{"id":121001,"date":"2019-12-13T20:07:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=121001"},"modified":"2019-12-13T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T20:09:51","slug":"bitcoin-longs-hit-record-high-on-bitfinex-long-squeeze-incoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-longs-hit-record-high-on-bitfinex-long-squeeze-incoming\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin longs hit record high on Bitfinex, long squeeze incoming?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of Bitcoin long contracts on margin trading platform Bitfinex has exploded in December to reach the highest level in years, far exceeding the levels of BTC's late 2017 bull market.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121002\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121002 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-1024x471.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin price\" width=\"1024\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-1024x471.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-768x353.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-1536x706.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-2.59.28-PM-2048x941.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bitfinex BTC Longs &#8211; TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Traders currently hold more than 43,000 long positions, worth $299,784,000, on Hong Kong-based <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bitfinex\">Bitfinex<\/a>. The ratio is overwhelmingly skewed in favor of the bulls, who hold 87.1 percent of all positions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121003\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121003\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121003 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-1024x260.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin longs vs. Shorts\" width=\"1024\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-1024x260.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-768x195.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-1536x390.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.02.32-PM-2048x520.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121003\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margin trading platforms, longs vs. shorts &#8211; Blockchain Whispers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This is a stark contrast to <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/bitmex\">BitMEX<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/binance\">Binance<\/a>, two of the largest exchanges by daily volume. The bears are the majority on both exchanges, with short-sellers holding 53 percent and 63.5 percent of total Bitcoin positions respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>Long squeeze incoming?<\/h2>\n<p>In all likelihood, a break below $7,000 \u2014 the support level of the 20-day trading range \u2014 could stop out many of the long holders on Bitfinex and place a substantial amount of sell pressure in the market.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121007\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121007\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121007 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-1024x416.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin price\" width=\"1024\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-1024x416.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-768x312.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-1536x624.png 1536w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-4.16.54-PM-2048x832.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTCUSD Bitfinex &#8211; Tradingview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Longs on Bitfinex have been rocketing since Nov., seemingly permitted by BTC's tight trading range. Volatility fell sharply around the same time the Bitfinex bulls started to amass long positions, Nov. 22, and has remained unusually low since.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_121005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-121005\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intotheblock.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-121005 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.45.46-PM-1024x678.png\" alt=\"BTC volatility - IntotheBlock\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.45.46-PM-1024x678.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.45.46-PM-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.45.46-PM-768x508.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-12-13-at-3.45.46-PM.png 1118w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-121005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">BTC volatility (Source: IntotheBlock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Unlike the 100x leveraged futures exchange BitMEX, Bitfinex offers comparatively low leverage of 3.3x on Bitcoin \u2014 accordingly, its traders are significantly less affected (in theory up to 30 times less affected) by fluctuations in BTC's price.<\/p>\n<p>Small breakouts to the downside can lead to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/did-mass-liquidations-on-bitmex-cause-bitcoins-sudden-drop\/\">highly explosive price movements<\/a>, collapsing price as leveraged long holders outrun their margin and exacerbate declines \u2014 considering the colossal number of long contracts on Bitfinex, the platform's low level of leverage may be a saving grace for Bitcoin bulls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of Bitcoin long contracts on margin trading platform Bitfinex has exploded in December to reach the highest level in years, far exceeding the levels of BTC&#8217;s late 2017 bull market.\u00a0 Traders currently hold more than 43,000 long positions, worth $299,784,000, on Hong Kong-based Bitfinex. 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