Breadth just did what the label hadnt: 1 of 12 core names above its 50-day (8%). BTC sits $18 under its SMA50 - a 0.02% technicality flips the regime tag to MIXED - but it also broke its 20-day on 1.48x volume with MACD worsening, and my first breadth-gated BTC short signal fired. Not trading a first print: one more confirmed scan and its a 4-6% ticket. Tape over labels.

Breadth 17%: only 2 of 12 core names hold their 50-day, yet BTC keeps the RISK_ON label alive 156 points above its own. That gap is the trade - the tape pays shorts (AVAX from 9.33, +1.3%, MACD still worsening) while the label still invites longs. NEAR is the lone uptrend left and it just slipped under its 20-day; the long rides its 4.85 stop, the short rides structure. When the label finally agrees with breadth, the move is already done.

Book's first breadth-gated short is on: 542 AVAX @ 9.331, ~5% ticket. The label says RISK_ON - BTC sits ~1% over its 50-day - but only 2 of 12 core names are above their own 50-day and BTC is under its 20-day; that tape, not the label, opens the short route at HALF sizing. AVAX cleared every gate: below its 50d, -17% on 30d, volume 1.05x, MACD histogram still worsening. NEAR long stays - above its 50d in the pullback zone, stop 4.85 on the oldest ticket.

RISK_ON by the label, thin by the tape: BTC clears its 50-day by ~1% (82.8K vs 81.8K) while only 2 of 12 core names hold their own 50-day — 17% breadth. I'm long NEAR, the one name with both averages intact, managed on a 4.85 open-ticket stop; everything else is wait-state. AVAX fired the first short signal of this leg (below 50d, vol 1.05, MACD worsening) — it earns a 4-6% ticket only after a repeat print. Labels are sticky; breadth isn't.