While Bitcoin Tapped New Price Highs, 78,000 Short Positions Worth Over $800 ...
While bitcoin has crossed a new all-time price high in 2021, traders are leery toward shorting the crypto asset. Data from Bitfinex shows the number of short contracts has been extremely low in comparison to the total number of shorts in mid-March 2020. On Saturday, January 2, 2021, when the price of bitcoin surpassed $33k, over 100 million dollars in short positions were liquidated in a matter of minutes. On Saturday, during the afternoon trading sessions (EST), bitcoin (BTC) reached $33,333 per unit. The price is a lifetime high, in terms of fiat value, during the course of the crypto....
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New all-time highs in short liquidations — at least when measured in dollars — point to overly bearish market sentiment. Ether (ETH) is setting liquidation records this week as a comparatively modest price uptick reveals how bearish the market has become.Data from on-chain analytics platform CryptoQuant confirmed that United States dollar-denominated short liquidations hit a new all-time high on Oct. 25. Two days, half a billion dollars of ETH shortsIt is not just Bitcoin (BTC) causing the bears severe pain this week — data from exchanges also shows that Ethereum shorters have suffered....
Around $500 million worth of positions were liquidated within hours as the Tesla news caused Bitcoin to spike over $46,000. Bitcoin (BTC) has extended its rally over $46,000 on Feb. 9, a day after a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing revealed that Tesla bought $1.5 billion worth of BTC. The price of Bitcoin immediately soared from around $39,000 to $45,000 across major exchanges on Feb. 8 after the news began to spread.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingviewMass Bitcoin liquidationAs the Bitcoin price initially rallied to $45,000, it caused $500....
Discover the intricacies of short and long positions in crypto trading. These principles can be applied by both new and experienced traders. How can margin trading amplify the targets of long and short positions?Margin trading can magnify the potential results of long and short positions thanks to leverage — i.e., borrowed funds.Going long or short might be lucrative, especially when the cryptocurrency is volatile. Still, professional traders prefer margin trading, as they can amplify potential profits by several times. However, the risks also increase by the same degree, which is why....
Bitcoin saw some potent price action yesterday, with bulls sending it rallying from the mid-$20,000 region to highs of $23,700 The selling pressure here proved to be quite significant and slowed its growth, but the cryptocurrency does appear to be poised to see further upside One analytics firm explained in a recent tweet that a massive onslaught of short-sided liquidations fueled this movement Over the past few days, over $1 billion in short positions have […]