"There Are No Signs of Buying the Crisis. The Buy-Side Liquidity That Defined the Bull Market Is Gone."
1. "Market Maker Netflow"
If you look at the "Market Maker Netflow" data, selling pressure had already begun increasing well before Bitcoin reached its peak.
Even today, the broader trend remains net selling. (Chart 1, blue box)
This is in complete contrast to what we observed during the bull market.
2. "Is the current fear really being treated as an accumulation opportunity?"
Even during the previous bull cycle, there were several periods of Extreme Fear.
However, those periods were accompanied by clear signs of accumulation. (Chart 2, yellow line)
So what about today?
The situation is completely different.
Instead of seeing buying activity increase during fear, buy-side liquidity continues to weaken. (Chart 2, red line)
3. "Who absorbed the selling pressure during the bull market?"
Strong waves of selling also appeared during corrections in the previous bull cycle. (Chart 3, orange box)
So why didn't the market collapse?
Because there was abundant buy-side liquidity across the market.
More importantly, institutions and large buyers quietly absorbed that selling pressure through the OTC market.
This can be clearly seen in the OTC Buy-Side Liquidity Flow data. (Chart 4, orange box)
What about today?
Today, liquidity has largely dried up.
More importantly, there is virtually no evidence that market participants are treating this downturn as a buying opportunity.
4. This is why I don't believe it's time to become aggressive.
If this were truly one of those moments described by the old market saying, "Buy when there's fear," then we should be able to see clear evidence of accumulation in the data.
If that evidence existed, I could reasonably interpret this area as either a local bottom or at least the "knee" of a correction an area where downside remains within a predictable range.
But the data simply doesn't support that conclusion.
That's why I don't believe this is the right time to make aggressive price predictions or aggressively increase exposure.
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