Technical analysis by fract about Symbol BTC on 8/8/2025

🏛️ Research Notes There are known phenomena in physics that continues to remind me about markets, which partially influenced my perception of price action and reflected in topology. In space, speed itself doesn’t cause discomforts — only acceleration does. In markets, trend direction isn’t what stresses traders, it’s the rate of change (volatility spikes, momentum surges). A slow, constant uptrend can feel comfortable, but sudden thrusts (news shocks, liquidity squeezes) presses them against the seat. No matter how hard you accelerate, you can’t exceed light speed. Markets also have practical velocity limits such as liquidity constraints, margin requirements, volatility halts which contribute to proportions in movements). Beyond certain speeds, moves become self-limiting because liquidity providers back away or exchanges impose breakers. Aberration of Light → Focus Shift in Market Attention As you accelerate, stars seem to shift forward in view. In markets, as momentum builds, your perception of what matters narrows. What I mean is liquidity, news, and setups ahead dominate, while the “sky behind” (past fundamentals or long-term signals) fades. The market narrative contracts into a single front-facing beam: what’s next, not what’s past. Doppler Effect → Price Action Distorts Information Moving away from Earth, you see time slow down behind you; moving toward something, time speeds up. In markets, when price runs away from fundamentals, old data feels stale and irrelevant (red-shifted). In fast rallies or panics, information feels accelerated and urgent (blue-shifted) — traders act as if the clock is ticking faster. (Has nothing to do with the color gradient I use on chart.) Terrell–Penrose Rotation → Illusion At high speed, objects don’t look contracted, they look rotated due to delayed light arrival. In markets, patterns rarely appear exactly as the textbook shows because we’re always looking at “delayed” sentiment. What looks like a simple breakout might just be a rotated perspective of deeper structure. Time Dilation → Compression of Trading Horizon Travelers age slower, as from their view, a distant journey seems shorter. In markets, when immersed in high-frequency movement, traders experience time compression (dozens of opportunities in minutes). From outside (a swing trader’s view), that same period looks like a small blip in a larger trend. Length Contraction → Path Shortening During High Momentum Near light speed, distances shrink in the direction of travel. In markets, when momentum is extreme, the “distance” to a target level (Fibonacci, prior high) feels shorter, so price reaches it much faster than normal expectation.