This kind of dead cat bounce is an important pattern to be aware of when you are fading altcoin pumps, because it can cut into your profitability a lot. Here $DUSK was down -55% from its top, and had been bleeding down for 3 days without a bounce Knowing that the initial pump was very concentrated in energy (almost 5x in 3 days), you have to expect it to bounce somewhere during the downtrend. So you can't add on bearish momentum too late, or you're at risk of being oversized when the dead cat bounce happens. What you'd rather want to do is take some profit progressively on the short as price goes down, and have sell orders higher to be able to double down on the short on the DCB. Because your risk is very defined on a lower high, and it's usually a trade that works well (Obviously there are exceptions, and defining where the DCB tops isn't exactly easy)