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Weakest leg of the book and the one I am watching hardest, but it has not met its own invalidation. The change since last review is real: the 08:00 hourly closed at 1.33025, back above the prior-week low at 1.33003 that price had been rejecting from underneath for twelve candles, and 1h RSI has lifted from 34.75 at entry to 48.7. That argues the compression is resolving upward rather than continuing. Against that, GBP is still the weakest major at -1.06% on 7d with daily RSI 36.66, the lowest in the FX set, and price at 1.3302 remains below the 1h SMA50 (1.33180) and below daily SMA50/200 (1.33459/1.34162) — the reclaim is of one shallow level, not of trend structure. My stated exit is an hourly close above 1.3322, which is 0.15% and 1.99x 1h ATR above spot and has not printed; closing here on a marginal level reclaim would be abandoning a defined plan on partial evidence, at a cost of only -15.19 live, -0.40R, with 0.038% of capital at stake. I hold to the written invalidation and to the 14:00 UTC print rather than tightening into it, but this is the first position I will cut if 1.3322 gives way. Stop 1.3322 / target 1.3230 unchanged.

Europe cash is finally open, so for the first time in several slots a stop change is actually executable — and the tape has earned one. Price gapped to 8472.81 this morning and sold the whole move back to close the hourly at 8418.06, session -0.33%, which is a bearish outside reversal rather than continuation. More importantly the thesis premise has flipped: the trade was opened on a falling VIX, and VIX is now 19.05, +7.1% on 24h and +12.0% on 7d, above its 200d average and approaching the stated 20 invalidation, with Nasdaq at daily RSI 38 below its 50d SMA. The structure is not broken — 8418.89 still holds above 1h SMA20/50 (8381.86/8374.57) and daily SMA50/200 (8309.32/8179.21), daily RSI 53.7 — so I am not exiting a trade that sits 95 points in front of its stop with a valid trend. I am trailing 8380 to 8390, which parks the stop just under the prior-day low of 8402.81 so that structure must break before I am taken out, keeps roughly 1x 1h ATR (29.56) of noise room, holds risk at stop at zero and raises locked gain from about 17 to about 42. Target stays 8550.

Nothing this slot argues for touching the short and it is flat at entry (1.1369 versus 1.13699), so there is no gain to protect and no loss to respect. Price remains below 1h SMA20/50 (1.13755/1.13851) and well below daily SMA50/200 (1.14019/1.16070); 1h RSI 39.14 and daily RSI 40.0 are bearish without being oversold, leaving room to the 1.1330 target. The overnight range 1.1365-1.1382 never approached the 1.1389 invalidation, which sits 2.53x 1h ATR away for 0.034% of capital. Cross-asset dollar support has if anything strengthened since the last review: oil -4.46% 24h, gold -1.04% 24h, VIX +7.1% 24h. I again decline to tighten toward break-even ahead of the 14:00 UTC CB Consumer Confidence print — the wide stop is the entire reason this position can survive a pre-release shakeout, and pulling it in would convert ordinary range noise into a stop-out. Stop 1.1389 / target 1.1330 unchanged.

Premise unchanged and still the cleaner of the two FX shorts. GBP remains the weakest major at -0.34% 24h and -1.06% 7d, with daily RSI 36.66 the lowest in the FX set. 1.3293 continues to trade below 1h SMA20/50 (1.32965/1.33182) and below daily SMA50/200 (1.33459/1.34162), and price keeps probing the broken prior-week low at 1.33003 from underneath — the 07:00 candle tagged 1.33051 and closed back at 1.32931 — which is rejection at reclaimed resistance, not a reversal. The last twelve hourly candles are compressed in 1.3286-1.3305, a continuation base. At -4.39 unrealized, roughly -0.12R, this is entry noise and offers nothing to protect by tightening. Stop 1.3322 retains 2.93x 1h ATR of room at 0.038% of capital, the correct buffer to carry through the 14:00 UTC USD print. Stop 1.3322 / target 1.3230 unchanged.

Nothing in this slot changes the short, and the small drift in my favour is not yet worth acting on. 1.1370 remains below 1h SMA20/50 (1.13779/1.13857) and far below daily SMA50/200 (1.14019/1.16070); 24h -0.34%, 7d -0.40%. Daily RSI 40.0 and 1h RSI 39.7 are bearish without being oversold, leaving room toward the 1.1330 target. The overnight Asia range 1.1365-1.1382 is noise: price never approached the 1.1389 invalidation, still 2.40x 1h ATR away at 0.034% of capital. Cross-asset dollar support persists via gold -1.29% 24h (1h RSI 30.3) and WTI -2.98% 24h. Position is effectively flat at -0.07R, entry noise either way. I specifically decline to tighten toward break-even ahead of the 14:00 UTC CB Consumer Confidence print, because the 2.4-ATR stop is what lets this trade survive a pre-release shakeout. No change to stop 1.1389 / target 1.1330.

Premise unchanged and now marginally confirmed. GBP is still the weakest major at -0.49% 24h and -1.06% 7d versus -0.34%/-0.40% for EUR, and 1.3289 continues to trade below 1h SMA20/50 (1.32984/1.33189) and daily SMA50/200 (1.33459/1.34162). Price keeps retesting the broken prior-week low at 1.33003 from underneath rather than reclaiming it, with the last twelve hourly candles compressed in 1.3286-1.3305 — continuation basing, not reversal. 1h RSI has slipped to 35.8 alongside daily RSI 36.7, weak but not extreme on the daily. The trade is barely positive at +0.01R, so there is no gain to protect and moving the stop would tighten it for its own sake. Stop 1.3322 retains 3.53x 1h ATR of room at 0.038% of capital, the correct buffer to hold through the 14:00 UTC USD print. No change to stop 1.3322 / target 1.3230.

Not executable and not broken. The Europe cash session is closed until 07:02 UTC and execution requires an open session, so neither an exit nor a stop change can be actioned this slot. The thesis also stands on its merits: 8406.06 holds above the 8380 stop and above 1h SMA20/50 (8376.29/8373.88) and daily SMA50/200 (8309.32/8179.21), 1h RSI 61.9 and daily RSI 53.7 still constructive, +80.26 unrealized. The stop sits above the 8373.12 entry, locking 17.21 of gain with risk_at_stop at zero. VIX 18.67 has not breached the stated 20 invalidation, nor has price closed under 8250. The honest risk is a sympathy gap on the US selloff through a stop only 0.95x 1h ATR away, but that resolves near break-even, and pre-tightening a stop I cannot move is not an available action. Keeping stop 8380 / target 8550.

Europe cash session is closed until 07:02 UTC and execution requires an open session, so no exit or stop change is executable this slot. The thesis is also intact: 8406.06 holds above the 8380 stop and above 1h SMA20/50 (8376.29/8373.88) and daily SMA50/200 (8309.32/8179.21), at +80.26 unrealized with the stop already above entry locking 17.21 of gain and zero risk at stop. VIX at 18.67 has not breached the stated 20 invalidation, and price is still above the prior day's low of 8402.81. Keeping stop 8380 / target 8550 rather than pre-tightening into an overnight gap.

Nothing in this slot changes the short. 1.1373 is still below 1h SMA20/50 (1.13794/1.13861) and far below daily SMA50/200 (1.14019/1.16070), daily RSI 40 and 1h RSI 41.62 are bearish without being oversold, and 24h is -0.31%. The overnight Asia grind between 1.1370 and 1.1381 is noise, not a reversal — price never approached the 1.1389 invalidation, which remains 2.01x 1h ATR away at only 0.034% of capital at risk. Cross-asset dollar support persists via oil -3.78% and gold -1.17% on 24h. No change to stop 1.1389 / target 1.1330; tightening ahead of the 14:00 UTC confidence print would convert ordinary range noise into a stop-out.

Premise unchanged since entry three hours ago: 1.3295 remains below 1h SMA20/50 (1.33006/1.33196) and below daily SMA50/200 (1.33459/1.34162), and GBP is still the weakest major at -0.44% 24h and -1.06% 7d versus -0.31%/-0.40% for EUR. Price continues to retest the broken prior-week low at 1.33003 from underneath rather than reclaiming it, with the last twelve hourly candles compressed in 1.3286-1.3305 — continuation basing, not reversal. Daily RSI 36.66 and 1h RSI 39.34 are bearish but not extreme. Stop 1.3322 keeps 2.87x 1h ATR of room at 0.038% of capital, and -0.18R is entry noise. No change to stop 1.3322 / target 1.3230.

Europe cash session is closed until 07:02 UTC and execution requires an open session, so neither an exit nor a stop change is executable this slot. The thesis is intact regardless: 8406.06 holds above the 8380 stop (0.31%, 0.95x 1h ATR) and above 1h SMA20/50 (8376.29/8373.88) and daily SMA50/200 (8309.32/8179.21), at +80.26 unrealized with the stop already above entry locking 17.21 of gain and zero risk at stop. VIX at 18.67 has not breached the stated 20 invalidation and the CAC closed the week +0.79%. Keeping stop 8380 / target 8550 rather than pre-tightening into an overnight gap.

Structure still supports the short and nothing in this slot changes it: 1.1378 remains below 1h SMA20/50 (1.13810/1.13864) and far below daily SMA50/200 (1.14019/1.16070), with daily RSI 40 and 24h -0.25%. The Asia grind off 1.1365 is shallow — 1h RSI 45.69 is neutral, not a reversal — and price has not come near the 1.1389 invalidation, which still sits 1.37x 1h ATR away with risk at stop of just 0.034% of capital. Cross-asset dollar support persists via oil -5.57% and gold -1.25% on the day. No change to stop 1.1389 / target 1.1330; tightening ahead of the 14:00 UTC confidence print would convert ordinary Asia noise into a stop-out.