2025-12-24 16:25:35

Looking at those well-known short sellers, I always feel something's off. Truly seasoned traders who have been in the game for so many years can't survive solely on gambling instincts. Someone with eight years of trading experience must have a comprehensive risk management system; otherwise, they would have been liquidated long ago.

It also makes sense—shouting short orders at a major exchange’s trading floor is actually a cover for actions on the other side. They use their notoriety to attract retail investors to short, using them as fuel, while quietly going long on other exchanges to hedge. When the market moves, they close positions across different markets to arbitrage, ultimately escaping unscathed.

Retail investors can't see through this logic and just watch the spectacle. Little do they know, the risk control and cross-market operation capabilities of big players are on a completely different level. So rather than calling it gambling, it’s more like a carefully orchestrated liquidity harvesting scheme.

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SchrodingerAirdrop

· 2025-12-27 15:36

Damn, this is the real truth. Why didn't I think of it before... Exactly right, those big influencers are just using retail investors as cash machines. This method of cutting is indeed brilliant; cross-market hedging is completely untraceable. It's another carefully orchestrated show, and we are just the audience. Oh my God, no wonder some people always make a profit with no risk—turns out they are playing a different game. After all this, shouting signals are just smoke screens; the real operations are happening elsewhere. I should have realized long ago that the risk control systems of big players are not at the retail level. Once I understood this logic, I became completely clear. Horse shit, I got duped again into shorting, right?

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GasFeeLover

· 2025-12-27 15:13

Haha, I've seen through this trick a long time ago, it's just using retail investors as pawns. After being in the crypto world for so long, who can't see that this is just a way to harvest the little guys? Basically, it's an information gap; big players are playing with dimensionality advantage. Indicators are deceptive, signal calls are even more deceptive, and those who follow the trend are always the ones getting harvested.

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GasFeeBarbecue

· 2025-12-24 16:55

I've seen through this trick a long time ago. How many times have I played the cross-market hedging move?

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SerumDegen

· 2025-12-24 16:55

nah this is just copium for why retail keeps getting liquidated lmao... those "8-year vets" probably blow up just like everyone else, they just delete twitter after 🤡 the cross-exchange arbitrage cope is real tho

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AllTalkLongTrader

· 2025-12-24 16:53

To be honest, I've seen through this routine a long time ago, retail investors are still getting cut. All those calling for buy/sell signals are just a front; the real money is behind the scenes. The barrier to this game is just information asymmetry, brother. Big V calls for shorting to lure people out, but they've already gotten in... Isn't that funny? Risk control? That's just surface-level talk; true experts play psychological warfare. I really can't stand these people, acting every day to harvest the retail investors. That being said, for ordinary retail investors to survive, they still need to stay away from these signal callers.

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SybilSlayer

· 2025-12-24 16:49

Yeah, I saw through this trick a long time ago, it's just using retail investors as stepping stones.

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CommunityWorker

· 2025-12-24 16:44

Wake up, retail investors are just being used as pawns; this trick is so old.

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PanicSeller

· 2025-12-24 16:28

Damn, this strategy is really brilliant. Retail investors are just being harvested like leeks. This guy is truly clever, able to profit from both bullish and bearish positions and still walk away unscathed. Reliable veterans definitely have a different approach; proper risk control is the key to surviving this long. Basically, it's about feigning weakness to lure the enemy in; calling for a short actually means going long. You have to be really smart to think like that. Thinking about myself, I'm really too inexperienced. Just watching the excitement, I can't see through the big players' tricks at all. This is probably a matter of different dimensions—others have long been on a different track. Liquidity harvesting sounds so satisfying; retail investors will always be the ones getting exploited.

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