The cryptocurrency market went through a massive volatility event in the past 24 hours, first to the upside and later to the downside. High volatility also means high derivatives volume and liquidity, which creates long-liquidations and short-squeeze opportunities.
With that in mind, Finbold turned to CoinGlass on November 9 and gathered data about long/short ratios from the top cryptocurrencies.
In particular, we found two digital assets with relevant imbalances favoring short positions. This extra liquidity might become attractive for market makers to seek short squeezes for November 10.
BCH 1-week price chart. Source: Finbold
The price retracement brought a dominant bearish sentiment and a meaningful increase in short positions. Notably, Bitcoin Cash has $376.06 million in derivatives betting for lower prices within the next 12 hours. This means a 52.67% imbalance that could trigger a short squeeze for BCH.
BCH long/short ratio for 12 and 24 hours. Source: CoinGlass
Dogecoin (DOGE) short squeeze
Meanwhile, Dogecoin (DOGE) has also seen an aggressive retracement from $0.0774 to $0.0716, by press time. Nevertheless, DOGE was able to hold part of its weekly performance.
DOGE 1-week price chart. Source: Finbold
Despite stronger price support, derivative traders also showed bearish dominance on Dogecoin, with increased short positions that could be squeezed at any time. Interestingly, there is a massive $628.60 million in shorts (52.39%) for a 12-hour time frame and $959.73 million (51.70%) for a 24-hour time frame.
DOGE long/short ratio for 12 and 24 hours. Source: CoinGlass
Both Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash have seen high liquidation events in the past against short-sellers. In this context, the bearish dominance could trigger short squeezes for both cryptocurrencies or feed a pivotal downtrend for the rest of the week.
It is important to say that the recent plummet in price could have been a result of long liquidations.
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