The altcoin short squeeze strategy utilizes AI to develop a robot program that monitors abnormal signals.

Recently, opportunities for short squeezes in altcoins have frequently appeared. I successfully captured the $VOXEL market using an AI-written monitoring program. This article will detail the strategy logic and prompt writing techniques to help you create your own monitoring bot.

Currently, the cryptocurrency market is exhibiting a risk-averse trend influenced by macro policies, with liquidity in risk assets tightening. Large holders of altcoins are facing a dual dilemma: difficulties in selling in the spot market and an urgent need to find liquidity outlets. The perpetual contract market is becoming a new battleground for large holders to cash out, creating excellent opportunities for sharp traders.

1. Short Squeeze Strategy Operation Mechanism#

How do large holders exit through perpetual contracts? The complete logical chain is as follows:

1. Dilemma of Large Holders#

Holding a large amount of spot chips
Direct selling triggers a price avalanche
Insufficient market depth makes it difficult to sell

2. Advantages of Perpetual Contracts#

Short stop-loss/liquidation requires buying to hedge
Forced liquidation mechanism creates liquidity
Contract market depth is better than spot

3. Inducing Short Strategy#

Raising spot prices affects the mark price
Creating a bearish technical pattern
Attracting retail investors to establish short positions

4. Rate Arbitrage#

Excessive shorts lead to negative funding rates
Large holders profit from long positions:
- Funding rate income
- Price difference income

5. Ultimate Harvest#

Pushing prices to key resistance levels
Triggering large-scale short liquidations
Taking the opportunity to distribute spot chips
Can reverse to short for a second harvest

The essence of this strategy is to utilize the forced liquidation mechanism of the contract market to turn shorts into liquidity providers.

2. Key Monitoring Indicator System#

A complete short squeeze market will present the following data evolution:
Extreme negative funding rate → Abnormal growth in OI → Breaking resistance levels → Long-short ratio declines → OI falls & funding rate normalizes

Specific monitoring indicators are as follows:

1. Abnormal Funding Rate (Core Indicator)#

Negative value breaks the -0.1% threshold
Indicates high control of the spot market
Signal of excessive concentration of shorts

2. Surge in Open Interest (OI)#

3-period moving average/10-period moving average > 2
Large holders build positions by receiving short chips
Significant increase in market heat

3. Price Breakout Behavior#

Breaking key resistance levels
Triggering short stop-loss orders
Causing a chain liquidation reaction

4. Indicators Returning to Normal#

Long-short ratio rebounds to normal range
OI volume gradually shrinks
Funding rate returns to neutral value

Abnormal fluctuations in funding rates and open interest are core indicators for early warnings!

3. AI Monitoring Bot Setup Guide#

Build an automated monitoring system using Python + Telegram Bot, with key implementation steps:

1. Data Collection Module#

Obtain key data for perpetual contracts from the Binance API:

# Core data fields
"mark_price",      # Mark price
"index_price",     # Index price  
"basis",           # Basis
"basis_percent",   # Basis percentage
"last_funding_rate", # Funding rate
"oi",              # Open interest
"long_short_account_ratio", # Long-short account ratio
"top_trader_account_ls_ratio", # Large account long-short ratio
"top_trader_position_ls_ratio", # Large position long-short ratio
"taker_buy_sell_ratio" # Taker buy-sell ratio

(API documentation: https://developers.binance.com/docs/derivatives)

2. Data Storage Solution#

Collect data every 5 minutes
Store CSV files by trading pair
Path: data/{symbol}.csv

3. Intelligent Alert Logic#

Set up composite trigger conditions:

if (abs(funding_rate) > 0.001) and (MA(OI,3)/MA(OI,10) > 2):
    send_telegram_alert()

Absolute value of funding rate > 0.1%
Short-term open interest surges by 200%
Automatically push Telegram alerts

After deployment, it is recommended to combine technical analysis to confirm entry timing and set dynamic take-profit and stop-loss strategies. Opportunities always exist in the market; take action now to deploy your AI trading assistant!

Original @AI Soros Scott

OKX This Month's Activities#

New users can enjoy exclusive benefits:

Blind box lottery (up to 500 USDT)
Dogecoin gift package
Register now → OKX Official Website
Backup Registration Channel

欧易华语社区