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DEXE After the 1.98 Liquidity Sweep: High Odds of a 24h Pullback to Retest 1.86 Support

Macro regime shift / crash event: From May–mid July DEXE traded in a strong uptrend (14 → ~48), then experienced an extreme capitulation / repricing starting 2026-07-21 (close ~6.22 after printing a low near 5.83 from ~35 the prior day) followed by 2026-07-23 low near 1.70. This is a textbook structural breakdown—price discovery reset from the 30–40s into single digits.
Post-crash behavior: After the washout, price bounced to 6.35 (2026-07-25 high), then began a persistent bear-market grind lower through August (2.6 → ~1.8–2.0).
Current daily positioning: Last daily close (2026-08-19) ~1.9146, still far below the post-crash rebound highs, suggesting the dominant bias remains distribution / downtrend unless proven otherwise.

Sequence of closes: 2.34 → 2.31 → 2.21 → 2.26 → 2.24 → 2.22 → 2.27 → 2.18 → 2.13 → 1.96 → 2.03 → 2.00 → 1.97 → 1.93 → 1.81 → 1.99 → 1.87 → 1.91.
This is consistent with a descending/sideways channel with lower highs and repeated failures above ~2.20–2.35.
Support zone forming: 1.80–1.86 has been defended multiple times (Aug 16 low ~1.807; Aug 18 low ~1.860; intraday dips ~1.83–1.84). This is the nearest meaningful demand pocket.

Range compression then impulse: From 08-18 21:00 through 08-19 early hours price was tight around 1.86–1.87, then dipped to ~1.835, then later expanded upward.
High-volume breakout leg: 08-19 15:00–17:00 shows a strong expansion:
- 15:00 close ~1.865 with big volume
- 16:00 close ~1.918 with big volume
- 17:00 printed high 1.9818 and closed ~1.934
Immediate rejection: After the spike, price faded back toward ~1.916–1.914 by 19:00–20:57.
This looks like a stop-run / liquidity sweep above prior intraday highs, followed by mean reversion—often short-term bearish (buyers exhausted, late longs trapped), unless price quickly reclaims and holds above the swept level.

Given the persistent decline from late July into mid-August, the short and medium MAs (e.g., 20/50D) would almost certainly be sloping down and above price for most of August.
Today’s bounce to ~1.98 did not change the higher-timeframe slope; it’s more consistent with a bear-market rally inside a larger downtrend.

The Aug 16 low (~1.807) and subsequent rebound to ~1.99 suggests a short-term momentum relief, but the inability to hold the breakout and the fade from 1.98 back to 1.91 implies momentum is weakening again.
Typical RSI interpretation in this context: rally from oversold into neutral, then failure swing risk if price breaks below the local base.

Daily candles in July were extremely wide; in August the range compressed, then today showed expansion (intraday high 1.9818 vs low 1.8192).
Expansion after a compression often starts a new short-term swing. Because the expansion ended with rejection, probability skews toward a pullback / retest rather than immediate continuation.

Near resistance (sell supply):

Near support (buy demand):

1.89–1.90: minor intraday shelf (today’s late trading dipped to ~1.8895).
1.83–1.86: repeated defended area (multiple hourly and daily lows).
1.80–1.81: key pivot (Aug 16 low ~1.807). A break below increases odds of continuation lower.

Intraday “spike-and-fade”: A push to 1.9818 then close back near 1.91 resembles a shooting-star / bull trap on lower timeframes.
Potential bear flag: If price consolidates between ~1.90–1.94 after failing at 1.98, that’s consistent with a bear flag before another leg down to retest 1.83–1.86.

The highest hourly volumes appeared during the upside impulse (15:00–18:00). That is often distribution into strength: large participation on the way up, then inability to sustain highs.
Volume dries later as price returns to ~1.91—typical after a liquidity event.

Expectation: price mean-reverts toward 1.86–1.89 to test whether demand is real.
If 1.86 breaks on momentum, next magnet is 1.81–1.83.

Would require holding above 1.94–1.95 and then breaking 1.98–2.00 with follow-through.
If that happens, next upside target becomes 2.10–2.18.

If support at 1.80–1.81 fails, downside opens to new local lows (no clear nearby daily supports in the provided August range below 1.80 other than psychological 1.70s).

Net: The most evidence-backed path for the next 24h is down/sideways with a support retest rather than sustained upside.

Given (1) dominant post-crash downtrend, (2) intraday liquidity sweep to 1.98 and rejection, and (3) overhead resistance stacked from 1.96 to 2.18, the higher-probability trade is to Sell (short) into/near resistance, targeting a retest of the demand zone.

Current price is ~1.9146 (mid-range). Shorting mid-range is inferior; better is to short on a bounce into resistance.
Best risk/reward zone: 1.95–1.97 (below the 1.98 spike high; close enough to invalidate quickly if wrong).

Bias (24h): Mild bearish / pullback expected.
Key invalidation: A clean reclaim and hold above ~1.98–2.00 shifts odds toward bullish continuation.