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🧠 MARKET STRUCTURE OVERVIEW Feb. 22, 2026

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🧨 Risk AssesDistribution → Breakdown → Relief → Grind Lower


Let’s zoom out.


Strip away narratives.Strip away headlines.Strip away the panic.

What does structure actually say?


Right now, across majors and mid-caps, the answer is consistent:

This is notĀ bull market structure.

This is late-cycle behavior.


šŸ”“ Trend Bias (Overall Market)

Bitcoin:Ā Bearish below 100W MAEthereum:Ā Lost 200W MASolana:Ā Lower highs + lost major weekly levelsMid/Low Caps (TAO, AERO, ZORA):Ā Confirmed distribution → capitulation phase

This is the classic sequence:

Distribution → Breakdown → Relief rallies → Grind lower

And that’s exactly what we’re seeing.


🟠 BITCOIN (BTCUSD)




Current Zone:Ā ~$64K

Major Macro Levels:

  • 100W MA:Ā ~87K

  • 200W MA:Ā ~58K

  • Bull Market Line (BML 1):Ā ~51K


What I See

  • Massive breakdown from the 90K region

  • Violent liquidation cascade into low 60s

  • Now trapped between:

    • Lost 100W MA (~87K)

    • 200W MA (~58K)


This is macro decision territory.


Structural Interpretation

If $58K (200W MA)Ā fails on a weekly close:

→ $51K becomes magnet→ Full bear structure confirmed

If $58K holds:

→ Expect 58K–75K range chop→ Months of volatility compression


Volume spike during the selloff confirms:

This was not retail selling.

This was forced liquidation.

Now we’re asking:

Is this the bear market low?Or just leg one of a deeper correction?


šŸ”µ ETHEREUM (ETHUSD)



Current:Ā ~$1,860

Lost:

  • 200W MA (~2,435)

  • 100W MA (~3,030)

That is significant.

Historically, ETH below the 200W MA signals deep bear conditions.

Key Support

  • 1,800–1,750 zone

  • 1,500 next major structural level

Structure remains:

Lower highs.Lower lows.

Until ETH reclaims 2,400–2,500, every rally is a relief bounce.


🟔 SOLANA (SOLUSD)



Current:Ā ~$77

Lost:

  • 100W MA

  • 50W MA

  • Major 117 weekly support

Major supports now:

  • 77 (current)

  • 60

  • 50 zone

This chart is a textbook downtrend channel.

If BTC rolls again?

SOL likely tags 60.


🟣 TAO (Bittensor)



Current:Ā ~$166

Structure:

  • Clear lower highs

  • Heavy rejection at 260–300

  • Distribution pattern complete

Support:

  • 145

  • 120

This chart reads:

ā€œSmart money exited the pump.ā€

If BTC weakens further, 120–140 becomes realistic.


🟢 AERO (Aerodrome)


Current:Ā ~$0.30

Structure:

Death by 1,000 cuts.

Lower-high staircase pattern.


Support:

  • 0.28–0.27

  • 0.20 on breakdown

This is not accumulation.


This is bleed-out.

Needs a weekly reclaim of 0.47Ā to shift macro structure.


🟠 ZORA



Current:Ā ~$0.019

Deep capitulation territory.

Range bottom near ~0.014.

Low caps like this behave two ways:

  1. Slow bleed into irrelevance

  2. Violent 100% pump on thin liquidity

This is lottery-ticket zone.

Tiny sizing only.


šŸ“Š MARKET CONCLUSION

Current Phase:

Late-cycle correction transitioning toward early bear structure.


Bear Market Confirmation Requires:

  • BTC weekly close below 58K

  • ETH loss of 1,750

  • SOL breakdown below 60


Stabilization Requires:

  • BTC reclaim of 75K

  • ETH reclaim of 2,400

  • SOL hold above 70


Until then?


High-volatility distribution zone.



šŸ’° CAPITAL PRESERVATION STRATEGY


This is where most traders blow up.

Not in bull markets.In corrective volatility.


If managing capital conservatively:

1ļøāƒ£ Increase Stablecoin Allocation

40–60% cash if swing trading.


2ļøāƒ£ Only Buy Major Weekly Supports

After bullish weekly closes.

Not mid-downtrend.


3ļøāƒ£ Avoid Low Caps Unless:

  • Tiny position sizing

  • Clear invalidation

  • Defined stop

No guessing.

sment Table

Asset

Risk Level

Structure

BTC

Medium

Testing macro support

ETH

Medium-High

Below 200W MA

SOL

High

Lower highs confirmed

TAO

High

Distribution phase

AERO

Very High

Bleed pattern

ZORA

Extreme

Micro-cap compression

🧾Findings

  • Market in corrective/bearish structure

  • BTC testing macro 200W support

  • ETH below 200W = structural warning

  • Alts in confirmed downtrends

  • No confirmed reversal structures

  • Relief rallies likely, but trend remains down


This is a defensive positioning environment.

Not prediction mode.

Not moon mode.

Not hero mode.

Process over emotion.

Structure over narrative.




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