A lot of traders were shorting with margin on Bitfinex as the price climbed towards $20k, at the end of December, but what I find absolutely amazing is how many margin short positions have accumulated during the bear market. As of today, there are close to 50% more short positions than during the bull market!!
Margin shorts today = ~38k BTC.
Margin longs today = ~33k BTC.
Shorters are going to get REKT at some point. Big Time.
Good call yesterday. Wonder if the short covering led correction is temporary though?
There are still 25k shorts on Bitfinex, so there's are plenty of positions yet to be liquidated. I wouldn't be surprised to see another spike soon, as the longs are emboldened now. Next 24h should be very interesting!
Great info! Is there any place I could check margin shorts today?
Just search for 'Bitfinex' on Tradeview and add the indicators to your charts.
Can you tell me exact name of the indicator? cant find it..
BTCUSDSHORTS BTCUSDLONGS
Short squeeze coming up?
The exact timing is hard to predict, but I think it's likely. If you look to the left part of the chart, you'll see that margin shorts were at extreme highs just before bitcoin went from 6k to 8k. Then, as bitcoin continued to climb above 10k, the shorts dropped off even more.
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