the sentence2026-09-20 23:55Z
ETH outperforms BTC into the Fed meeting, but I don't want to be exposed to the whole market dumping
Ticketpair trade
Long ETH / short BTC, beta-weighted
longETHpair traderelativedays-$59 / +$88structure: codeFed| metric | value |
|---|---|
| max loss | $58.72 |
| deployable / total | $10,000 (nominal) |
| funding / day | -$0.20 |
| loss at stop | $58.71 |
| gap through stop | $88.07 |
| best case | +$88.07 1.50R |
| worst case | -$58.71 -1.00R |
| R:R at tp1 / tp2 | 1.00 / 2.00 |
| structure fit | code |
Proposed transactions
1longETHperp$938.060.3534 @ 2,654.41x cross
- notional
- $938.06
- qty
- 0.3534
- entry
- 2,654.4 market
- stop
- 2,512.9 +5.33%
- tp 1
- 2,795.9 +5.33% · ½
- tp 2
- 2,937.4 +10.66% · ½
- lev
- 1x cross
- funding/d
- -$0.28
- liq px
- –
2shortBTCperp$281.020.00347 @ 80,9851x cross
- notional
- $281.02
- qty
- 0.00347
- entry
- 80,985 market
- stop
- 83,496 +3.10%
- tp 1
- 78,474 +3.10% · ½
- tp 2
- 75,964 +6.20% · ½
- lev
- 1x cross
- funding/d
- +$0.08
- liq px
- –
This asset right now
assetETH
mid2,646.4
24h+0.59%
7d+6.95%
atr 1h0.73%
range 48h78.75%
funding apr+10.95%longs pay
open interest$2.89B
assetBTC
mid81,229
24h-0.07%
7d+5.91%
atr 1h0.42%
range 48h58.50%
funding apr+10.95%longs pay
open interest$3.51B
the steps
no plan was made for this thesis — the ticket was priced on its own
Warnings & versus holding
5top of rangebeta driftsgap riskunhedged windowno wallet
hold at tp1+$50.005.33% move
ticket at tp1+$25.0050.00% of size
delta-$25.00ticket − hold
raw JSON
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"No wallet was supplied, so every dollar figure is scaled to a nominal. Connect a wallet to size this for real. (a clause naming what the wallet holds was cut)"
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assetETH
atr 1d3.55%
vs 30d high-0.84%2,669
vs 30d low+14.37%2,313.9
beta btc-0.35
vol 24h$1.23B
vol / oi0.43
assetBTC
atr 1d2.07%
vs 30d high-1.26%82,268
vs 30d low+11.84%72,632
beta btc1.00
vol 24h$1.56B
vol / oi0.44
the check
the reader has not checked a plan for this thesis
outcomes2 of 3 rungs
ETH2,646.7 → 2,665.4BTC81,225 → 81,429
ticket p&l+$4.79of risk+8.15%hold the same net exposure+$4.64versus hold+$0.14fees-$1.10funding-$0.03
| # | leg | side | notional | entry | exit | p&l | closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ETH perp | long | $938.06 | 2,646.7 | 2,665.4 | +$5.78 | time |
| 1 | BTC perp | short | $281.02 | 81,225 | 81,429 | -$0.96 | time |
entry basis: ETH next_open_1m, BTC next_open_1m; stops and targets checked on 1m bars
ETH2,646.7 → 2,777.7BTC81,225 → 86,652
ticket p&l+$40.48of risk+68.94%hold the same net exposure+$32.52versus hold+$7.96fees-$1.13funding-$0.20
| # | leg | side | notional | entry | exit | p&l | closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ETH perp | long | $938.06 | 2,646.7 | 2,786.8 | +$48.79 | time |
| 1 | BTC perp | short | $281.02 | 81,225 | 83,496 | -$8.11 | stop |
entry basis: ETH next_open_1m, BTC next_open_1m; stops and targets checked on 1m bars
7dprovisional2026-09-20 23:55Z → 2026-09-24 02:06Zunsigned
ETH2,646.7 → 2,668.8BTC81,225 → 83,906
ticket p&l+$20.76of risk+35.36%hold the same net exposure+$5.47versus hold+$15.29fees-$1.12funding-$0.62
| # | leg | side | notional | entry | exit | p&l | closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | ETH perp | long | $938.06 | 2,646.7 | 2,732.3 | +$29.49 | time |
| 1 | BTC perp | short | $281.02 | 81,225 | 83,496 | -$8.11 | stop |
Provisional: the exit is the current mid after 74.18h, not the 7d deadline. Not stored, not signed, and it moves with the market.
entry basis: ETH next_open_1m, BTC next_open_1m; stops and targets checked on 1m bars
Counts are small and the sample is one regime; this is a record, not a forecast.
receipts3 signed