Have you ever noticed that right after you set your Stop Loss, the price drops in a split second, triggers your stop, and then immediately pumps without you?
That is not bad luck. That is called Liquidity Hunting (Stop Hunting).
Big institutions and market makers know exactly where the majority of retail traders place their protection orders. They intentionally force the price into those zones to:
Buy your coins at a discount.
Trigger liquidations to fuel their own upward move.
How to protect yourself from them:
Stop using round numbers: Never place your stop exactly at $60,000 or $3.00. Place it slightly below or above (e.g., $59,780 or $2.87).
Use the Daily Chart: They control the noise on the 5m or 15m charts. On the daily chart, manipulation is much harder to hide.
Enter after the hunt: Wait for the candle to leave a long wick to the downside (rejection). This is the signal that they cleaned the market and the price is ready to reverse.
Are you playing alongside them, or do you keep falling into the trap? Share your thoughts below! 👇
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