Cross-asset pack — does FibLab work outside crypto?
The audit's verdict: a method only validated on perpetual-futures crypto is exposed to a single venue's microstructure. This pack walks each FibLab concept through three other asset classes — equities, FX, commodities — and labels each as full transfer, partial transfer, or skip. Either the principles hold or they're crypto-microstructure artifacts. Either answer is valuable.
Per-asset deep-dives
The transfer matrix
Reading down each column tells you which FibLab concepts to keep when you trade that asset. Reading across each row tells you whether the concept is general or crypto-specific.
| FibLab concept | Crypto perp (baseline) | Equities (RTH) | FX | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holds & Breaks (engulfment) | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Hard close vs wick poke | Full | Partial · gap risk distorts opens | Full | Full |
| Pure vs Non-Pure (TF detection) | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Time & Levels Rule | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Origin levels (failed-break flip) | Full | Partial · no liquidation cascade fueling reversal | Partial · weaker reversal magnitude | Partial · works near inventory events |
| Range trends vs Normal trends (retest asymmetry) | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Time-arrayed trends (1:1:4 ladder) | Full | Partial · session boundary breaks the ladder overnight | Full | Full |
| Cycle trends (4-6 arrays) | Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Singularity levels | Full | Full | Partial · less violent reactions | Full |
| Liquidation heat map (Leviathan) | Full · the asset class it was designed for | Skip · concept doesn't apply | Skip · no retail liquidations | Skip · COT data instead |
| Tin Hat / Prime Days (event avoidance) | Full | Full · earnings + FOMC primary | Full · CB days + NFP primary | Full · inventory reports primary |
| Weekend trading (avoid thin liquidity) | Full | N/A · market closed | N/A · market closed | N/A · market closed |
| 5-min scalping discipline | Full | Partial · only RTH; HFT noise heavier | Partial · session-dependent | Partial · low-liquidity hours unscalpable |
| Leverage philosophy (5-50x) | Full · leverage available | Skip · no retail leverage at this magnitude | Partial · retail FX leverage 30-50x available, regulated lower in US/EU | Partial · futures contracts have built-in leverage |
| Fib extensions (1.618 / 2.618 / 4.618) | Full | Partial · "stocks have less precise fib levels" (corpus admits) | Full | Full |
What the matrix tells you
The concepts in the top half of the matrix (holds, breaks, hard-close, pure-vs-non-pure, Time & Levels, range vs normal trends, time-arrayed, cycle counts) are fully transferable across all four asset classes. These are the genuine market-structure principles — they're going to keep working as crypto microstructure evolves, and they're worth investing your study time in.
The concepts in the bottom half (liquidation maps, leverage at 50x, weekend trading, 5-min scalping, even origin reversal magnitude) are crypto-microstructure-borrowed — they work because of where, when, and how crypto trades. They're useful while the artifact persists, but they're not load-bearing for the method's overall validity.
The honest read: roughly two-thirds of the FibLab method is genuine pattern recognition that survives porting to other markets. One-third is crypto-specific. That's a much better ratio than most retail methods (which are usually 100% asset-specific without admitting it), but it does mean you should expect a lower hit rate when porting — not because the method is broken, but because the cross-asset version doesn't get the liquidation-cascade boost.
Companion reads: Failure modes · Time & Levels · Pure vs Non-Pure.