🧪THE LAB — WEEKLY MARKET DIGEST

We track performance using R-based results - a risk-adjusted metric that normalizes outcomes across assets, volatility, and position sizing.

Trade activity remained intentionally selective.
This week was less about execution and more about letting the market resolve excess after a high-volatility event.

Over the weekend, crypto markets experienced a large liquidation event, driven by macro uncertainty and headline risk. This kind of move tends to finish a downside leg, not start a fresh one.

Importantly, price was forced into a predefined liquidity zone between ~$75k and $80k on BTC - an area we had already highlighted in prior outlooks.

That matters because markets usually behave differently after leverage is cleared:

This does not mean the bottom is confirmed - but it does mean the market is now in a support-discovery phase, not free fall.

Bitcoin has moved level-to-level and is now trading at major higher-timeframe support.

Key observations:

This combination is typical after an excessive move, when downside momentum weakens and price begins searching for acceptance.

Base case:
A rebound attempt and potential sideways phase, as long as current support holds. A retest of the lows remains possible, but late shorts here carry asymmetric risk.

Ethereum followed BTC lower and lost several previously defended levels, revisiting zones discussed in earlier playbooks.

ETH is now trading at support, but without fresh upside structure. Any bounce from here is likely reactive, not trend-driven.

For now, ETH remains a secondary signal, not a leader.

Rather than chasing narratives, we’re watching structure and relative strength:

No urgency. These are monitoring candidates, not blind buys.

After liquidation events, edge shifts.

This is no longer a momentum environment - it’s a reaction environment.

Markets are volatile and news-driven, but many assets are now sitting at or near defined support. That favors patience, not prediction.

We are cautiously open to long exposure if support proves itself - and deliberately avoiding late shorts after forced selling.

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