Late at night, while monitoring the market, I saw a data chart that instantly woke me up. Bitcoin surged to the resistance level of 91,000 USD, and there were over 2 billion USD in leveraged short positions stop loss orders piled up. This is not just an ordinary resistance level; to put it bluntly, it's a liquidation bomb waiting for the fuse to be lit.
Once the price reaches the 91K range, these short positions will collapse like a chain of dominoes. Each forced liquidation equates to being forced to buy in, causing the price to rise, which will trigger the next wave of short positions to liquidate—this is a typical liquidity vortex phenomenon. The market price may no longer rise steadily, but instead be sucked up by this black hole, with the increase far exceeding everyone's expectations.
But seeing this data, I wasn't as excited as others to prepare for a long position. Instead, I felt a chill down my spine, thinking of a more terrifying scenario: what if 2 billion short positions were instantly squeezed, and the price violently surged afterwards? Behind the revelry often lies a mess. In such an extremely volatile market, those who are least prepared are always the first to get hurt.
This realization made me act immediately. Instead of opening long positions, I did something that seemed "cowardly" but was actually the most crucial thing—I converted all my short-term speculative positions and reserved liquid funds in my account into stablecoin holdings.
Surely someone will say: "Are you still buying stablecoins right before a huge surge? That's too conservative!" But really, when the market is pushed to extremes by leverage and algorithms, preserving your principal is much more important than chasing high returns.
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OldLeekNewSickle
· 11h ago
2 billion short orders are piled up at 91K, to put it bluntly, they are just waiting to be squeezed out, but I choose not to enter a position, I've switched to stablecoins anyway, and I'm already used to being called "coward" by others.
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CounterIndicator
· 12-21 05:49
2 billion short orders piled up at 91K, this wave can indeed be squeezed, but what happens after the squeeze? I've also converted everything into stablecoins, preserving life is a priority.
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JustHereForMemes
· 12-21 05:49
To be honest, I feel a bit uneasy about this wave of short orders exploding. With 2 billion in stop loss orders piled up, everyone knows it's bound to blow up sooner or later, but the question is, what happens after it blows? Often, it's just that kind of scenario where it pumps up and then gets smashed back down in an instant.
I thought about it and felt something was off, so I directly cleared my leveraged positions and switched to stablecoin. Although it does seem a bit conservative, in such extreme fluctuations, what I care about more than chasing the price is not getting played for a sucker back and forth. I’ll wait until the dust settles to see what happens; as long as I have my hands, that’s what matters.
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LootboxPhobia
· 12-21 05:44
Wow, this move is really like dancing on a tightrope; one misstep and you go straight to meet Jesus.
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PaperHandsCriminal
· 12-21 05:42
Ha, I knew it would be like this. Every time I see this kind of "about to explode" data, there are always people rushing in to catch a falling knife, and then... you all know how it went later.
I was really scared by this wave of liquidation bomb, so I simply moved everything into U. Don't laugh at me for being timid; I didn't lose small amounts last time when I chased the price.
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AirdropHunterXiao
· 12-21 05:28
Damn, this 2 billion short order piled up at 91K is really a bomb... But I think the original poster is overthinking it, hasn't there been a lot of situations in history where "a big pump is inevitable"?
First, smash a wave to clear the remaining speculative orders, mainly because there is still no confidence, better to miss out than to be played people for suckers.
Late at night, while monitoring the market, I saw a data chart that instantly woke me up. Bitcoin surged to the resistance level of 91,000 USD, and there were over 2 billion USD in leveraged short positions stop loss orders piled up. This is not just an ordinary resistance level; to put it bluntly, it's a liquidation bomb waiting for the fuse to be lit.
Once the price reaches the 91K range, these short positions will collapse like a chain of dominoes. Each forced liquidation equates to being forced to buy in, causing the price to rise, which will trigger the next wave of short positions to liquidate—this is a typical liquidity vortex phenomenon. The market price may no longer rise steadily, but instead be sucked up by this black hole, with the increase far exceeding everyone's expectations.
But seeing this data, I wasn't as excited as others to prepare for a long position. Instead, I felt a chill down my spine, thinking of a more terrifying scenario: what if 2 billion short positions were instantly squeezed, and the price violently surged afterwards? Behind the revelry often lies a mess. In such an extremely volatile market, those who are least prepared are always the first to get hurt.
This realization made me act immediately. Instead of opening long positions, I did something that seemed "cowardly" but was actually the most crucial thing—I converted all my short-term speculative positions and reserved liquid funds in my account into stablecoin holdings.
Surely someone will say: "Are you still buying stablecoins right before a huge surge? That's too conservative!" But really, when the market is pushed to extremes by leverage and algorithms, preserving your principal is much more important than chasing high returns.