2026-01-01 23:22:36

$RIVER has shown a clear accumulation of sell orders in the 15-18 price range. Upon closer inspection, most of these orders are placed by the big players themselves, with a very direct purpose — to absorb retail traders' long liquidity. From the perspective of short positions built from the bottom, those floating-loss short positions often get liquidated intensively at high points, which in turn further pushes the price upward. The big players have pre-arranged their orders, waiting for the system to automatically match and execute trades. These orders include their own short positions as well as long positions that need to be closed.

If you want to short, placing orders in the 16-18 range might be more comfortable, but risk management is crucial — it's best to set the liquidation line around 40-50 to leave enough buffer space.

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0xOverleveraged

· 1h ago

Got it, it's the same old trick of eating liquidity, retail investors are still buying in. --- Shorting at 16-18 sounds good, but I think we should wait a bit longer. --- Dog whales have been using this tactic for so long, how are people still falling for it? --- Is setting a liquidation threshold at 40-50 really enough to shake things up? It still feels a bit uncertain. --- Another coin caught in a trap, it's getting pretty boring to watch.

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MeltdownSurvivalist

· 4h ago

Same old trick, the market maker playing themselves, retail investors getting slaughtered --- 16-18 short positions are indeed tempting, but I don't trust those liquidation line suggestions, feels like another round of cuts --- Been seen through, piling sell orders is just a fake move --- Liquidity trap is an old story, does RIVER feel a bit different this time? --- Liquidation line 40-50? Laughs, that risk is completely uncontrollable --- Wait, why can bottom shorts still be liquidated at high points? Where does that logic hold? --- Still better to wait and see, I've seen the market maker's tactics too many times --- Shorting is fine, but I think stop-losses shouldn't be so loose --- Retail liquidity being eaten up happens every day, RIVER isn't anything special --- 16-18 is indeed a key point, but before entering, check the trading volume to see if it's telling the truth

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Web3ExplorerLin

· 7h ago

hypothesis: the order book architecture here is essentially a byzantine generals problem where whales cosplay as retail traders... fascinating really, how these fake sell walls function like oracle networks pretending to bridge liquidity gaps that don't exist

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StableBoi

· 7h ago

It's the same old trick, the market makers have played out. --- 16-18 short positions are indeed attractive, but this time I'll stay on the sidelines. I've been caught too many times. --- Set a forced liquidation at 40-50? Bro, your stop loss is a bit wide, easy to get wiped out. --- I've seen through this wave; it's just to eat retail liquidity. Damn, better to hide for now. --- The real rebound opportunity will come only when the margin call wave hits. --- Good point, but I still believe in the retail traders' fate. Not touching this. --- The sell orders are so obvious... feels even more dangerous. --- I just want to know how to distinguish which are market maker orders; that's the core issue.

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SighingCashier

· 7h ago

Damn, this market maker is playing the fake order game again. Retail investors are really too easy to be cut. Shorting at 16-18 sounds good, but I still don't believe it. Forced liquidation at 50? Feels too虚. This kind of situation always eats people’s blood buns, it's a bit annoying. RIVER, this coin is really dogshit, just looking at it makes me angry. Wait, isn't the stop loss at 40-50 reversed? I'm a bit confused. But to be fair, this analysis is quite detailed. At least now I know how I got trapped.

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SmartContractRebel

· 7h ago

It's the same old trick again, the market maker fighting themselves, and retail investors still really think they're trading. --- 16-18 shorting sounds good, but should the liquidation line be set at 50? I can't handle this risk. --- Let the liquidity be eaten up, anyway my orders have already run away. --- Every time they talk about the dog market maker's layout, but we still get played by the tricks. Really annoying. --- Looking at the chart, these orders are indeed suspicious, obviously someone is controlling the market. --- A liquidation line of 40-50... this buffer zone is way too big, the account can't handle it. --- Retail liquidity is always the most attractive, when will this trick be played out? --- No way, shorting has to be so cautious? Then I might as well just stop.

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CascadingDipBuyer

· 7h ago

Dog whale is playing this again? 15-18 pile orders, I knew it was going to eat retail liquidity. Wait, a liquidation line of 40-50? Bro, that's a pretty big buffer space. How much would it take to reach that?

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StablecoinSkeptic

· 7h ago

Starting to pile up orders again, this market maker's tactics haven't changed at all. Here we go again, retail investors and new traders are still chasing short positions. Orders around $16? Make sure to manage your risk properly, buddy. This is what’s called a liquidity trap, it happens every time. If you ask me, the liquidation line should be set a bit higher, or else you'll get forced out again. This round of market maker operations is really a bit shady.

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