Wave 4 was never random. It was mapped: first the bull trap, now the bear trap. Both whispered in advance, both played out. And now Uptober begins — not as hype, but as rhythm logged.
In The Pivot: Wave 4’s Coil Between Trap and Ignition I wrote:
“I could dive into the $2,400 trap we might echo, the 25% range that’s just consolidation disguised as chaos, and the emotional dumps that always precede ignition. But Codex isn’t about explaining noise. It’s about logging rhythm before it becomes obvious.”
That echo turned into September’s bear trap. The flush, the staircase, the reclaim — all mirrored what was logged before.
On September 5, I flipped 25% of ETH into SOL at 0.04695. Not out of FOMO — but as a reflection over cycle context and timing. ETH had outperformed BTC from $2.6K to $4.3K. Now rotation whispered again: from ETH to large caps, then small caps into crescendo. I missed the ETH/BTC flip — but I didn’t miss the rhythm.
“August was red when all thought green.
September will be green when all think red.
That’s the flip. The higher low before the crescendo.”
It wasn’t a prediction. It was a timestamped echo.
And now, as structure reclaims and sentiment shifts, the log repeats.
From ETH Speaks Before the Final Wave, posted the day before ETH peaked at $4,960, I warned:
“Wave 4 correction: Drop to maybe $4,000–$3,600.”
ETH dropped to $3,822 — almost the perfect midpoint of that projection.
Then in September, scalps became swings. BTC pumped while ETH carved out the trap I mapped in advance:
The same staircase from June echoed again:
A fake breakdown, a sweep of supports, and then a clean reclaim.
“Here’s how the trap unfolded — day by day, chart by chart. Each reflection logged before the reclaim.”
Source: My private tradejournal in Telegram. My posts in Telegram are messy, spellings probably wrong. They were never meant for you — but for me. That’s why they matter. They’re raw rhythm — not polished performance.
Results so far: BTC +6R, ETH +5R, and a few alts.
Source: My private tradejournal in Telegram.
I chose to show PUMPBTC — it was a funny trade. Not part of the macro, not part of the trap — just rhythm that played out loud. Entry in August. Surprise before September flush.
11 Entries Taken in Silence from June still alive.
September added new reloads → captured the bear trap while many got shaken out.
Risk managed, partials taken, re-entries caught.
“I didn’t chase. I reloaded. I didn’t react. I remembered.”
If history repeats → October to November isn’t correction.
It’s crescendo.
Each phase was mapped before hype, traded in rhythm, and now archived in sequence — from the first whisper to the current ignition.
| 2025 | Codex Phase | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 7 | Private Journal | Wave 1 begins — BTC 75K retest ATH = new impulse = long |
| May 15 | Private Journal | Wave 2 correction — 4 swing shorts |
| Jun 23 | Private Journal | Wave 3 begins — 11 entries taken in silence |
| Jul 9 | #1 – The Final Wave — When Structure Speaks Again | Foreshadowing BTC breakout and wave 3 confirmation |
| Jul ?? | #2 – Final Wave Follow‑Up — 11 Entries Taken in Silence Before the Breakout | Entries before hype — 10 of 11 hit May highs, confirming my wave 3 |
| Jul ?? | #3 – LTC — October '24 Echo Playing Again? | Altcoin fractal — pre‑setup trading idea |
| Aug 9 | #4 – Bounce Echo — Replay of the 11 Silent Entries from June’s Final Wave | Reload after impulse — during wave 3 |
| Aug 22 | #5 – ETH Speaks Before the Final Wave | ETH as rhythm bearer — warning for a correction |
| Sep 3 | #6 – Codex VI — The Pivot: Wave 4’s Coil Between Trap and Ignition | Wave 4 — coil or trap |
| Oct 2 | #7 – Codex VII — Bear Trap Done. Uptober Begins. Wave 4 Ends — Is The Crescendo Next? | Wave 4 ends — ignition begins |
From the first impulse to the current coil — every phase logged before the move, then revisited after. This isn’t hindsight. It’s rhythm frozen in time.
The weekly close above $4,140 confirmed the 2-year wedge retest held.
Targets from the previous post remain:
Source: Tradingview. Setup remains valid unless ETH weekly closes below $4K.
But structure isn’t just ETH. BTC Dominance (BTC.D) just printed its first monthly MACD bearish cross since 2020. Historically, this has triggered multi-month altcoin rotations — in 2017 and 2020, it marked the beginning of explosive altseasons.
For visual, see the cover image — BTC.D MACD cross marked. Altseason trigger visualized.
My personal signal?
“When BTC.D hits 40% ± support — I sell alts, get out, and take a vacation.” 😎
“Historically, late September entries have often paid out into November/December tops. This time, too, it feels like the trap closed with perfect timing.”
ETH Speaks Before the Final Wave called the bull trap.
The Pivot foreshadowed the bear trap.
This post closes that loop: the bear trap is done.
Codex isn’t about predicting the future.
It’s about recognizing the rhythm, writing it down, and acting when the market sings in tune.
The next line in this rhythm is clear:
ATH reclaim → Wave 5 → Crescendo
We never know when the market will give us perfect flow.
April, June, August — and now September — they all carried that rhythm.
Sometimes it feels like pure luck. The flow, the timing, the exact setups aligning one after another. But what looks like luck is really just the subconscious doing its work. Years of documenting, logging, reflecting — compressing experience into intuition.
That’s why I sometimes say:
“I didn’t do it — I only documented it.”
Did you see the staircase coming — or did the trap catch you off guard?
Is the next move really crescendo — or another trick first?
The log repeats, or it doesn’t.
And when it does, it feels like magic.
“Edge isn’t prediction — it’s recognition.”
Thanks for reading. Drop a comment if you’re listening to the rhythm too.
Mapped before noise. Executed before hype. And now the echo plays out.🚀
These aren’t signals. They’re echoes — timestamps left behind in my private journal. Codex is memory in motion, and these links are the proof. For my own reference.
🔗 BTC and ETH entry — Sept 25
🔗 ETH trap mapped and plan
🔗 PUMPBTC trade
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Christopher
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