not gonna lie, $TUT just hit me hard. watched that wick go to 0.305 and back down in literally minutes and ended up down $7700+ on it. that kind of loss doesn't just hurt the account, it messes with your head for the rest of the day.
what happened wasn't random, it was a liquidity hunt. shorts got liquidated on the spike up, then the same wick reversed and took out longs on the way back down. one candle, both sides wrecked. thin order books on freshly listed pairs make this possible, and honestly probable.
sharing this not to complain but because i know i'm not the only one who got caught. if you're trading these low-cap fresh listings with any real size or leverage, please be careful, moves like this aren't rare on new pairs, they're expected. i got reminded the expensive way today.
taking the L, adjusting risk, moving forward. that's really all you can do after a day like this
ok i need to talk about $TUT because this is genuinely one of the craziest charts i've seen in a while 🙆 . from 0.021 to 0.150 in like 2 days, that's not a pump that's a rocket launch. +239% in 24h alone and it's still not really giving back much even after tagging 0.154.
what's interesting is every single dip is getting bought almost instantly, look at the wicks, barely any real pullback before green candles show up again. that's usually a sign there's still fresh money rotating in, not just early holders dumping on latecomers.
now the real question is what's next. moves this vertical almost always need to breathe eventually, either a sideways cool-off to let the chart "reset" or a sharp pullback that shakes out late longs before the next leg. history on parabolic alts says the first real correction usually comes after a move like this, not before, so don't be shocked either way.
if you missed the entry don't chase the candle, let it show you a level first. if you're in profit already, this is exactly the zone where trailing your stop matters more than trying to guess the top.
watching this one closely, will drop an update if structure changes
$TUT is not slowing down at all, just watched a 1m candle spike straight up to 0.067 out of nowhere then get rejected hard back to 0.0618, that's the kind of wick that screams whales scooping liquidity and testing how much supply is left above.
coin's up 77% on the day now, from 0.033 low to these levels, and honestly the fact it's holding above 0.06 after getting rejected from 0.067 says buyers aren't done yet. 5.89B TUT volume traded already which is insane for something that wasn't even on anyone's radar 24h ago.
not gonna lie this feels like early stage discovery pump, could go either way from here so if you're trading it keep it tight, this kind of volatility eats both longs and shorts fast
ok so i was just checking random pairs and $TUT literally went from 0.013 to 0.05 in like 24 hours, im not even exaggerating, chart looks like a straight wall lol. +61% on the day and it's still holding near the highs around 0.050, didn't even pull back hard after that green candle which is kinda rare tbh.
volume backing it up too, 140m+ usdt traded in a day on a coin nobody was talking about yesterday. this is the kind of move that either keeps running into some crazy discovery phase or cools off just as fast, so if you're in it already just don't get greedy and if you're watching it now, chasing green candles like this is risky, wait for it to breathe a bit.
anyway wild chart to end the week with, will update if it does something interesting
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