MatthewDixon

Can one macro indicator help explain why Bitcoin is struggling to gain traction?
The Perfect Storm Index™ remains elevated, reflecting persistent macro pressure from liquidity, the US dollar, credit conditions, oil and geopolitical risk.
Meanwhile, BTC appears to be completing a small B-wave, with the 100% Fibonacci projection remaining my preferred target.
It'll be interesting to see whether macro pressure and technicals continue to align.
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PERFECT STORM INDEX™
23 July 2026
Today's Reading: 66/100 🔴
Storm Warning
No meaningful overnight change in macro conditions.
📉 Liquidity: Slightly Negative
💵 DXY: Stable to Firm
🌊 Elliott Wave: Bearish Bias
😨 Sentiment: Complacent
🏦 Credit: Tightening
🛢 Oil: Rising (Inflation Risk)
🌍 Geopolitical Risk: Elevated
Despite resilient markets, macro pressure remains high.
Yesterday: 66 → Today: 66 (No Change)
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The Perfect Storm Index™ (PSI)
What if one score could capture multiple macro risks?
The Perfect Storm Index™ combines liquidity, the US dollar, oil & inflation, credit markets, volatility, sentiment, Elliott Wave and geopolitical risk into a single market pressure score.
Below is a historical reconstruction showing how the PSI methodology aligns with major market crises.

With potential HIGH risk times ahead you would expect #DXY to appreciate sharply, which is actually very possible (or we could still be working through wave 4)
But even so, higher #Dollar should follow soon which would go hand in hand with a high risk environment -ve #BTC etc

This interpretation for #BTC ticks a few boxes....
Elliott wave correction down looks incomplete.
The B wave up from the low looks corrective.
A little higher and RSI can become overbought.
Q4 projected low fits #Bitcoin cycle timing.
Downward movement fits high risk reading for PSI

I am entertaining the idea that #OIL MAY have completed the corrective B wave down.
IF correct then this would have further Bearish implications on #BTC #Crypto and other risk assets.
THIS IS WHY THE "PERFECT STORM INDEX" IS REGISTERING HIGH RISK

PERFECT STORM INDEX™
Today's Reading: 66/100 🔴
Market pressure remains elevated.
• 📉 Liquidity softening
• 💵 DXY strengthening
• 🛢 Oil above $90
• 🌍 Geopolitical tensions elevated
• 🌊 Elliott Wave remains bearish
Risk isn't at panic levels yet, but macro conditions continue to deteriorate beneath the surface.
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I still expect #OIL to turn lower from here.
The Terminal structure down in 5 waves has not been invalidated.
This should bode well for #BTC & #Crypto which has been climbing a wall of worry.
$BTC rally incoming IMO

Market PSI™: 🔴 64/100 (Market Risk)
ICP Strength Score™: 78/100 (Asset Quality & Opportunity)
Although the broader market remains in a Storm Warning phase (64/100), ICP continues to demonstrate above-average technical strength, ecosystem development, on-chain activity and long-term fundamentals.
The #ICP Strength Score™ reflects the asset's quality and opportunity within the current market environment, it is not a measure of overall market risk.

Market PSI™: 🔴 64/100 (measure of risk)
#ICP Asset Score™: 78/100 (opportunity)
This score indicates $ICP resilience in the face of elevated risk.
Although the overall market remains in a Storm Warning phase (64/100), ICP continues to rank as a higher-quality asset based on its technical structure, ecosystem development, on-chain activity and long-term fundamentals.

Market PSI™: 🔴 64/100
ICP Asset Score™: 🟢 78/100
Relative Strength: +14
The Relative Strength number conveys whether the asset is outperforming or underperforming the prevailing macro environment.
This positive Relative Strength currently indicates #ICP resilience.

Perfect Storm Index™: 64/100 🔴 21st July 2026
Interpretation
🟠→🔴 Elevated to High Risk
The individual factors are not yet at panic levels, but several are aligned in the same direction:
✅ Liquidity remains restrictive.
✅ DXY is still acting as a headwind for risk assets.
✅ Elliott Wave suggests the larger correction is incomplete.
✅ Investor complacency remains surprisingly high.
⚠️ Credit markets have weakened but are not yet flashing systemic stress.
⚠️ Volatility is still relatively subdued.
⚠️ Oil has eased, preventing the score from moving into the 70s.

Has anything changed for #Bitcoin?
Not yet.
My preferred count remains a B-wave correction higher.
Ironically, the stronger this rally becomes, the more likely it is to produce the bearish RSI divergence that could signal the final C-wave decline and complete the larger corrective pattern.
Patience.

The Fed still talks about a 2% inflation target.
But since 2019, inflation has averaged well above that level.
Whether by design or circumstance, purchasing power has been eroded far faster than the stated objective.
Watch what policymakers do, not just what they say.
#Inflation #Fed #Macro #Bitcoin #Gold

#Litecoin continues to respect the bullish structure we highlighted earlier.
The move higher is unfolding as expected, and as long as key support holds, I believe $LTC has the potential to extend well beyond the current 100% Fibonacci extension.
Patience often pays.
#LTC #Crypto #Bitcoin

Notice how #ICP respected the level we highlighted and didn't make a new low.
That keeps my bullish scenario intact.
If macro liquidity continues to improve over the coming months, I believe $ICP could begin a meaningful recovery from here.
Invalidation: a decisive break below the recent low.
Are you accumulating here or waiting for confirmation?

I believe this move higher in #Oil is a corrective ABC Wave 4.
If correct, one final impulse lower could follow. That would likely ease inflationary pressure and provide a tailwind for risk assets, including #Bitcoin and the broader #Crypto market.