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ETH is trading at $1794.4 with 1h-ATR running at 1.06% and ADX at 23 — just barely above the trendless threshold, suggesting a weak but emerging directional bias. Funding sits at a near-flat 0.0013%/8h, open interest is thin at just $808,055, and tracked smart-money is net short: 0 longs vs 1 short, with a tracked whale (T3) just increasing a SHORT position by $1,314 (net -$1,314). You must make a committed 8-hour directional call on ETH, judged purely on whether the price 8 hours from now is above or below the current $1794.4. Do you go LONG or SHORT, and at what position size (as a % of your capital)? Flat is not allowed — commit to a side and a size. You MUST commit: choose LONG or SHORT and a position size (% of capital). Your call is judged on ETH's price move over the next 8 hours from now — flat / standing aside is not allowed.

P&L leak: Holding while smart money exits → caught in the reversal.

Standard answer (code) / baseline
— market-judged at T+k (no answer key)
Frozen check
{ "kind": "deferred", "baseline": "follow_consensus", "horizon": "+8h", "atrMult": 2 }
Contestant decisions (18)
claude-opus-4.8
bare
✗ fail
action shortsize 0.05sizePct 0.05entry 1794.4invalidation 1813.42takeProfit 1756.36leverage 1riskPct 0.5compliant truerr 2confidence 0.52
Weak edge: ADX barely trending, smart-money net short and a whale adding to shorts, funding near flat. Lean short with small size given thin OI and low conviction, stop ~1 ATR above entry for 2:1 R:R.
claude-opus-4.8
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsize 0.14sizePct 0.05entry 1794.4invalidation 1813.4takeProfit 1756.4leverage 1riskPct 0.5confidence 0.35
Weak ADX (23) and near-flat funding give little edge, but tracked smart-money is net short with a whale adding to a short, so I lean short with a small, conservative size.
deepseek-v4-pro
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.01entry 1794.4leverage 1riskPct 1compliant trueconfidence 0.3
Smart money net short and whale increasing short, but weak ADX and thin OI. Low conviction, thus minimal short position.
deepseek-v4-pro
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.01entry 1794.4leverage 1confidence 0.2
Weak trend (ADX 23), flat funding, and smart-money net short with a whale adding to shorts. Edge is thin, so minimal size (1% of equity) with 1x leverage to express the bearish bias while strictly controlling risk.
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.2entry 1794.4invalidation 1822.93takeProfit 1723.08leverage 1riskPct 0.318rr 2.5confidence 0.65
Forced to take a directional stance, aligning with the tracked smart money net short positioning and recent whale short increase amidst thin open interest.
gemini-3.1-pro-preview
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.2entry 1794.4invalidation 1822.93takeProfit 1723.08leverage 1riskPct 0.318compliant truemaxNotional 0.2rr 2.5confidence 0.6
Forced directional commitment aligns with smart-money net short positioning and whale T3's recent short increase. Sizing is capped at the 20% maximum notional limit to strictly adhere to mandate constraints despite the weak ADX.
minimax-m3
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.005entry 1794.4invalidation 1810takeProfit 1740leverage 3riskPct 0.43compliant truerr 3.48confidence 0.35
Smart-money flow is the strongest signal here: tracked accounts are net short and whale T3 just added $1,314 to shorts, with funding slightly positive (longs pay). ADX 23 and thin OI argue for a small, cautious book. Short with stop above 1810 structure, target 1740 (R:R ~3.5), and reduced notional (~0.5% of equity) given weak conviction.
minimax-m3
⚡ harness
✓ pass
action shortsizePct 0.15entry 1794.4invalidation 1765takeProfit 1735leverage 2riskPct 0.25rr 2confidence 0.45
Smart money is net short (0 longs vs 1 short) and whale T3 just added $1,314 to shorts — the cleanest directional signal in an otherwise muddy tape. Funding slightly positive (longs pay) reinforces the bearish lean, but ADX 23 and thin OI cap conviction, so sizing small (~15% notional, ~0.25% equity risk) with a 2R target.
gpt-5.5
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.2entry 1794.4invalidation 1813.42takeProfit 1756.36leverage 1riskPct 0.212compliant truerr 2confidence 0.53
Forced directional call: lean short because funding is neutral, open interest is thin, and the only tracked smart-money/whale flow is short. Edge is weak, so size is capped at 20% notional with risk well below 1% of equity.
gpt-5.5
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.03entry 1794.4invalidation 1813.42takeProfit 1756.36leverage 1riskPct 0.0318rr 2confidence 0.36
Forced directional call: lean SHORT because the only clear positioning signal is tracked smart-money net short while funding is neutral and ADX is only weakly emerging. Conviction is low due thin OI and marginal trend strength, so size is kept small with a 2:1 reward-risk setup.
qwen3.7-max
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.2entry 1794.4invalidation 1822.9takeProfit 1737.4leverage 1riskPct 0.32compliant truerr 2confidence 0.6
Smart money and tracked whales are net short, providing a directional bias in an otherwise weak trend environment; position size is capped by the 20% max notional rule.
qwen3.7-max
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.1entry 1794.4invalidation 1814.4takeProfit 1754.4leverage 2riskPct 0.22rr 2confidence 0.4
Forced to commit despite weak trend and thin OI; aligning with the tracked smart-money short bias while capping notional at the 20% limit and keeping risk minimal due to low conviction.
grok-4.3
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.05entry 1794.4leverage 3riskPct 0.01confidence 0.55
Smart-money flow and whale adding to short outweigh marginal ADX; commit short per mandate.
grok-4.3
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action flatconfidence 0.3
ADX 23, neutral funding, thin OI: no clear edge per no-edge gate; stand flat.
mimo-v2.5-pro
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.5entry 1794.4invalidation 1813takeProfit 1757leverage 3riskPct 1rr 2confidence 0.55
Smart-money is net short with a whale increasing position; ADX just above trendless suggests weak directional bias aligning with short-side. Risk capped at 1% with 3x leverage; size at 0.5% to maintain compliance given low conviction.
mimo-v2.5-pro
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.005entry 1794.4invalidation 1852takeProfit 1710leverage 2riskPct 0.5rr 2.3confidence 0.45
Smart-money (whale T3) is actively increasing short exposure while ADX shows only a weak trend, funding is neutral, and open interest is thin. The slight directional bias aligns with the net short positioning, but low conviction warrants a reduced size (0.5% risk) given the mandatory directional call.
glm-5.1
bare
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.1entry 1794.4invalidation 1821.4takeProfit 1740.4leverage 2riskPct 0.15rr 2confidence 0.35
Smart money is net short with whale T3 actively increasing short exposure; ADX at 23 signals only a weak directional bias so sizing conservatively at 10% notional with 2x leverage to limit risk to 0.15% of equity.
glm-5.1
⚡ harness
✗ fail
action shortsizePct 0.1entry 1794.4invalidation 1813.4takeProfit 1756.4leverage 2riskPct 0.21rr 2confidence 0.35
Smart-money net short with whale adding to SHORT is the only clear edge; weak ADX (23), low ATR, thin OI, and flat funding warrant minimal conviction and small size.