This 1-hour chart this morning exposes key signals—the price is pinned in the death zone of 2540-2580, and the whales are playing psychological warfare with a 20 USD amplitude. Focus on three hard indicators:

Main order ambush point: 2565 stacked with 50,000 ETH orders (2560.85-2560.95), but 2580 is pressuring a wall of short orders at 2900

MACD zero-axis strangulation: The red and green bars are fluctuating within ±0.25, the distance between the DIF and DEA lines is less than 0.3, countdown to a trend change has started

Volume contraction alert: Trading volume bars are below the six-month average, on-chain monitoring shows 12,000 ETH moved from Binance to cold wallets

Latest news bulletins:

Bad news: Grayscale ETHE fund discount rate expands to 16.2% (a new monthly high)

Good news: Starknet announces the destruction of 8,000 ETH in gas fees this week, with a 40% increase in destruction volume month-over-month

Dissecting the whales' control trajectory:
Last night, three spikes to 2543 were violently pulled back each time, with each dump accompanied by over 5,000 whale orders. This method is clearly aimed at price suppression for accumulation. However, there are 230 million USD worth of unfilled options contracts at 2580, and the whales won’t easily let the retail investors off the hook. The market now resembles a spring compressed to its limit—either it breaks through 2580 and triggers a short squeeze, or it breaks through 2540 triggering a chain liquidation of longs.

Tycoon practical strategy (with coordinates for sniping):

Longs: Place a limit order at 2542 (stop loss 2528), if it breaks 2580, chase with 5x leverage (target 2630)

Air Force: Place 2583 hedging short orders (stop loss 2601), if it breaks 2540, add 3x short (target 2500)

Intra-day players: Buy at the bottom of the box between 2560-2565, sell above 2575, grab 15 USD and run

Don't believe in the toxic chicken soup that says 'long time sideways means a drop'! Currently, the futures funding rate is -0.03%, indicating that the market is overly bearish, and the whales are likely to reverse and push the price up to cut the shorts. The real trigger for a trend change is the 21:00 US CPI data—if inflation is below expectations, it will surge to 2600, otherwise, 2540 will definitely break.

At 3 AM, the whales set a trap at 2565! The old guard brought their troops to buy in 15 minutes early—10 minutes net cut the whales by 3.2 million USD, where's the next shot aimed? Move fast! Follow the tycoon, eat meat without drinking soup! Pay attention to 'Tycoon Trends', the bull market won't wait for anyone, getting rich relies on action, not fantasy! Move immediately!