ETH liquidation pressure persists | Support near $2,126 needs confirmation | I won't take the first cut of a leveraged sell-off
My stance is to defend first. The current hot topic on Binance Square, #CryptoLiquidationsReach$1.16BIn24Hours, focuses on market-wide liquidations. Binance News reported on November 9 that liquidations totaled about $1.16 billion over 24 hours, including about $500 million in ETH, mostly long positions. At another point in time, CoinGlass's ETH futures page showed about $509 million in ETH liquidations, roughly 90% of them longs. The rolling time windows and platform coverage differ, so I treat the similar figures only as a cross-check of scale, not as precise settlements at the same moment. The decline in tech stocks is also part of the market narrative, but it does not prove the cause of every ETH sell order.
When leveraged longs fall below maintenance margin, forced selling can accelerate the decline and trigger the next wave of liquidations. This can push short-term prices away from fundamentals. But the end of liquidations does not mean an automatic rebound: without enough spot buying, a bounce may be no more than short covering. CoinGlass shows a decline in futures open interest, but that alone cannot distinguish between voluntary position closures, forced liquidations, or transfers across platforms. I'm more concerned with whether spot demand supports any rebound.
Checking the Binance ETH/USDT quote, the latest price is about $2,126.14, with a 24-hour open of about $2,226.08, a high of $2,237.35, and a low of $2,060, down about 4.49%. This is consistent with leveraged pressure, but does not establish a single cause. Farside's breakdown of U.S. ETH spot funds for November 9 was still blank at the time; the 0.0 in the total column should not be treated as confirmation of zero inflows. On the macro front, U.S. inflation data and the Federal Reserve's future policy path will continue to affect discount rates for risk assets, but unpublished data cannot be prematurely characterized as bullish or bearish. Nor does a price decline mean that the Ethereum network itself has suffered a protocol failure.
In the short term, I'll first watch whether the recent low of $2,060 is tested again, then the rebound resistance near $2,160 and the 24-hour high of $2,237. If price breaks below $2,060 and cannot reclaim it on a rebound, that would suggest the deleveraging shock could still spread. Only if it closes above $2,160 for a full hour and holds on a retest would a short-term recovery be worth discussing. If it breaks above $2,160 but immediately falls back below, the rebound thesis is invalidated. If ETFs later disclose sustained outflows, or a new security incident occurs, I'll be less willing to participate; I won't assume funds have already flowed back in based on the currently blank fund data.
If I were trading this myself, I would not participate for now. The only direction I would consider is a conditional long in ETH spot, using no more than 1% of total capital and no leverage. I would enter in two tranches only after two consecutive one-hour candles close above $2,160, followed by a retest of the $2,150–$2,160 range that holds. The first target is $2,200, where I would halve the position; I would target $2,235 for the remainder and tighten the take-profit proactively as price nears the high. After entry, I would stop out if price falls below $2,110; I would also exit early if it closes below $2,150 on the one-hour chart and does not quickly recover. If price first loses $2,060, I would cancel this long setup and stay out of the market. This is a watch plan with conditions that have not been triggered, not a trade that has already been filled or made a profit.
Sources: Binance Square trending topics, Binance News report dated November 9, CoinGlass ETH futures data, live Binance ETH/USDT quotes, and Farside's ETH fund table. Rolling liquidation and price data change; verify them again before acting.
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The above is solely my personal market observation and does not constitute investment advice.