2026-01-16 08:41:47

#Strategy加仓BTC 【ETH's pullback is not weakness, but a carefully orchestrated "shakeout"】【Leverage trading on exchanges】

Many traders only focus on how the price moves, but the institutions actually controlling the market look at the depth of leverage positions.

When you suddenly notice that—on exchanges—the ETH long leverage positions are significantly reduced, or even accumulated at lower price levels, this is often not a bearish signal. On the contrary, it’s precisely the main players doing a "staff cleanup."

The tactics of the big players are actually just these three moves:

**Step 1**: Rapidly dump the price, directly breaking through those high-leverage longs
**Step 2**: Leave a deep lower shadow, creating a panic atmosphere
**Step 3**: After shaking out retail traders, the main force then pulls the price up

After entering 2025, this script has been repeated multiple times for major coins like $BTC, $ETH, and $SOL. Every time it looks like a crash is coming, but it turns out to be the best entry point.

The key is, you need to learn how to distinguish what is a real dip and what is a false dip—the "scary lower shadow" is often the answer.

BTC-1,57%

ETH-0,55%

SOL0,14%

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NftBankruptcyClub

· 9h ago

Here we go again with this set. Every time they say it's a shakeout, but I still get shaken out and sell off. No, the real question is how do you know when it will reverse and rally? This logic is too perfectly reverse-engineered. Wait, does this mean I should buy the dip or run away? I can't understand. Every day they talk about leverage thickness, but retail investors can't see the real data from the exchange at all. Familiar routine, they said the same last time, and then ETH kept falling until I got liquidated. I don't believe you, the initial trap was more deceptive than a shakeout.

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GateUser-40edb63b

· 9h ago

Here comes the manipulation theory again, claiming that institutions are cleaning up every time, but in the end, they get cleaned out themselves.

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YieldWhisperer

· 9h ago

Haha, here we go again with the story of shaking out the weak hands. Every time I say I won't fall for it next time, but I still get cut.

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MidnightTrader

· 9h ago

Here comes the theory of shaking out again. It's not wrong to say, but the key is what difference does it make if you get it right? Without bullets in hand, it's still useless.

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GhostAddressMiner

· 9h ago

On-chain data has been speaking for a while, and you're still looking at candlestick charts... Those records of leveraged liquidations are mapped to the original addresses, and the fund transfer trajectories are as clear as can be. The main players' dormant wallets have become highly active in the past two days. Those who understand can check on the chain themselves.

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