According to @AltcoinGordon, he identified the bottom and subsequent breakout in WAL and notes that traders are now looking for entries, highlighting a momentum shift in the name. Source: @AltcoinGordon on X, Sep 3, 2025. WAL is Western Alliance Bancorporation, ticker WAL on the NYSE, which is a regional bank stock closely watched for US risk sentiment. Source: NYSE listing data and Western Alliance Bancorporation corporate disclosures. For actionable trade planning, technicians often seek a pullback to the breakout zone with price holding above that area and set invalidation if price closes back below the breakout and the most recent higher low, using volume to confirm. Source: John J. Murphy, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets; Edwards and Magee, Technical Analysis of Stock Trends. Because BTC has shown periods of positive correlation with US equities, sustained strength in regional bank leaders like WAL can coincide with improved crypto risk appetite, so BTC and ETH should be monitored alongside financials for confirmation. Source: Coin Metrics research on BTC–equity correlation in 2022–2023.