2026-01-02 20:28:43

Understand this logic and you'll see through it…

When the market rebounds a little, retail investors start to celebrate wildly. But the real participants? They've already cut their positions and escaped when you're excited. This is the reality—most people have become the counterparties for selling off.

There used to be people who could hold onto their chips and wait for long cycles, but now? A rebound makes them afraid of missing out, and a correction scares them into cutting losses. The psychological trauma is too deep, and patience has been worn down by the market. No one is learning to truly hold anymore; everyone is rushing to run. You think you're trading, but you're actually just providing liquidity for smart money.

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RektButStillHere

· 12h ago

Once again, I've been sliced... I should have known earlier that a rebound is a sign to retreat.

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SellLowExpert

· 12h ago

Got cut again, this time I really need to reflect.

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MEVHunter_9000

· 12h ago

Really, every rebound I see a bunch of people cheering, only to be smashed down right after... I've seen it too many times. It's human weakness, there's nothing we can do about it. The big players have already run away. Isn't this just the fate of the retail investors? The problem is, it can't be changed at all. Hold onto the chips? Haha, who can really do that? I can't either. It's actually a mindset issue, but it's easier to say than to do. Once you see through it, nothing really changes. You still have to keep playing.

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ForkMaster

· 12h ago

It's the fate of retail investors, I've seen through it long ago. They start screaming at the slightest rebound, not realizing that the institutions had already exited. Last year, when I was mining during the bear market, I studied this system. To put it simply, it's a liquidity harvesting mechanism.

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ChainChef

· 12h ago

nah this is just the classic recipe they keep serving... retail gets the crumbs while the big players already plated their profits lol

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