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Bitcoin is Setting Up For a Violent Long Squeeze, Which May Trigger New Lows

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
1 year ago
in Cryptocurrency news, Bitcoin
Reading Time: 3min read
Bitcoin is Setting Up For a Violent Long Squeeze, Which May Trigger New Lows
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Bitcoin bulls across the crypto market have been celebrating their recent victories in pushing the leading cryptocurrency by market cap’s price higher and higher, busting through downtrend resistance and closing both the most recent weekly and monthly candles bullish.

But the victory dance could soon turn to sobs of remorse if a violent long squeeze that may be brewing happens and Bitcoin price crashes hard to new lows from current levels.

Recipe for Disaster: BitMEX Open Interest High, Funding Flip Coming, Longs Over Extended

Due to the fact that margin trading exchanges often dominate the crypto market, oftentimes what happens on these platforms can dictate or at least heavily influence Bitcoin price fluctuations.

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Funding on BitMEX can influence the number of traders taking a certain position, and open interest on the platform reaching key levels often triggers an explosion in volatility.

Related Reading | Bitcoin Futures Expiration, Soaring Open Interest Could Signal Major Move Ahead

With the funding rate staying positive throughout much of the recent rally in Bitcoin price, there is an extreme number of long traders in position at BitMEX trading on high leverage expecting Bitcoin to blast into a new bull market.

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Violent Bitcoin Long Squeeze Could Crash Crypto to New Lows

With long positions outweighing by shorts two to one across all exchanges, the abundance of long positions could be used as fuel to push Bitcoin price lower.

After Bitcoin price rallied as much as over 40% throughout the past six weeks, many investors who bought the lows are sitting in substantial profits.

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And with belief that the bull market is right around the corner, traders are likely over-leveraged and stubbornly letting their personal bias cloud their risk management strategies.

Together with profits ready to be taken, overly exuberant sentiment, open interest at the highest possible levels, and more, all it will take is a flip of the funding rate and Bitcoin to fall from current levels to potentially cause a violent long squeeze of epic proportions.

When one side of traders is “squeezed” it means that a powerful, surprise movement caught them off guard, forcing them to cover and close their positions, often at a loss, or taking whatever profit left that they can.

When long orders are closed out, a position of Bitcoin is then sold into the market. Together with longs covering their overextended positions and normal market selling and profit-taking, there’s a recipe for complete disaster brewing across the crypto market.

Related Reading | “Smart Money” Indicator Hints At Bearish Bitcoin Price Reversal

Bitcoin has built much support down to $6,400 where previous lows are set, however, the momentum generated from such a violent long squeeze could push Bitcoin price to local downtrend lows.

Another fall would mean that Bitcoin’s recent breakout was a false breakout, and the downtrend isn’t yet over.

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Tony Spilotro

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I'm Tony Spilotro. Behind the pseudonym, I'm a digital media executive and global remote work leader with a decade of content experience and excellent. Here, I explore my newfound passions pertaining to privacy, finance, economics, politics, cryptography, property rights, and other libertarian-esque views. I am a Bitcoin evangelist, maximalist, and educator whenever I can be, helping to spread its message of freedom from government control, monetary policy mismanagement, and passing the buck - literally – to future generations. My journey from a curious retail crypto investor to a serious Bitcoin advocate, trader, and technical analyst is an unusual one, but life-changing nonetheless and has become less about money and more about a long-overdue revolution. While a firm believer in the laws governing math and science, I am profoundly fascinated by the impact of astrology and astronomy including moon and solar cycles and planetary alignment and their ability to influence and potentially predict markets. It hasn't yet clicked for me as to how to put anything to use, but I consider it my current rabbit hole I can't yet dig out of. My perspective of growing up alongside the internet, the dot com era, the Great Recession, and roots in video games collecting coins and rare items caused Bitcoin to immediately make sense to me. Through all of these lenses, I seek to produce content that is educational and entertaining, and I thank you sincerely for taking the time to read what I have to say. Please follow me on Twitter and feel free to drop me a line if you would like to work together.

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