Logic of not dropping but rising after delisting $ALPACA 🔥🔥🤯:
1. Early layout before delisting
Before the delisting announcement is published, the manipulators may have learned or noticed abnormalities in advance. Around April 19, there were suspected accumulation actions, during which the trading volume of ALPACA on the exchange significantly increased, but the price rise was very limited.
2. Creating expectation misalignment, the "bear trap" appears
The market generally expects "delisting = crash"; retail investors and short-term speculators collectively turn bearish, and shorts flood in, leading to a surge in the open interest of ALPACA contracts! The manipulators take advantage of the situation to accumulate at low prices, significantly building long positions at the bottom, then driving up the spot price, triggering a chain reaction of short liquidations.
3. Accelerating the short squeeze rhythm through rule changes
The exchange shortened the funding rate collection period from 8 hours to 1 hour, and the ALPACA funding rate once dropped to -2%. Shorts not only bear the risk of liquidation but also have to pay high "interest" every hour, forcing them to accelerate liquidation, which leads to a rapid short squeeze and a quick increase in price.
4. The profit model of the main force
Spot market: Accumulate chips at low prices amid delisting panic, creating the illusion of "a last-minute rally" to attract retail investors to chase high prices, then offloading at high positions.
Contract market: Holding huge long positions, continuously collecting interest paid by shorts through a negative funding rate mechanism to achieve profits in both directions.
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