Manipulations are not liked by anyone.
But everyone loves huge green candles — +50%, +100%, or even +300% in an hour.
It's spectacular. It's profitable. It's instantaneous.
And here begins the internal conflict:
- Reason says — this is manipulation!
- Greed responds — I want more, give me two!
Everyone wants to be the one who "entered before the pump and exited at the highs,"
but no one wants to admit that such movements are artificially created,
and almost always end in pain for the majority.
The irony is that those who shout the loudest "the market is being manipulated!"
are the next day happily catching these candles and posting screenshots of their profits.
Now let's look at the situation soberly:
The market cannot grow by 50–300% in an hour for technical reasons:
– not enough liquidity for natural movement
– no volumes capable of supporting such an impulse
– no demand from retail to push the price that high
This is always a planned action. It's always manipulation!
First — creating a shortage, then — a sharp liquidation squeeze.
And now you are already in a trap: you entered at the highs, believed it would "rise further," and then… you know what happens next...