ShounakShetty

Bitmex takes manipulation to the moon! ETF's will pay the price!

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ShounakShetty Updated   
BITMEX:XBTUSD.P   Bitcoin
The level of manipulation on Bitmex is out of this world.

Synopsis
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  • 48 hours ago, Bitmex goes down and liquidates everyone with a stop loss order.
  • An hour ago, Bitmex shoots up the price by 30% in 1 minute.
  • Rational regarding further ETF Denials in the near future.
Two days ago, Bitmex went down for maintenance and with surgical precision a short squeeze was created on Bitfinex which eventually led to liquidation of most shorts on Bitmex. Mostly all shorts that were opened in the span of two weeks suffered fatally. BTC price bounced 10% and Ethereum on the other hand shot up 21%. Luckily, I found out a way to defend myself against such manipulation. I had small positions opened at Bitmex and I trade those without a stop because I don't mind those amounts getting liquidated. Turns out during such 1-2 minutes squeezes. Trades without a stop loss do not get liquidated even when price goes 5-6% above your liquidation price. To my disbelief, even my terrible trades did not get liquidated. So I started a new practice of not putting an stop loss orders.

An hour ago, Bitmex shot the price to the moon but only for a second (Nobody is gonna be calling for a Lambo anytime soon). This time it went up 22% which lead to the annihilation of all shorts created in the last 30 days. Yet I survived since I did not have a stop loss.

Now as a general rule of thumb, Manipulators or whales don't make such large moves too close together as to increase the amount of damage it can do. They'll spread it in the span of a month so I did not expect another one so soon. But the fact that only orders with stop losses are getting killed raises suspicion. There is definitely a bug in the system or some sort of insider trading going on at Bitmex.

BITMEX is a futures market. A futures contract by definition follows the price of the underlying asset. But Bitmex has become so big that it controls the price of Bitcoin which is literally the inverse of the definition. This is very alarming and detrimental to the future of cryptocurrency market. At this rate, the market will not survive but blockchain technology will.

In my professional and as a sane human being opinion, after such heavy level of manipulation there's no chance of us getting a Bitcoin ETF passed this year. Bitmex, the largest bitcoin exchange can be manipulated, enough said. Some will argue that on Wednesday, SEC will review the decision since these companies appealed. Welcome to Fundamental Rights 101, even a convicted sex offender has the right to appeal against his decision. Does not mean it is gonna overturned. Futile efforts by these companies to earn their commission while retails trades fall for these delusions.

This market is gonna have dire consequences due to such price action.

Godspeed
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Comment:
My sincerest apologies. Looks like this might have been a data glitch. I need to get a trampoline cause I like jumping to conclusions.

Source: www.newsbtc.com/2018...-8000-what-happened/

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