How Institutions Trick the Crowd: 7 Market Manipulation Tactics Explained

🔑1. Fake Breakouts (Stop Hunt)

They push the price above key resistance or below support to trigger stop-losses or attract breakout traders — then reverse the move.

🔑 2. Pump & Dump with News

They release or ride hype/news to pump prices, draw in retail, and then offload their positions at the top.

🔑 3. Spoofing Orders

Placing huge fake buy/sell orders to create false demand or supply, then canceling them once retail reacts.

🔑 4. Low Liquidity Moves

During off-hours or low volume periods, they make large moves to create panic or euphoria, causing retail to react emotionally.

🔑 5. Indecision Zones (Chop & Trap)

They range the price in tight zones, creating confusion and indecision, while they accumulate or distribute quietly.

🔑 6. Sentiment Reversal

Using social media, influencers, or even coordinated FUD/FOMO to shift retail sentiment rapidly in their favor.

🔑 7. Short Squeezes & Long Liquidations

Triggering mass liquidations to cause violent moves, increasing volatility and profit potential — while retail gets wiped out.

💡 Tip for Retail Traders:

Follow structure, volume, and key levels — not noise or emotion.

Trade like a sniper, not a soldier in the crowd.

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