July 4, 2025
Traders Pile On Short Positions As Bitcoin Approaches All-Time High thumbnail
Business

Traders Pile On Short Positions As Bitcoin Approaches All-Time High

The Action Suggests Bitcoin’s Recent Range – Capped AT AROUND $ 110,000 to the Upside – Could Continue.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Traders Pile On Short Positions As Bitcoin Approaches All-Time HighThe Action Suggests Bitcoin’s Recent Range – Capped AT AROUND $ 110,000 to the Upside – Could Continue.Updated Jul 3, 2025, 2:56 pm Published Jul 3, 2025, 2:33 pm

Crypto Traders Are Exhibiting Bearish Behavior Despite Bitcoin

Trading Above $ 110,000 and Possibly Taking AIM AT A NEW RECORD HIGH ABOVE $ 112,000.

Data from Coinealyze Shows that During Bitcoin’s Move this Week from $ 106,000 to $ 110,000, The Long/Short Ratio From 1.223 in favoor of Longs to 0.858.

JWP-Player-Placeholder

Open Interest Also Rose from $ 32 Billion to $ 35 Billion During this Period, Indicating that Significant Capital is Being Pumped Into Shorting Bitcoin.

Bitcoin Long/Short Ratio (Coinealyze)Bitcoin Long/Short Ratio (Coinealyze)

Bitcoin has been trapped in a Relativly Tight Range Since Early May, Trading Between $ 100,000 and $ 110,000 with Three Tests of Each Level of Support and Resistance.

Technical Indicators Like Relative Strengt Index (RSI) Continue to Paint a Bearish Image with Several Drives of Bearish Divergence, With Rsi Weakening on Each Test of

The recent influx of short positions Could Well Be Lower Timeframe Traders Capitalizing on the Range, Shorting Resistance Before Reversing Their Trade at Each Test of $ 100,000.

This Rang True On June 22 WHEN The Long/Short Ratio Shot Up to 1.68 As Bitcoin Momentarily Slumped Through $ 100,000 Before Bouncing.

There is a potential bull caase with the increase in short positions: a short squeeze. This would Occur If Bitcoin Begins to Trigger Liquidation Points and Stop Losses Above a Record High, Which would Cause an Impulse in Buy Pressure and Continuation To.

Oliver Knight

Oliver Knight is the Co-LEADER OF COINDESK DATA TOKENS AND DATA TEAM. Before joining coindesk in 2022 Oliver Spen Three Years As the Chief Reporter at Coin Riveet. He First Started Investing in Bitcoin in 2013 and Spen A Period of His Career Working at A Market Making Firm in the UK. He does not currently have any crypto holdings.

X Icon

Oliver Knight

Related posts

US-CHINA TRADE: Rare Earth Approvals Stall and Tariff Woes Mount

unian ua

ISM ManUfacting Pmi Rises to 49.0; SP500 Climbs Back Above 6200

unian ua

US-CHINA TRADE: Tariffs Stay Despite Deal-Eyes on Rare Earths and Deal Commitment

unian ua

Leave a Comment

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More