- Andrew Kang misplaced practically $567,000 in a single buying and selling session on liquidated BTC/ETH lengthy positions.
- Kang used 40x and 41x leverage on two separate trades executed concurrently.
- Customers consider Kang’s loss was as a consequence of over-leveraged positions.
Famend Bitcoin dealer Andrew Kang misplaced virtually $567,000 in a single buying and selling session after the trade liquidated his lengthy BTC/ETH positions. In accordance with Lookonchain, a sensible on-chain cash analyst, Kang used as much as 41x leverage on trades, which customers deemed extreme.
A screenshot of Kang’s buying and selling actions connected to Lookonchain’s tweet revealed three extremely leveraged BTC/ETH lengthy positions in trades.
Of the three, just one place was worthwhile. That is the 32x lengthy leveraged BTC/ETH, which mirrored a achieve of $145,528 on the time of the report. The opposite two positions, now liquidated, had been leveraged at 40x and 41x and recorded losses of $270,763 and $295,836 respectively.
The BTC/ETH buying and selling pair has rallied over the previous ten days with out important pullback on the each day chart. The latest uptrend began after the buying and selling pair skilled a 12.6% crash between April 12 and April 17, 2023. Since then, the buying and selling pair has seen an upward rally.
BTC/ETH each day chart on TradingView
Kang’s commerce liquidation stunned a few of Lookonchain’s respondents. They consider that over-indebtedness is the one cause for such a big loss below present market circumstances.
Whereas one respondent criticized Kang for not utilizing danger administration procedures, one other stated his buying and selling portfolio had shrunk from $5 million to lower than $1 million as a result of liquidations.
On the time of writing, the BTC/ETH pair was buying and selling for $15.29, based on information from TradingView. This worth represents an 8.82% restoration from the native low of $14.07 because the pair nears the yearly excessive of $16.12 reached on Wednesday, April 12, 2023.