Stop-loss gets triggered the moment you hang it, and the price immediately turns back—really, it’s not like the market makers are specifically watching you.
Every day people ask me: is it the main force who’s targeting and hammering my little position? $BTC
Honestly, with just a few hundred or a few thousand units, nobody has the time to keep an eye on you. The issue isn’t that you’re being targeted—it’s that your stop-loss is placed where everyone else is putting theirs. $ZEC
A slightly lower dip than the prior low, around the integer price levels, and just a bit below the moving averages—these are exactly the spots where retail traders collectively place limit orders.
Before the main force really kicks off, it’s easy for them to tap price down a wave to sweep those “clear” orders, and then lifting becomes much easier. You think you’re being precisely harvested, but really you’re just stuck sharing the same pit with a crowd.
So how should you set your stop-loss?
Don’t place it in the densest area where orders cluster. Leave extra room of about 1%-2% below key support zones, or use ATR to gauge volatility and set the distance accordingly.
There’s also a simple but very effective method: time stop-loss. After you enter, if the market doesn’t move for a long time, don’t wait stubbornly—just pull out. If the market gives you no response, it basically signals the direction is wrong; why keep waiting to get hit?
Going forward, don’t be too “honest” about putting your stop-loss right on the obvious public levels—hide it a bit so you can last longer.
If you want to figure out how to set stop-loss properly and how to get swept less, come talk to me
Every day people ask me: is it the main force who’s targeting and hammering my little position? $BTC
Honestly, with just a few hundred or a few thousand units, nobody has the time to keep an eye on you. The issue isn’t that you’re being targeted—it’s that your stop-loss is placed where everyone else is putting theirs. $ZEC
A slightly lower dip than the prior low, around the integer price levels, and just a bit below the moving averages—these are exactly the spots where retail traders collectively place limit orders.
Before the main force really kicks off, it’s easy for them to tap price down a wave to sweep those “clear” orders, and then lifting becomes much easier. You think you’re being precisely harvested, but really you’re just stuck sharing the same pit with a crowd.
So how should you set your stop-loss?
Don’t place it in the densest area where orders cluster. Leave extra room of about 1%-2% below key support zones, or use ATR to gauge volatility and set the distance accordingly.
There’s also a simple but very effective method: time stop-loss. After you enter, if the market doesn’t move for a long time, don’t wait stubbornly—just pull out. If the market gives you no response, it basically signals the direction is wrong; why keep waiting to get hit?
Going forward, don’t be too “honest” about putting your stop-loss right on the obvious public levels—hide it a bit so you can last longer.
If you want to figure out how to set stop-loss properly and how to get swept less, come talk to me
