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<p>The LAB price just reminded the market why low-float assets and leveraged traders are a dangerous combination. After sweeping liquidity below the critical $7.49 support and plunging as low as $5.50, the token suddenly reversed course and ripped more than 150% higher in a single day.</p>
<p>Crypto traders love calling tops. Markets love proving them wrong.</p>
<p>What looked like a breakdown quickly turned into a textbook liquidity grab followed by an aggressive squeeze higher.</p>
<h2 id="h-derivatives-market-suddenly-wakes-up-fast" class="wp-block-heading">Derivatives Market Suddenly Wakes Up Fast</h2>
<p>The real story wasn’t spot demand alone. Derivatives activity exploded alongside the rally, with derivatives trading volume surging 136% to $3.89 billion. Meanwhile, open interest climbed 133% to $316 million, showing traders weren’t just watching the move from the sidelines, because they were piling into it with leverage.</p>
<p>That’s usually where things get interesting. A market loaded with leverage rarely moves politely. It hunts positioning first and asks questions later.</p>
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<h2 id="h-short-sellers-become-exit-liquidity" class="wp-block-heading">Short Sellers Become Exit Liquidity</h2>
<p>The squeeze arrived quickly. Total liquidations reached $5.84 million during the move, and the overwhelming majority came from bearish traders. Data shows $4.83 million in short positions were wiped out as the rally accelerated.</p>
<p>Short squeezes tend to feed on themselves. Rising prices force short covering, short covering creates additional buying pressure, and suddenly a move that looked impossible a few hours earlier becomes the only thing anyone is talking about.</p>
<p>Crypto has seen this movie before. But, it still sells tickets every time.</p>
<h2 id="h-curiosity-marketing-meets-momentum-trading" class="wp-block-heading">Curiosity Marketing Meets Momentum Trading</h2>
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<p>Part of the demand spike appears linked to the project’s aggressive promotion of its trading application following launch.</p>
<p>The campaign today was not a big one but centered around just the simple <a href="https://x.com/LABtrade_/status/2073067125829435542?s=20" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">message</a>: “99% of traders quit right before checking LAB Mobile one more time.”</p>
<p>It wasn’t exactly a technical breakthrough or a protocol upgrade. But curiosity, momentum, and leverage have built rallies before.</p>
<p>For the <a href="https://coinpedia.org/price-analysis/did-lab-ignore-red-flags-and-reward-speculation-instead/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">LAB price</a>, that combination proved powerful enough to turn panic selling below $7.49 into one of the market’s most dramatic reversals of the day.</p>

LAB Price Explodes 150% As Short Sellers Get Steamrolled

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