Sunday Pump, Monday Dump: A Deep Dive into the 'Psychological Warfare' Tactics of Cryptocurrency Whales!
"What you think is 'market volatility' is actually a 'psychological trap' meticulously designed by the whales!"
The recent market trend is like a carefully orchestrated drama — "Sunday overtime pump, Monday timely dump"; the whales can't even be bothered to change the script!
1. Classic Tactics of Whale Manipulation: First Give Candy, Then Slap
- Sunday Pump: Create the illusion of a 'bull market return' to attract retail investors chasing highs.
- Monday Dump: Quickly retract by 5%, trapping those who chased the rise, causing panic selling.
- 12-hour lower boundary in place: Technical analysts see 'oversold' and think it's a buying opportunity, only to have the whales hit back with another wave of volatility.
This tactic has been repeatedly effective in the crypto world; the whales exploit the psychological cycle of 'hope → panic → hesitation', allowing them to repeatedly harvest retail investors’ emotions.
2. Why Do Whales Prefer 'Monday Dumps'?
- Low liquidity on weekends makes it easy to control the market, and Sunday raises have lower costs.
- The market is active on Mondays, and a dump can create greater panic, forcing more stop-loss orders.
- A 5% drop is just the psychological threshold, scaring off short-term traders without triggering a full-blown crash.
3. How to Respond? Don't Let the Whales 'Wash' You Out!
✅ Don't be misled by short-term volatility: During whale washouts, K-lines often show 'big bearish candles + quick rebounds', but the trend hasn't broken.
✅ Pay attention to key support levels: If prices stabilize at critical support (like MA200 or previous lows), it could be a washout rather than a real drop.
✅ Think contrarian: When the market is panicking, it's often the whales' time to accumulate; don't sell at the lowest point.
