Anomalous Activity Detected in Dogecoin (DOGE) Trading

Derivatives trading with the popular meme cryptocurrency witnessed an abnormal imbalance in the last 24 hours.

CoinGlass data reveals anomalous activity in Dogecoin (DOGE) derivatives trading over the past 24 hours. Total liquidated DOGE positions amounted to $13.88 million, which is significant considering the overall cryptocurrency market liquidations of $402.63 million.

Interestingly, 92.36% of the liquidated positions were longs, indicating a massive sell-off pressure. This is in stark contrast to the usual scenario where short positions tend to dominate liquidations. In fact, the liquidated longs were 1,209% higher than the liquidated shorts.

As always, the reason behind this phenomenon can be attributed to latecomers or overleveraged traders who fail to adequately assess the risks involved in derivatives trading. Consequently, they receive margin call notices from the exchanges.

Examining the Dogecoin price chart reveals a pattern that may have influenced traders' decisions. Over the past 24 hours, DOGE has been trading as if preparing for a major pump, forming a series of lower highs and higher lows. Simultaneously, Bitcoin (BTC) was reaching a new all-time high, and DOGE often follows the movements of the leading cryptocurrency. Together, these factors created an optimistic picture on the DOGE price chart.

However, traders' hopes of a DOGE breakout were dashed by a large sell-off at the beginning of today's trading session, which resulted in the liquidation of a significant portion of the long positions. Afterwards, we saw another bounce today as the price of Dogecoin spiked up 1.5%. But this attempt also failed to gain traction and led to further bullish liquidations.

As the day ends with bulls being punished and bears celebrating, it remains to be seen how long this trend will persist and what surprises the cryptocurrency market has in store for us tomorrow.