They may plan on a short squeeze at current price level $8,500 to $8,700 before taking it up to $9,300 to $9,500 price range.
People have been in "fear" for quite a while and this is an opportune time for them to accumulate more coins with less competition for those coins while "fear" is still prevalent. THEN once the price action is taken up to the $9,300 to $9,500 price range, we will see many novice traders begin to experience FOMO and buy in at or near the top of the $9,300 to $9,500 move; ONLY to experience "fear" once again when the price action comes back down to around $8,300 to $8,600 price level. At that point, many will sell "again" at a lower price than $9,300 to $9,500 because of "emotions." Then the price will chill there for a bit before continuing back up once again and they buy back in at a higher price once again; ultimately with less coins than what they would have had if they had not allowed "emotions" to dictate their trading.
So, for those planning on shorting here, PLEASE consider a stop loss to protect your capital.
That's my two cents...