🧊 “Trap or Treasure? The Truth About Sideways Price Action”

📊 Consolidation vs Distribution: How to Read the Range Before It Breaks You.
🔹Because sideways isn’t always safety sometimes it’s the setup for slaughter.

🔹Price moving sideways doesn’t mean “chill.” It means a bigger move is coming and someone’s preparing for it. The question is: are they loading up… or selling into your comfort?

🔹Most traders confuse consolidation (aka accumulation) with distribution, but they couldn’t be more different:

🔄 Consolidation =

🔹Flat volume, but higher lows

🔹Spring wicks into liquidity + fast recoveries

🔹Long tails, quiet funding, no euphoria

🔹Smart money absorbing supply, ready to send it

🧨 Distribution =

🔹Price stalls near highs

🔹Lower highs sneak in

🔹Volume spikes → followed by no continuation

🔹CT gets euphoric while whales are selling to them

🥂 Alpha Tip:

🔹Zoom out to the 4H + daily. Watch for liquidity grabs, failed breaks, and volume traps.
🔹Sideways isn’t neutral it’s loaded.
Trade the breakout but read the range.

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