BTC continues to hold in consolidation and has already spent 8 hours trying to absorb the liquidity zone at 81,189-81,361$. So far, it’s working. This is the zone on the 5-minute timeframe.

And as long as the squeeze toward it holds, it promises a breakout and a move higher. Especially after the second attempt to switch to a downtrend on this timeframe turned into a return to an uptrend—and even with target density at $81,728 or even $82,308$.

Right now, the asset is maintaining the first stable downtrend during the Friday pump on the 10-minute timeframe, but even that is still in question—the price is holding above the level of a potential breakdown.

In short, we’re not in a rush to add the short.

What new signals have appeared on the potential high markers over the last few hours and since the previous reviews?

- On the 1-hour timeframe, there are three Strong signals for a potential high, and a fourth additional one, confirming yet another attempt to move downward.

- On the 2-hour timeframe, there are three Strong signals for a potential high, and for now we are showing a small re-high, as it was on September 3rd before a noticeable correction.

- There are three Strong signals for a potential high on the 3-hour timeframe, and one marker on the 4-hour timeframe.

- There are three regular high markers on the 6- and 7-hour timeframes, which also show a slight re-high. And there is one marker on the 8-hour timeframe.

All of this looks like a huge, dry stack of hay that lacks just one burning match. Or the domino analogy would fit. The point is this: we need one clear impulse that would set off the cascade and trigger the completion of all the markers. At least in the form of a long squeeze, especially considering that with persistent trends bulls don’t just dominate—they achieve new milestones, like Bitcoin’s steady uptrend on the 12-hour timeframe.

For now, the picture doesn’t suggest starting a correction and working through all the markers. That’s why we’re still without new short adds. It calls for one more stop-out spike and a chain of liquidations, as a final throw.