Pump → OI Down (600s) → Short on the Pullback

Setup Idea

This is a systematic “post-overheat” short. A sharp pump often means acceleration driven by emotion-driven buying and late market orders chasing price. If Open Interest starts dropping shortly after, the market is signaling that leverage is being unwound, and the impulse is running out of fuel.

The key principle: don’t short the top. Wait for weakness first, then enter on a pullback so risk stays controlled.

Important: OI dropping after a pump isn’t “magic.” It’s a practical marker that positions are closing and the move may normalize.

What You Need on TradingView

Timeframes:

• 1m for execution
• 5m for context

Indicators:

• VWAP
• Volume
• RSI 14

Data:

• Open Interest (OI)
• Premium Index

Conditions (Checklist)

Required

• Your screener triggers a Pump (60s)
• Within roughly 5–30 minutes, you get an OI Down (600s) signal
• Premium Index is not accelerating higher (ideal: stabilizing or turning down)

Optional (Improves Quality)

• Price fails to hold VWAP (or retests VWAP and gets rejected)
• RSI14 was overbought and starts rolling over (a plus)
• Volume spikes during the pump, then volume begins to fade

How to Enter Manually

Beginner rule: enter only on a pullback.

1. After the pump, wait for the first clear weakness:

• a lower high, or
• a break of local micro-support on 1m

1. Wait for a pullback into the “entry zone”:

• a VWAP retest from below

1. Enter short when price shows rejection:

• VWAP is not reclaimed, and price starts moving down again

Invalidation (When the Setup Breaks)

To keep risk real, you need a strict manual exit rule:

• Price holds above VWAP (2–3 consecutive 1m closes)
• OI stops falling and starts rising again (or you get OI Up)
• Premium Index turns back up and supports the move

Take Profit (Short Targets, Matching Your Model)

• TP1: +1% (close 60–80%)
• TP2: +2% (close the remainder)
  Alternative: one take profit at +1.5%

Time Stop

If there’s no clean follow-through within 30–60 minutes, exit. This is a fast normalization setup — not a long hold.

Common Beginner Mistakes

• Shorting directly into the pump candle (chasing the top)
• Ignoring VWAP and shorting while price is holding above it
• Shorting while Premium Index is still accelerating up
• Treating one red candle as confirmation without structure

30-Second Quick Checklist

• Pump triggered ✅
• OI Down arrived within 5–30 minutes ✅
• Premium is not accelerating higher ✅
• VWAP retest from below + rejection ✅
• Entry on a pullback ✅
  If any item is missing — skip the trade.

Execution Examples

• #ACTUSDT
• #RAVEUSDT
• #RIVERUSDT

Where to Find These Screeners

Trading and setup-finding screeners are available on crypto-resources.com — a working tool built for systematic trading, not just “watching signals.”

The key difference versus public screeners is deep filtering and flexible configuration (volume, coin age, whitelist/blacklist, funding ranges, etc.), plus one-click execution directly from the screener page.

With unfiltered public signals, the workflow looks very different: you get a stream of raw noise, manually verify data across multiple platforms, bounce between charts and a terminal, and ultimately lose the most valuable things — time and focus.

Very quickly, trading turns into low-efficiency busywork: signals arrive late, the best entries disappear, and instead of following a system, you spend your session endlessly “processing alerts.”