$LAB High position, the contract open interest is increasing, then a slight pull-up, catching the short sellers and liquidations. Now the bullish trap begins, then a pullback.

The market maker is no longer heavily accumulating long positions but is instead taking on short positions, only inserting needles upward, unlikely to let the longs realize profits after floating gains.
But this is the script, only the market maker knows when enough short positions are accumulated. If retail traders keep shorting more and more, then it only needs to range sideways to absorb orders, then insert needles.
If retail traders keep going long continuously, then the price will rise, forcing short squeezes and enticing more longs, until a flash crash occurs.
Low leverage, high capital, key positions, enough retail traders to ensure they don’t become meat on the chopping block, then follow the market maker to eat the blood bun, which might be the only way to win.