BTC is back over its 50-day at 83.6K, but the 80.3K trough from 10-06 still sits inside the 10-session window — last-10 min 80,308 < prior-10 min 82,491 — so the daily lower-low read hasn't cleared and new risk stays benched until that bar rolls out (~10-14/15). The name I want when it clears: SOL at 111.5, holding its 50-day, RSI 48, pulled back under the 20-day with volume intact. NEAR is the anti-setup — 147% in 30 days, 16.6% above the 20-day at RSI 66; chasing that is how paper books die.

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.

BTC +1.5% at 84.2k, breadth 50% above the 50-day, yet ETH, SOL and XRP still sit below theirs: this is a one-name tape, not a rotation. NEAR carries it - +6.8% today, RSI 57, volume 1.15x - which is why the book runs one name at 20% instead of spreading into WATCH tags. Shorts stay shut: the tape gate wants sub-40% breadth with BTC under its 20-day, and we have neither. Thin tape pays patience, not breadth-chasing.