2025-12-14 17:20:56

A while ago, while analyzing the Ethereum market, I noticed a very noteworthy phenomenon.

Currently, the price levels of 3800 and 3500 have accumulated too many trapped positions. The previous deliberate push to 3400 was ostensibly to give those institutions caught at 3500 a chance to add positions, but in reality, they didn’t want them to actually break free.

For large funds, dropping from 3800 to 2600 is only a 1000-point loss, which isn't enough to trigger a mass liquidation. But the problem is, they've already been tricked into adding positions once, and the logic now is very clear — continue pushing down. Positions that can be liquidated are directly liquidated, and those that can't be are also forced to cut losses. This market is now hunting for long positions.

From a technical perspective, 3400 has become a short-term high, and the price is likely to probe lower afterward. I believe true support is probably around 2100. The overall strategy is to short on rebounds and avoid catching the bottom.

History will always repeat itself, and time will validate these judgments.

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NervousFingers

· 2025-12-17 17:10

Oh my, it's the same old trick of cutting leeks again. The institutions are being kept as pigs, and I can't help but laugh.

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RugResistant

· 2025-12-17 07:45

ngl the baited pump to 3400 was textbook predatory—analyzed this pattern before, red flags everywhere. those institutional bags at 3500/3800? getting liquidation hunted fr fr.

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ZKProofEnthusiast

· 2025-12-17 00:49

Hunting bulls is a bit of an absolute statement; how could the market maker have so much ammunition? --- 2100? Brother, are you gambling or analyzing? --- Looking at this set of logic, I always feel something's off, but I can't quite put my finger on it. --- Shorting on a rebound is a valid move, it all depends on who has stronger psychological resilience. --- It's that same theory of cutting losses; every time it's said like that, but what are the results? --- Is 3400 really a high point? It doesn't seem that simple. --- The institution is so deeply trapped and still refuses to admit defeat, which is indeed outrageous. --- Waiting for 2100 to verify your judgment, don't reverse your position then, haha.

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BrokeBeans

· 2025-12-14 17:47

It's the same old script of hunting bullish traders again. I've heard it too many times. Just wait to be proven wrong.

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GasFeeWhisperer

· 2025-12-14 17:35

Shorting the rebound, don't buy the dip, wait for 2100 to see the real deal. That's how big money plays the game.

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ZeroRushCaptain

· 2025-12-14 17:30

Oh no, another "Technical Analysis Master," huh? Bottoms out at 2100? I bet five ETH that you'll end up cutting losses at 2800. Just shorting on rebounds, huh? Then I ask you—what counts as a rebound, 3200 or 3300? Don’t get crushed halfway and lose your mind again. History repeating? Bro, my history is that I always think I see through everything, then a reverse surge sharpens into a reverse indicator. Don’t laugh, I am living proof of that right now.

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