This short position finally paid off. That moment of pressure at the $VIRTUAL high wasn’t something that was pretending—back then, many people were still waiting for it to keep pushing higher, but what I saw instead was that chasing longs started to lose momentum.

What really caught my attention was the fact that, several times in a row, the tops above VIRTUAL couldn’t hold. The price fell from 0.7258 to 0.6403. The shorts’ profits from this run are already up +835.86%, and the market’s upside room was released very decisively. To put it plainly, this isn’t just a simple pullback—this is a handoff interruption for the long side for a beat.

At the time, what I was watching was how fast it pulled back after the fake breakout above. When it dropped, it didn’t immediately reclaim—so the structure was already off. Being able to hold the short wasn’t about stubbornly forcing it; it was about seeing that the market’s order-flow rhythm had changed.

If you currently have positions, you can process part of it in batches with an 80/20 approach, and keep the remainder with a protective level while watching for further extension—don’t let too much of your profit get given back. If you haven’t entered, don’t rush. Don’t chase the order, and don’t chase the selloff—wait for the next, more comfortable level.

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