// Overview
Crypto headlines and influencer blasts don’t exist to inform you — they exist to move you. The game: spark urgency, harvest liquidity, then exit into your reaction. Our edge: structure, session timing, and prewritten branches that ignore the adrenaline.
// Psyops Patterns
Coordinated Hype Cycle
Clustered posts + recycled “leak” charts → sprint into HTF level → no acceptance after.
Narrative peaks at prior resistance while distribution hides in the books.
Good-News Top / Bad-News Bottom
Positive headline at the end of an expansion; negative headline at flush lows.
The news explains the move that already happened — not the one ahead.
Influencer “Alignment” Drop
Multiple accounts “agree” within minutes; link-baits to keep you scrolling while the tape unloads.
Engagement metrics ≠ orderflow confirmation.
Delayed Clarification
Ambiguous headline sparks volatility; the correction arrives after traps are sprung.
We trade the reclaim/acceptance, not the first version of the story.
// Detection Grid
Context Check
Where are we in structure? (range edge, HTF level, objective band)
Is session energy with the move (open/overlap) or against it (dead hours)?
Participation vs Price
Is volume/liquidity rising with the move, or is price expanding on thinner books?
Diverging participation = exhaustion risk.
Acceptance Test
Did we hold beyond the level for two closes or reclaim and keep it?
No hold = no follow-through; treat as trap candidate.
Second-Leg Reality
After the initial spike, does a second leg print with acceptance — or give back > 50% quickly?
Fast giveback = distribution, not “healthy pullback.”
// Counters & Playbook
Trade Proof, Not Posts
Requirement: acceptance or reclaim at the level. Touch is not enough.
If acceptance fails twice, your branch is exit/flip — not cope.
Timing Gate
Only consider action inside your timing windows. Late-session hype = pass.
Windows amplify structure; they don’t replace it.
Pulse, Don’t Chase
Starter on reclaim, add on hold, never all-in on spike bars.
De-risk 25–33% at first objective to neutralize the headline’s emotional pull.
Prewritten Branches
“If reclaim holds → continue. If failed retest → flat. If 50% giveback in 2 bars → flat.”
No courtroom with narratives.
// Execution Rules
Level • Trigger • Invalidation
Write all three before any click. If you can’t: no trade.
Stops belong at invalidation, not “under the wick where it won’t get hit.”
Risk Tier Discipline
Headline + messy structure = lower tier or pass. Full risk only with structure + time + liquidity.
Correlated names count as one basket for open-risk cap.
News Cooldown
For high-impact releases, let the initial candle settle; trade the reclaim/acceptance structure that forms after.
Avoid the “explain candle” that reverses immediately.
Trail With Structure
Once beyond first objective, trail under last defended HL (uptrend) / above LH (downtrend).
Hit = thanks, exit; don’t re-enter on the same headline.
// Common Mistakes
Trading the First Story
Acting on the initial headline without waiting for structure. The correction is where the trap is sprung.
Influencer Confluence
Treating repeats as confirmation. Ten tweets = one idea, not ten ideas.
Velocity as Trigger
Buying “because it’s moving.” Trigger is a condition at a level, not motion.
Holding Into Dead Hours
Carrying hype positions into thin liquidity windows, then blaming “whipsaw.”
// Checklist
Before Entry
HTF level identified • Session window aligned • Acceptance/reclaim required.
Risk tier set • Invalidation written • First objective defined.
During Event
Wait for proof • Pulse adds only on hold • De-risk at objective.
If failed hold or 50% giveback fast → flat/flip per branch.
