🤔Ever wondered why your trade hits stop-loss… just before price reverses in your direction?
You might be trading exactly where smart money wants you to.
Let’s break down how market makers manipulate the crowd — and how YOU can spot it before it happens:
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1. The Trap Setup 🎯
Price consolidates in a tight range. Suddenly, there’s a breakout!
Everyone rushes in… but it’s a fakeout. Price reverses sharply.
This is a liquidity grab. Big players trigger your FOMO, then use your stop-losses to fuel their own entries.
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2. The Stop Hunt 🕵️♂️
You place your stop-loss just below support.
Guess what? That’s exactly where liquidity pools lie.
Smart money dips the price to stop you out… then moves in the original direction.
Always place stops with logic, not emotion.
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3. Emotional Entry = Emotional Exit ❌
If you’re entering trades out of FOMO, revenge, or hype — you’re already one step behind.
Market makers want emotional traders. Be the exception.
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How to Outsmart the Trap:
✅ Wait for confirmation after the breakout.
✅ Use confluence: structure, volume, key levels.
✅ Don’t enter where everyone else is jumping in — wait for the second move.
✅ Backtest and study wick rejections + volume spikes at key zones.
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Key Rule:
If a move looks too obvious, it’s probably a trap. Trade what the market is doing, not what Twitter says it should do.
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