1. What BTC 15-minute means
Bitcoin (BTC/USDT) price action is cut into one candle every 15 minutes — 96 per day. Each candle has only two outcomes: a close above the open is up, a close below the open is down. 24K focuses on the direction of each 15-minute candle: short cycles and fast results mean a large, verifiable sample builds up within a single day.
- Real candles come from a major exchange's public market data (e.g. Binance).
- Each candle is judged only after it closes and is never revised; the candle still forming is marked "In progress" and is not judged early on intermediate prices.
- Times and dates follow your location automatically; the underlying data and judging rules are the same worldwide.
2. Teams, start-time columns and method groups
Live page shows the signals in tables grouped by team:
- Team: six teams — Sydney, Japan, Hong Kong, Dubai, UK and New York — used as category labels for side-by-side comparison.
- Start-time column: each team has several columns (e.g. "from 10:00"), meaning signals are given candle by candle from that time; some columns run past midnight and are marked "next day".
- Method group: an independent way of calling direction, named after its start time. Each method group gives one direction per candle: green = up, red = down, blank = no signal for that candle.
- All-group consensus: the majority direction of all method groups on the same candle, compared with the real candle — it shows how the "collective call" performs.
3. Three key metrics: hits, net wins, win rate
- Hits: the number of candles where the method group's direction matched the real candle.
- Net wins: hits − misses, which also equals 2 × hits − settled.
- Win rate: hits ÷ settled × 100%; candles in progress and blank candles (no signal) are not counted.
Examples:
| Settled | Hits | Misses | Net wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 candles | 7 | 3 | +4 | 70% |
| 20 candles | 12 | 8 | +4 | 60% |
| 12 candles | 3 | 9 | −6 | 25% |
Net wins reflect both accuracy and sample size: +4 out of 10 candles is more concentrated than +4 out of 20. Negative net wins mean there were fewer hits than misses in that period; this is a historical observation only, not a recommendation to trade the opposite way. Net wins are just a difference in candle counts, not a rate of return.
4. How to read BTC 15-minute reference signals
Below are approaches users commonly take — for research reference only, not trading advice:
- Check the consensus: look at the all-group consensus and overall signal net wins first to see whether most method groups agree right now; when they disagree strongly, a single candle's signal is less informative.
- Pick method groups: go to the Research Center and sort by net wins, win rate or stability, favouring groups with more covered days and smaller maximum drawdown; tap ★ to save them to Watchlist 1/2/3 and then follow only your own picks.
- Focus on time periods: use the time window to see only the last 2/4/6/8/12 hours; different teams and start-time columns cover different periods, so you can find the groups that do better in the hours you usually watch.
- Read both directions: positive and negative net wins are both part of the historical direction statistics; a negative value only means fewer hits than misses — a historical observation, not a recommendation to trade the opposite way.
- Set alerts: after linking Telegram you can receive alerts on changes in statistics such as net wins, based on your settings (the in-site bell shows them too), and view alert reports; alerts are information only, not trading advice.
- Verify with history: use History to pick any day and check how the method groups really performed; compare over enough days and don't be swayed by one or two days of results.
5. How to read the Research Center
- Switch between Today / Yesterday / This week, or show a single team only.
- Net, win rate, settled: basic performance and sample size.
- Stability: the share of days with a positive net over the last 7 trading days with data (7/7 = five stars).
- Longest hit / miss streak: the longest run of consecutive hits or consecutive misses, in candles.
- Max drawdown (candles): the largest drop of cumulative net wins from its peak in the period.
- The Research Center counts closed candles only; sample reliability is measured in covered days — the more days covered, the more robust.
6. Free and membership
You can browse the live page without signing in; after signing in you can save watchlists and receive net-win alerts. Membership can unlock: full live view, history lookback, all method groups, the Research Center, alert reports and net-win alerts on Telegram — what each plan includes is as shown on the Plans page.
Membership benefits are not investment advice or a promise of any return.
7. Risk notice
24K is an information and reference research tool. It is not investment, financial, legal or tax advice, does not manage money for anyone and promises no returns. Prices on a 15-minute scale are highly volatile and random, and every method group will have runs of misses; past performance does not indicate future results. Act within your means and decide independently.