Bitcoin's three dramatic days: the liquidation wave behind the $3,000 volatility and market fragility

HashBandit · 2025-12-18T00:20:10+00:00

Last week, Bitcoin experienced intense volatility, with the price briefly surpassing $90,000 before rapidly dropping to $86,000. Short liquidations and high leverage triggered a chain reaction, revealing a fragile market structure and reminding traders to reduce leverage and manage risk.

HashBandit

2025-12-18 00:20:10

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【Crypto World】Last week’s Bitcoin market can be described as a “roller coaster.” Within just a few hours, the price once broke through the $90,000 mark, soaring over $3,000, only to rapidly plunge back to around $86,000. This bizarre fluctuation seems sudden, but in fact, it is driven by market mechanisms behind the scenes.

First, the chain reaction caused by short positions being liquidated. Approximately $120 million in short positions were forcibly closed, pushing the price sharply higher. But extremes often lead to reversals, and the subsequent crash wiped out over $200 million in long positions. Two rounds of liquidations unfolded in succession, exposing a painful issue in the current market: high leverage combined with low liquidity makes the entire market structure extremely fragile.

In such an environment, any small movement can easily trigger a chain reaction of liquidations. For traders, reducing leverage and controlling positions are the keys to survival. The market is always testing participants’ risk awareness.

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CryptoPhoenix

· 2025-12-20 23:54

Another day of being battered by the market, with a $3000 range really incredible... But do you know? This is a signal that opportunities are emerging in the bottom zone. What we need is patience to ride through the cycle. Remember, when losing money, it's most important to stay clear-headed. Lowering leverage is easy to say, but hard to do... Never mind, I won't say more. Phoenix rebirth requires a price. This wave of liquidation is actually cleansing irrational participants. Once emotions recover, that will be the real good time to build positions.

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SmartContractRebel

· 2025-12-19 09:28

Once again, the same story. High-leverage players should wake up and stop waiting to be liquidated every day.

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MEVSandwichVictim

· 2025-12-18 00:49

Coming back with this again? $3000 volatility, both longs and shorts get crushed. That's why I never touch leverage no matter what.

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GasSavingMaster

· 2025-12-18 00:48

Another day of bloodshed, a $3000 price swing completely confused me. Leverage traders really need to reflect. With such a fierce liquidation wave, aren't they learning their lesson? Wait, is the market liquidity this bad? No wonder it suddenly surges and crashes. Maybe I should just stick to spot trading. The volatility is too intense, I can't handle it.

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PumpDetector

· 2025-12-18 00:46

nah the real story here is watching retail get liquidated twice in one week lol... that's not volatility that's a feature not a bug

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DataBartender

· 2025-12-18 00:38

It's the leverage causing trouble again. After seeing this kind of operation every day, who still dares to use full leverage?

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LiquidityWhisperer

· 2025-12-18 00:22

Leverage hunters are starting to harvest again. If you don't understand and still insist on going in, you deserve it. --- A 3000-point fluctuation, the liquidation money is enough for me to eat for half a year haha. --- Low liquidity combined with high leverage, this combo is just asking for death. --- Another round of retail investors being drained. When will they learn to cut losses? --- Is the market fragile? No, it's human greed that is fragile. --- Bulls and bears take turns harvesting, retail investors are always that dish. --- Reducing leverage sounds simple, but when losing money, it's still all in. --- Always talking about risk control, but next time repeating the same mistakes, used to it. --- This round of operations looks like a designed harvesting show. --- If you can't hold on, you'll be thrown out. That's just how the crypto world is.

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