2026-01-21 14:23:53

DUSK's recent market movement can be regarded as a classic bearish trap. The price started to gradually rise from a low point, repeatedly testing the range between 0.238 and 0.240, with both bulls and bears probing here. Bears saw this level as if they encountered an iron gate that couldn't be broken through, so they added positions and shorted, leading to an increasing number of short positions.

What happened next? A sudden bullish candlestick appeared on the 15-minute chart, directly breaking through the 0.242 resistance line. At that moment, the bears hadn't reacted yet, and the price soared instantly to 0.25785 or even higher. Stop-loss orders were triggered en masse, causing a chain reaction of liquidations that pushed the price even higher.

Retail traders chasing the high were now firmly pinned at the top, while institutions had already quietly started selling at high levels. The market is likely to fall back and test the bottom again, continuing this oscillating process. This is the game of the market—someone always has to pay tuition at these turning points.

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ApyWhisperer

· 17h ago

It's the same old trick again; short sellers really need to learn their lesson.

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SybilSlayer

· 17h ago

Same old story again, the bears are trapped so tightly that this DUSK wave is truly unstoppable. I've seen many fakeouts, but I still keep getting caught out. Why do retail investors at the top always love to buy the dip? Another round of tuition paid. Institutions are the happiest at high levels, selling to this group of chasing the high. 0.238 has been tested for so long, and a single K-line completely revitalized everything—so classic. It's the same routine again, every time new rookies jump in—so pitiful. Retail investors are just working for the institutions their whole lives, haha. Wait, how much longer will this bottom be dragged out? Feels like it's not over yet. Stop-loss orders all clustered together just led to liquidation—this leverage really is a double-edged sword.

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MetaMisfit

· 17h ago

It's the same old trick again. The bears got slaughtered at the slaughterhouse, while retail investors are still buying the dip at the top.

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ThesisInvestor

· 17h ago

The classic trick of cutting leeks, retail investors always buy in last --- That 0.238 defense line was broken so fiercely, the bears were caught off guard and washed out --- It's again institutions selling at high levels, retail investors following the trend to buy in, how many times has this routine been played? --- Stop-loss orders chain-reacting to liquidation, it's clear how much money has been sucked out... --- Repeated oscillations to grind the bottom? I see it as just more cutting, waiting for the next wave of bagholders --- This kind of turning point is really a place to pay tuition, I wonder how many people got caught at the top this time --- When the price soars, the bears are completely caught off guard, showing how long institutions have been planning ahead --- Chasing highs and getting nailed is truly tragic, but how can retail investors not want to take a gamble? --- The 0.242 defense line was broken as soon as it was broken, feels like this is all a well-rehearsed script --- Institutional selling and retail buying, market games are just that simple and brutal

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