Author: The Smart Ape

Compiled by: TechFlow

I made more money shorting before the launch than I did shorting the drop!

$ZRO, $ZK, $STRK airdrop = thousands of dollars.

Short before release = earn more!

Here’s the Ultimate Guide to Shorting Tokens Pre-Launch!

For months, there has been a lot of pre-market hype.

The new protocol makes it possible for people to get early access to tokens before they are launched.

But what many people don’t know is that you can also short these tokens before they are listed! That’s what you do now!

When a new token comes to the market, little is known about its token economics and people usually tend to go long.

This has been the case with almost all the big releases recently: $STRK , $ZRO , $ZK , $W , etc.

Shorting $W would result in a 4x gain at launch and a 9x gain so far.

  • $ZRO: 2x at launch, 3x so far

  • $ZK: 6x at launch, 20x so far

  • $STRK: 1.25x at launch, 3x so far

Let's look at how to short pre-market.

Here are the platforms where you can short pre-market:

  • @Bybit_Official

  • @kucoincom

  • @gate_io

  • @bitgetglobal

  • @WhalesMarket

Browse through them to find the best prices, you’ll usually find them on WhalesMarket.

Short:

  • Go to the Pre-Market page

  • Select the coin you are interested in

  • Browse the "Sell" column

To go short, you need to go short at the highest price. Therefore, you need to look for the highest price quoted, which is different from going long where you look for the lowest price to buy.

(See video for details)

You will see a number of offers; you can accept the offer in full (click "Sell") or partially (click "Partial").

  • Connect your wallet

  • Deposit collateral

  • Fill out the quotation

Now you know how to short pre-market!

(See video for details)

By shorting in this way, your collateral will be locked up until the release.

To confirm your profit (assuming you shorted 50,000 $BLAST):

  • After release, buy 50K $BLAST from the market

  • Repay the loan to recover your proceeds and collateral

Shorting may be more difficult to understand than going long.

mechanism:

  • Deposit collateral (usually $ETH)

  • Borrow tokens to short and sell immediately at market price

  • Close short positions, buy tokens from the market, return tokens, and recover collateral

A few months ago, I shorted $BLAST on WhalesMarket at $4.6. $BLAST had just been listed and we had very little information about the token economics. Today it is priced at around $0.046, which means I have made a 100x gain so far!

The price may drop further after launch.

When to short?

The sooner the better.

Prices are usually higher at the beginning and decrease over time.

After launch, prices usually drop even more. We can see this well in the chart below, showing the significant difference between the start and end.

My strategy is to monitor pre-IPO projects. I then evaluate FDV based on similar projects that have already been launched.

The only information left is the total supply. This is not always known, but you can find out first on X.

Once you know these elements, you can assess the fair price of a token by calculating: FDV / Total Supply.

If the pre-market price is above this price, you can go short using the above method. You will find that the pre-market is rarely below this price except at the end of the market.

This opportunity is still unknown to the general public, but you know how it goes: the longer it goes on and the more people discover it, the harder it becomes to make money with it.

To get ahead of the curve, start now with the next token in pre-market trading.

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