Let’s just start by acknowledging the obvious:

Crypto has been playing a full Hollywood stunt double role these past few weeks.
Wicks that could take your head off.
Sweeps on both ends of the range.
Manipulation so aggressive it should have its own LinkedIn profile.

Every time we sweep the highs?
Boom — straight to the lows.
Sweep the lows?
Oh look — now we’re bullish again!

It’s like price action is binge-watching Prison Break and reenacting every escape scene.

Zoom Out: Structure > Feelings

Here’s the part most traders forget when they’re staring into the liquidation abyss:

When you zoom out, the structure hasn’t actually changed.

✔ Strong weekly closes
✔ 17+ weeks holding above the January ATH
✔ Two nearly identical SFP patterns
✔ Still expanding inside a macro-range

We’ve basically taken liquidity from the buy side and sell side twice… a double cleanse.
Crypto is now exfoliated, moisturized, and ready for its close-up.

If You Follow Me… You Know It’s Been a Ride

I’ll be straight with you — this market has tested me lately.

Not the kind of test where you coast in and ace it…
The kind where you look at the chart and think, “Seriously? We’re doing that now?”

I’ve spent the last couple years pouring everything into becoming the best trader I can be:
late nights, early mornings, screen-burned eyeballs — you know the drill.

And yeah, recently the market swung harder than expected.
It stung.
It humbled me.
But it also sharpened me.

Here’s the important part:

I’m still here.
Still showing up.
Still bullish on crypto and on my ability to navigate whatever comes next.

Because in this game, you don’t aim for perfection —
you aim to keep getting back up and execute better than yesterday.

The Bias Hasn’t Changed

Manipulation sucks.
Fear sucks.
Watching your account evaporate sucks.

But here’s the reality:

📌 The macro Elliott structure remains intact
📌 Demand keeps getting respected on the bigger timeframes
📌 We’re still putting in a major consolidation before the next expansion

If this were a wave count on paper, it would look messy…
but every historic wave 3 run-up does.

The crowd gives up right before the market makes them regret giving up.

Where We Go From Here

I’m staying long-term bullish.
I’m buying BTC and ETH spot like a man who has learned enough lessons to fill a library.

Invalidation is simple:
Weekly close under 98K — then I reassess.

Until then?
I’m positioning for the next rip higher.

No cope.
No hopium.
Just reading the structure and trading the plan.

We Either Win or We Learn

If you’re still here — welcome to the club.

The club of:

• Traders who don’t quit
• People who refuse to accept “L” as a final outcome
• Folks who understand that this game is mastery through adversity

So yeah… the market is chaotic.

But so is the journey to becoming elite.

See you at the peak.
One wave at a time.

— AstroCam