnTrader Exactly. and the crowd is leaning around 70K right now. That’s why this level matters. Lose it → shakeout accelerates fast.

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Merlijn The Trader@MerlijnTrader·7h

@BlockAlphaTrade Crowded trades often lead to the most violent shakeouts. 🌊

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Merlijn The Trader@MerlijnTrader·7h

BITCOIN IS SITTING ON THE LINE BETWEEN ATH AND BEAR MARKET. 2021: channel bottom held. Then ATH. 2024: channel bottom held. Then ATH. 2026: channel bottom being tested. Right now. Hold $77K: history repeats. New ATH incoming. Lose it: first channel break since 2021. Bear market. The channel doesn't give second chances. This is the test.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·7h

@web3bee @Trader_XO Appreciate it, it’s not one thing. HTF structure tells you where it matters. OI tells you who is getting positioned there. When both line up… that’s where traps form.

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web3bee@web3bee·15h

@BlockAlphaTrade @Trader_XO yo man that confluence breakdown with the htF structure + oi positioning is actually insane how spot on you called the 69-70k trap zone whats your secret sauce for sniffing those out so early

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XO@Trader_XO·1d

$BTC Back within the February value area. Limited acceptance above 71k (Feb VAH), with price now finding support at the 12/25 daily EMA's, mid of the range. Failure to hold 69–70k (mid range & daily ema bands confluence) would favor a rotation back toward 65k (Feb VAL) as the auction rotates across value. Ideally wanted the 79–80k sell zone, but currently holding a smaller short initiated from 74k - due to the level being tested several times on the ltf's with no signs of buyer continuation. Acceptance back above Feb VAH (71k) would suggest a shift in auction, opening the door for continuation into the 79–80k February highs. In that case, will switch my context and look to scale out of shorts as the market tries to transition higher. Expectations remain the same: Rangebound / rotational until it isnt and it could remain that way for a good few weeks. Edge "zones" are where I'm interested in trading higher probability inflection points - Feb Highs / Lows.

XO@Trader_XO

$BTC I don’t have a particularly strong directional view tbh, price largely remains rotational. Structurally, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a regime similar to May – July 2021 where the market oscillated within a compressed range before resolving, not something I’m overly fussed about trading. Areas Of Interest => On the daily, the 12/21/25 EMAs around 70k–69k are key support imo, confluent with the 4-week composite value area high, ideally I'd want to see this hold. Trading below that level which is key imo, would likely have me leaning towards price taking the February lows, potentially into the 58s or near equal lows. If those levels hold, I’d be interested in longs for a range play - again if it sets up. If we see further upside in the coming weeks, the 80–82k region stands out as meaningful resistance, confluent with the February high and single prints, with a typical mean reversion play back up into the 12/21/25 weekly EMA bands. I may contemplate selling there if it sets up from an order flow perspective.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·7h

@CryptoMichNL Boring markets are where the next move builds. Range isn’t the story — the break is. 70K is the trigger. Hold → squeeze. Lose → this expands fast to the downside.

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Michaël van de Poppe@CryptoMichNL·8h

Ultimate boredom, that's the #Crypto market currently. $BTC still stuck in the range (good bounce!), but no clear direction. AI <> Crypto taking over as $TAO hits a new high (happy that I'm still long on most of the position). It's friday, expect volatility at the end of the day.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·7h

@TedPillows Bounce doesn’t equal strength. It just means buyers showed up once. 70K is still the level that matters. Lose it → downside accelerates. Hold it → this “nuke” gets delayed.

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Ted@TedPillows·7h

$BTC is hovering around the $71,000 level. Bitcoin had a bounceback from the $69,000 support zone yesterday, which shows the demand at the lows is still there. IMO, BTC could have one final bounceback before the big nuke.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·8h

@GordonGekko Parabolic moves don’t start from rejection. 74K got rejected and price is back at 70K. If this was real strength, it would be holding highs — not revisiting support. Lose 70K → this “parabolic” narrative flips fast.

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Gordon 🐂@GordonGekko·8h

Bitcoin is going PARABOLIC just as I said it would. If you have been paying attention you have been catching these moves with me PERFECTLY. The leg to $80,000 will leave many sidelined and seething. Are you connecting the dots?

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·20h

@KillaXBT Clean breakdown — but most are already anchored to 80K. That’s the trap. $72.8K is the level. Fail to reclaim → it’s just a lower high and continuation to 68–65K. Reclaim it → shorts get squeezed into 76K. Right now? Price is sitting where both sides think they’re right.

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Killa@KillaXBT·20h

Lets observe $BTC objectively. People have been aiming for 80K for a few reasons. As always, everything is possible, despite being extremely confident in my positioning. Running through the technicals, people are watching 80K because of the CME gap, the prior weekly FVG (which we’ve consistently filled so far), the previous range wick low around 80K before the breakdown, and the fib confluence with the 0.618 around 83K and the 0.5 around 79K. However, in order to validate these targets, you need structural confirmation. Do we have that? No, we don’t. So I’m focusing on what’s actually confirmed rather than speculative targets. Right now, 72.8K is a key S/R since it’s the current weekly open. If we can’t reclaim that level, I expect continuation lower toward 68K and then 65K, which is the middle of the range. If we do flip the weekly open, that objectively shifts structure and opens the door for another move toward the highs at 76K. Based on the fractal I mentioned with the three highs, if BTC reclaims 72.8K, we could see one final push above 76K before further downside. For continuation toward the 80K targets people are calling for, price would need to reclaim and hold above 72.8K,otherwise, it’s just a lower high and a bearish retest before continuation down. At the moment, all we’ve really seen is BTC deviate to 76K, fully retrace below 69K, and now hover around 70.5K. Psychologically, holding 70K was key for bullish structure, and given that price has retraced almost the entire move, I’d be cautious here. Until bullish structure is clearly present, there are no longs for me. Just my current views if we are speaking purely technical.

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·21h

@BitcoinMagazine News sounds bullish… but if price can’t hold key levels, it won’t matter. That’s how traders get trapped chasing headlines.

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Bitcoin Magazine@BitcoinMagazine·21h

JUST IN: North Carolina introduces bill for a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve 🇺🇸 Today, it already passed the first reading 👏

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Blockchain Alpha Trades@BlockAlphaTrade·21h

The focus is on the 200W EMA… but that’s not what’s moving price. The real game is happening at 70K. That’s where positioning is getting stressed right now. Lose it → downside accelerates regardless of the EMA. Hold it → squeeze continues before any macro confirmation. Indicators don’t move price. Trapped traders do. #Btc #Bitcoin

Rekt Capital@rektcapital

#BTC Bitcoin is pulling back in towards the 200-week EMA (black) to check if it can successfully turn the EMA into new support after having broken it as resistance last week A successful retest of the EMA would fully confirm the breakout beyond it to enable future trend continuation to the upside and further build on this Macro Relief Rally However, it is important to consider whether Bitcoin could fail this upcoming retest into new support, in the same way price failed to bearish retest the 200 EMA into new resistance before In other words, the 200 EMA was an unreliable resistance Could it therefore become an unreliable support? A Weekly Close below the 200 EMA would mean that price failed its upcoming retest to in turn strengthen the case for the EMA acting as unreliable support $BTC #Crypto #Bitcoin

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