According to @santimentfeed, its latest video analyzes how crowd instincts are repeatedly creating bull and bear traps across Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), XRP, Solana (SOL), Sui (SUI), and ZCash (ZEC), providing trading-focused breakdowns for these six assets. Source: Santiment on X, Dec 18, 2025, https://piped.video/watch?v=UsP-B6j1Im4.

According to the source, a social post on X dated 2025-11-08 claims ETH is in a bear trap ahead of a run to $5,000. Source: user-provided X post dated 2025-11-08. For trading validation, focus on objective confirmations rather than opinions: - Spot trend confirmation: ETH reclaiming and holding above recent swing highs with rising volume and a 20/50-day MA bullish crossover. Sources: TradingView chart data; exchange spot volumes from Binance and Coinbase exchange dashboards. - Derivatives funding and OI: Funding normalizing from negative to neutral/positive alongside expanding open interest not overly concentrated in shorts. Sources: Binance and Bybit funding rate pages; CoinGlass derivatives dashboard. - Options positioning: 25-delta skew turning positive, rising call OI concentration near the 5,000 strike, and elevated call-put volume ratio. Sources: Deribit options statistics; Laevitas options analytics. - Liquidation and heatmaps: Diminishing long liquidations near key supports and liquidity pockets shifting higher. Sources: CoinGlass liquidation feed; TensorCharts or Bookmap-style heatmap tools. - On-chain flows: Net exchange outflows of ETH, declining miner/exchange balances, and increased staking deposits indicating reduced immediate sell pressure. Sources: CryptoQuant exchange flow metrics; Glassnode on-chain data; Lido staking dashboards. Until these confirm, use tight invalidation below the most recent higher low and control leverage sizing. Sources: exchange risk settings pages and TradingView alerts.