📈 Introduction:
Crypto isn’t just volatile it’s strategic warfare.From fakeouts on $BTC to liquidity grabs in $ETH and unexpected rallies in SOL retail traders are consistently hunted. As a short-term trader, I study how Smart Money (institutions, whales) trap emotion-driven trades and how we can reverse engineer them.
In this article, I’ll break down:
Why fakeouts happen
How liquidity grabs work
How to spot the setup before the explosion
My personal strategy on Binance Spot
🔍 What is a Fakeout in Crypto?
A fakeout is a false breakout that traps traders into buying/selling before the real move happens.
For example:
BTC breaks above resistance → retail buys → price instantly dumps
ETH dips below support → retail sells → price reverses violently up
These moves are intentional liquidity hunts whales need your stop-loss to enter their massive trades.
🧠 What is a Liquidity Grab?
In simple terms:
> Whales can’t trade like retail. They need volume so they hunt our orders.
A liquidity grab looks like:
Sudden spike above resistance
Instant reversal
Massive trend begins in the opposite direction
I track this with
Price Action
Order Blocks
Volume Spikes
RSI/OBV confirmation
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