2025-12-26 18:19:47

Every bull run, the same pattern repeats. Crypto bros are convinced the dip will bounce back hard—clean V-shaped recovery, textbook perfect. Charts marked up, indicators screaming buy signals, conviction at all-time high.

But here's what usually happens instead: false bottoms, grinding sideways action, brief relief rallies followed by new lows. The V they wanted? Morphs into an ugly W, or worse, a slow bleed that kills the vibe.

Reality hits different when you're holding bags. The reversal that looked inevitable on the charts plays out messier in the actual market. Liquidity hunts, wick demolitions, weak hands panic-selling into strength—it's never as clean as the thesis promised.

Still, traders keep drawing that perfect V. Maybe next time.

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HypotheticalLiquidator

· 6h ago

V-shaped rebound? Buddy, the lending rate data has been screaming risk for a long time, and the liquidation price is approaching... --- Another false bottom, looks like a bottom-fishing opportunity, but in reality, it's the eve of a chain reaction of liquidations. --- The health factor is collapsing, yet some are still drawing V? The dominoes are all set up. --- When volatility soars, the thesis is that, but when the dump really happens, it's all nonsense—that's the market. --- Deleveraging isn't over yet, don't rush to call the bottom... systemic risk is still brewing. --- I've seen countless W-shaped patterns, but never one with a good outcome, truly. --- The liquidation price keeps dropping, this wave isn't a V at all, but a slow bleed. --- Liquidity hunting hasn't stopped yet, does anyone really think this is a rebound?

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RektButStillHere

· 6h ago

Here we go again. Every time they talk about a V-shaped rebound, but it turns out to be a W-shape or even keeps dropping. Charts are the cruelest when you're holding a position.

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DeFiVeteran

· 6h ago

Here it comes again, every time claiming a V-shaped rebound, but ending up drawing a W or even a U shape... --- The chart is the most honest when you're trapped, but unfortunately, those who look at the chart always deceive themselves. --- The liquidity cleanup was truly incredible, indicators screaming buy buy buy, but the result was just being absorbed by the master. --- Perfect V-shaped recovery? Friend, you haven't seen a real trading scene; that's an art class. --- Where's the promised textbook recovery? Why is it still bottoming out? --- Wait, this time should be different, right? ...No, it seems to be the same old routine. --- Every round is like this, chart masters are confident, but the real market hits you with a liquid flow hunt. --- People who draw V's will never learn; I am also always fooled by V's. --- Weak hands cut losses at this time, but who isn't...

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