{"id":121331,"date":"2025-12-18T00:42:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=121331"},"modified":"2025-12-18T00:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:42:07","slug":"bitcoin-price-prediction-why-did-btc-trigger-back-to-back-short-and-long-squeezes-in-a-single-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=121331","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Price Prediction: Why Did BTC Trigger Back-to-Back Short and Long Squeezes in a Single Session?"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 17, Bitcoin saw a sharp and chaotic two-hour stretch that sent prices violently higher and lower within a short window.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move began with a fast rally, then flipped just as quickly into a steep drop. Both sides of the market took hits. Each leg pushed Bitcoin roughly $3,000 in either direction, highlighting how aggressive trading had become during the session.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bull Theory flagged the initial surge, noting that Bitcoin jumped about $3,300 in just 30 minutes. That spike forced the liquidation of roughly $106M in short positions.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

BREAKING: Bitcoin pumped $3,300 and liquidated $106 million worth of shorts in just 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

But then it dumped $3,400 and liquidated $52 million worth of longs in next 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

Insane level of manipulation in crypto. pic.twitter.com\/5zrlnsIhgj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bull Theory (@BullTheoryio) December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n

According to the analyst, the speed and scale of the move made it a textbook short squeeze.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the strength did not last. Over the next 45 minutes, Bitcoin gave back nearly all of those gains. Prices dropped around $3,400, triggering about $52M in long liquidations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bull Theory described the reversal as a fast shift into a long squeeze, showing how quickly sentiment flipped.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other market watchers pointed to the same episode from different angles. DEGEN NEWS described Bitcoin as printing \u201ctwo straight volatile hourly candles,\u201d emphasizing how unusual the back-to-back swings were.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ZeroHedge tied the move to its long-running \u201c10 am slam algo\u201d idea, calling it a near $5,000 swing within about an hour at the time of its post.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both ZeroHedge and Bull Theory have pointed to a pattern they say shows up around 10:00 a.m. EST. That timing lines up with the opening of US stock markets. And it\u2019s where some of these sharp Bitcoin moves tend to appear.<\/span><\/p>\n

DISCOVER: 9+ Best High-Risk, High-Reward Crypto to Buy in 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Bitcoin Price Action and Liquidations<\/h2>\n

The latest wave of volatility hit traders hard. Over the past 24 hours, more than 120,000 positions were liquidated. Total losses came close to $400M.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of that damage happened fast. More than $340M in liquidations occurred in the last 12 hours alone. Around $310M of that came within a single four-hour window.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That timing matches the quick pump and dump that several analysts flagged during the session.<\/span><\/p>\n

Looking only at Bitcoin, liquidations reached about $108M over four hours, based on data from <\/span>CoinGlass<\/span><\/a>. Roughly $75M of those losses came from short positions. Another $32M came from longs.<\/span><\/p>\n

(Source: Coinglass)<\/a><\/p>\n

Ethereum saw liquidations on a similar scale during the same period. But the structure was different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the losses in ETH came from long positions, pointing to a clearer long-squeeze in Ethereum markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

DISCOVER: The 12+ Hottest Crypto Presales to Buy Right Now<\/a><\/p>\n

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On December 17, Bitcoin saw a sharp and chaotic two-hour stretch that sent prices violently higher and lower within a short window. The move began with a fast rally, then flipped just as quickly into a steep drop. Both sides of the market took hits. Each leg pushed Bitcoin roughly $3,000 in either direction, highlighting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":121332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/121332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}