2026-01-02 18:35:38

The pullback kicks in right on schedule once the year-end capital reallocation window closes. Predictably, the doom-and-gloom crowd is already dusting off their apocalypse scorecards. It's the classic cycle—when liquidity dries up after institutions finish their balance sheet optimization, retail panic tends to spike. Meanwhile, the same voices that called for another crash in December are scrambling to revise their bearish narratives. Market psychology at its finest: rinse, repeat, reforecast.

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RetroHodler91

· 2h ago

Here we go again, the same old story every time. As soon as institutions start to exit at the end of the year, retail investors begin to scream, it's hilarious.

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ser_ngmi

· 2h ago

They start to sing the blues as soon as liquidity loosens at the end of the year. These people are really professionals.

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MeaninglessGwei

· 2h ago

Here we go again. Every year around this time, it happens again. Institutions shake out retail investors, and the script is even worse than last year.

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RamenDeFiSurvivor

· 2h ago

Here we go again, it's always the same trick. After institutions finish clearing their positions, they start a run on the market, leaving retail investors as the bagholders.

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ApeDegen

· 3h ago

Hmm, this trick is really unbeatable; it can be played every year.

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