Brothers, everyone is afraid of greed and has already gone to 12, so why does $BTC 's long contract still dare to occupy 67%?

A fear index of 12 indicates extreme panic, showing that spot market sentiment is close to a state of "nobody wants to speak."
But $BTC longs account for 67%, meaning two-thirds of the contract positions are still betting on a rebound, which is not complete capitulation but rather everyone fearing and stubbornly holding on.
What's more tangled is that $BTC has $6.16 billion in open contracts, indicating that the leverage in the market is still significant, and a price shake could easily cause people to be forced out.
The BTC active buy-sell ratio is 1.08, suggesting that active buying slightly exceeds selling, and the order book isn't a one-sided crash but rather some are absorbing, and shorts are pressing, fighting each other.
The news isn't easy either; Bitcoin ETFs have experienced net outflows for the fourth consecutive week, with $1.7 billion flowing out last week.
Four consecutive weeks of outflows indicate that institutional funds are not hesitating short-term but are continuously retreating.
$1.7 billion is the largest weekly outflow in over a year, and such a level of draining will make rebounds lack "strong buying support."
Coindesk also said that $BTC and $ETH are watching the worst weekly performance since the FTX collapse, but the point isn't to scare but to show that this round isn't caused by small coins acting up alone; it's the mainstream assets being collectively hit by risk appetite cuts.
There's also a detail that’s quite stimulating: someone opened a $96.69 million short position on $BTC with 20x leverage, with a liquidation price of $63,939.
$96.69 million isn't a joke for retail traders; such a position will turn the area around $63,939 into a pressure and squeeze point that the whole market is watching.
20x leverage means that just a few percentage points move against the position can be very painful, making it a potential fuel for volatility itself.
$63,939 is significantly higher than the current $60,656, meaning if the price moves upward, shorts are not completely safe.
So, this market isn't simply "bouncing back after falling too much," nor is it "continuing to collapse out of panic."
The real core number is the 67% long position ratio, which simultaneously indicates that bottom-fishing sentiment still exists and that the risk of longs being liquidated hasn't been eliminated.
If next, ETF net outflows stop, the long ratio drops significantly from 67%, and open contracts decrease from $6.16 billion, then this "panic but leverage not cleared" logic needs to be reconsidered.
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