✨The False Breakout is the trap that traders are exposed to.

🧭What is a False Breakout? It is a false breakout above resistance or below support followed by a quick return inside the zone.

The goal is often: to gather liquidity before the reversal.

💧 It usually happens above peaks and below exposed troughs.

📌 To avoid the false breakout

🔒 1. Wait for the close, do not rely on the momentary breakout.

Do not enter the trade just by touching the line.

A full close above resistance or below support is evidence of the true breakout.

It is best to rely on strong time frames (1H, 4H, daily).

🔍 The true breakout closes, while the false one leaves only a tail.

📉 2. Monitor trading volume

The true breakout comes with strong momentum and high volume.

The false breakout appears with weak volume followed by a quick reversal.

⚠️ Volume reveals the intentions of market makers.

🔁 3. Use retest

The price returns to test the area after the breakout.

If it respects it, it’s a safe entry.

If it slips inside immediately, it’s a false breakout.

🧷 The retest is the first safety filter.

🪤 4. Monitor exposed liquidity areas

Above peaks, below troughs, at accumulated stop-loss orders.

🩸 The false breakout is often a "liquidity trap" from which the reversal starts.

📡 5. Use higher time frames to confirm the trend

An upward trend breaking support is often a trap. A downward trend breaking resistance is often misleading.

📐 Confirmation tools

VWAP 📊

EMA 📉

Rejection candlesticks such as: Pin Bar 🔻

Engulfing 🔥

🛡️ These tools reveal the trap before falling into it.