📉🛡️ Friends, after losing $5,400 on futures myself, I learned the hard way how market makers operate. Stop hunts aren't a conspiracy, just mechanics. Market makers need liquidity to fill their large orders, and retail stop losses provide exactly that. When price approaches a zone where many stops are clustered – typically just below round numbers ($59,950 below $60k) or obvious support/resistance ($58,900 below $59k support) – they'll often sweep through to trigger those orders, then reverse.
To avoid being fuel, place your stops strategically. Don't put it exactly where everyone else does. Instead, identify that key level, then give your stop some breathing room. Maybe 0.5% or even 1 ATR *beyond* the obvious zone. For example, if support is $59,000, don't place your stop at $58,950....
To avoid being fuel, place your stops strategically. Don't put it exactly where everyone else does. Instead, identify that key level, then give your stop some breathing room. Maybe 0.5% or even 1 ATR *beyond* the obvious zone. For example, if support is $59,000, don't place your stop at $58,950....