Have you noticed how retail traders always seem to buy the breakout right at the exact moment smart money is distribution? It is incredibly frustrating to watch your long positions immediately go underwater because you misread the market structure. Most people end up holding bags because they look at the chart instead of looking at where the actual capital is flowing.

Let us look at the recent $ETH price action as a classic case study. While the crowd was desperately hoping for $ETH to hold above $1,820, the underlying order flow was telling a completely different story. We saw 431 whales sitting heavily long at 72 percent, yet their net selling was nearly double their buying volume, with 10 million dollars in sells versus just over 5 million dollars in buys.

This is a classic trap where retail gets lured in by a bullish narrative while the larger players distribute their assets. Even with 1,474 traders sitting 73 percent long, the net selling pressure reached 10.8 million dollars. When both whales and retail traders are sitting on a combined 27 million dollars in unrealized losses, a rejection at the $1,830 level is not just bad luck. It is a structural distribution phase that many leverage traders simply ignored.

Where do you think $ETH goes from here?

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