Crypto traders in the UK woke up to a large dump from bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general, triggering more than $400 million in liquidations.
An unexpected reverse
After this sharp, and what was for many, a reasonably unexpected pull back, the question in the minds of a lot of traders must be “Is this the start of a typical 30% corrective move for crypto, or is this just a market liquidation event with a move back to the upside to follow?”
Source: Trading View
Bitcoin had been serenely moving sideways inside a triangle through Friday to Sunday, but at midnight going into Monday all changed. The triangle was broken to the downside and in the space of just 3 hours, the price plunged all the way down to $40,450.
Huge liquidations
According to CoinGlass, more than $400 million was triggered in liquidations on both the long and the short side. Obviously, far more longs were wiped out than shorts, by a ratio of around 7 to 1.
The build up of longs was accumulating due to the thinking
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