The market has experienced the deepest correction of this cycle, after an 18-month rally and 3 months of sideways trading. Nonetheless, the decline of the current cycle still compares favorably to historical cycles, indicating that the market fundamentals are relatively sound.
The sharp contraction has put a large number of short-term holders in a position of significant unrealized losses, putting a lot of pressure on this group. However, the size of the locked-in losses is still relatively small compared to the size of the market. In addition to this, long-term holders rarely participated in the losses, indicating that mature investors have remained profitable despite the subsequent market panic.
