ETH opened a short position at 1916. $ETH$BTC
This trade is still based on a swing within the range, not directly expecting ETH to start a new round of major decline.
Recently, ETH has repeatedly surged to around 1920–1930 but has not truly held above, while BTC has been stuck between 63,000 and 65,000 USD without a valid breakout.
The current market situation is actually quite clear:
BTC doesn’t rise, ETH finds it hard to strengthen on its own; once BTC falls back, ETH usually drops faster.
The news is also somewhat contradictory.
Although the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, there are renewed voices internally for rate hikes, and the market still expects further tightening in September, so risk assets are temporarily unlikely to fully rally.
On the other hand, recent inflows into BTC and ETH ETFs have resumed, but funds clearly favor BTC more. ETH/BTC remains at a low level, indicating that while there is incremental capital, the market has not truly started an independent ETH trading trend.
Additionally, Strategy has recently continued selling BTC, so there is selling pressure above BTC as well.
Therefore, I opened a short at 1916 based on:
✔ ETH repeatedly failing to break through the upper boundary of the range
✔ ETH still relatively weak compared to BTC
✔ BTC has not broken out, making it difficult for ETH to strengthen independently
✔ Macro and capital factors are mixed, making range swing trading more suitable
Next, 1900 remains the short-term boundary between bullish and bearish.
If BTC breaks below 63,000 and ETH falls below 1890, I will continue to watch 1870–1850.
But if BTC volume increases and holds above 65,000, and ETH recovers above 1930, the logic for this range short trade will fail, and it will be time to exit.
I am not shorting ETH’s long-term logic.
It’s just that before BTC opens up space, ETH hitting the upper range and failing to rise further makes this position worth trying a pullback.
