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Retail Bitcoin Traders Repeatedly Shaken Out While Following Trends

Tony Spilotro by Tony Spilotro
2 years ago
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Retail buyers helped push the price of Bitcoin back up toward $10,000 after the Black Thursday crash to below $4,000. Low prices proved to be too attractive to pass up, and traders went against the trend.

But following the initial storm of buying, retail traders following the trend has led to repeated shakeouts, according to sentiment data from one crypto analyst comparing top positions on Binance with retail traders.

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Bitcoin price has been on a relatively steady upward trend since the Black Thursday market collapse.

During the selloff, Bitcoin price fell from $10,000 to under $4,000.

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The surge in buying caused a strong rebound that only now appears to be turning around.

Retail crypto investors going against the trend and herd mentality has thus far proven successful, as those who bought the lows gained over 150% on their investment.

It’s when these retail traders begin chasing the trend is when they tend to get wrecked in the price action, according to one crypto analyst’s take on sentiment data from Binance.

Conclusion: a divergence of retail sentiment with price is confluent with continuation, ever more so when top positions are following price.

Shake outs can be expected when retail sentiment leans on the side of the trend.

Extended FOMO adds confluence to reaching a local top.

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Contrarian Crypto Positions From Top Traders Designed To Shake Out Retail FOMO

One crypto analyst has reviewed weeks of price action data from Binance, comparing retail sentiment against “top positions” on the popular crypto trading platform.

These top positions are presumably more experienced traders, potentially Bitcoin whales able to use their position sizing to their advantage to move the market against smaller time retail traders.

Data shows that retail traders are actively buying the dip and FOMO shorting what they believe to the top.

As soon as this happens, “top positions” are making contrarian moves that force retail shorts to close and squeeze price upward.

This then lures retail traders to FOMO long, then the market crashes much like what transpired yesterday when Bitcoin flash crashed and wiped out the entire rally from the day before.

Some analysts are calling it a false breakout of a symmetrical triangle, while others are screaming manipulation.

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In reality, it’s retail traders being shaken out of their positions by smart money traders who are currently controlling the market.

The analyst concludes that a divergence in retail sentiment is responsible for continuation to either side.

Essentially, once retail traders flip positions to follow the trend, it is immediately used against them.

The idea of buying low and selling high may sound simple in theory, in execution it is incredibly difficult and requires strict planning and strategy execution.

It also requires constant analysis of sentiment and a steady nominal state that doesn’t allow for flip-flopping of sentiment or chasing trends, as inexperienced retail traders are proving again and again.

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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 excellence. 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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