$ETH 🧨I SAID I WOULDN'T PUBLISH ANYTHING UNTIL JULY, BUT THIS COULD SAVE THE LIVES OF MANY ACCOUNTS.
When you set a LIMIT above and a SL below, you become "easy liquidity" this is literal.
BUY LIMIT above → you are saying: "if it goes up, buy me at a higher price."
BUY STOP below → you are saying: "if it goes down, buy me at a lower price."
The market sees this as:
"Here is liquidity ready to be swept."
Institutional algorithms (HFT, market makers, arbitrage bots) use your orders as fuel.
They push the price towards your STOP to absorb your order.
Once they execute you, they reverse.
They call this: Stop hunting, Liquidity sweep, Wick fishing, Stop run, Liquidity grab.
And it is not theory: it is literally how trading operates today.
1. When you set a BUY SL: if it is very close, the price touches it with a wick and returns.
2. If it is in an obvious zone, all bots see it.
Bots look for: Liquidity zones, obvious stops, pending orders, round numbers, recent highs/lows.
IT'S NOT BAD LUCK, this is how it works.
3. When you set a BUY LIMIT above the current price:
It only executes if the price rises strongly.
But if it rises with little strength, it does not touch your LIMIT and returns.
Why?
Because your LIMIT becomes passive liquidity:
Bots sell against your LIMIT and push the price down. It's not the platform, IT'S NOT BINANCE.
This is normal; it's market microstructure. There are thousands of bots from external sources and your goal is to beat them.
How to avoid being swept?
Here is what may work best for you:
Avoid:
1. Setting STOP in obvious zones.
Recent highs/lows.
Round numbers.
Zones where "everyone would set a stop."
Zones where there is no visible liquidity.
2. Do not use BUY LIMIT above in ranges.
Only in:
Strong trends.
Confirmed breakouts.
Increasing volume.
Otherwise, they will reverse to your stop or liquidation.
4. Widen your STOP.
If your SL is at 0.1% 0.2% 1% of the price, they will sweep you almost always.
When you set a LIMIT above and a SL below, you become "easy liquidity" this is literal.
BUY LIMIT above → you are saying: "if it goes up, buy me at a higher price."
BUY STOP below → you are saying: "if it goes down, buy me at a lower price."
The market sees this as:
"Here is liquidity ready to be swept."
Institutional algorithms (HFT, market makers, arbitrage bots) use your orders as fuel.
They push the price towards your STOP to absorb your order.
Once they execute you, they reverse.
They call this: Stop hunting, Liquidity sweep, Wick fishing, Stop run, Liquidity grab.
And it is not theory: it is literally how trading operates today.
1. When you set a BUY SL: if it is very close, the price touches it with a wick and returns.
2. If it is in an obvious zone, all bots see it.
Bots look for: Liquidity zones, obvious stops, pending orders, round numbers, recent highs/lows.
IT'S NOT BAD LUCK, this is how it works.
3. When you set a BUY LIMIT above the current price:
It only executes if the price rises strongly.
But if it rises with little strength, it does not touch your LIMIT and returns.
Why?
Because your LIMIT becomes passive liquidity:
Bots sell against your LIMIT and push the price down. It's not the platform, IT'S NOT BINANCE.
This is normal; it's market microstructure. There are thousands of bots from external sources and your goal is to beat them.
How to avoid being swept?
Here is what may work best for you:
Avoid:
1. Setting STOP in obvious zones.
Recent highs/lows.
Round numbers.
Zones where "everyone would set a stop."
Zones where there is no visible liquidity.
2. Do not use BUY LIMIT above in ranges.
Only in:
Strong trends.
Confirmed breakouts.
Increasing volume.
Otherwise, they will reverse to your stop or liquidation.
4. Widen your STOP.
If your SL is at 0.1% 0.2% 1% of the price, they will sweep you almost always.