I Trusted the Charts—But the Charts Were Lying
I used to think trading was all about precision—RSI, MACD, EMAs, volume. Clean setups. Textbook signals. But over time, I realized I was reading the script while the exchange was rewriting the story behind the curtain. I remember staring at a flawless fractal setup on the 4H chart—green flashed at support, just like the manuals taught. The move looked perfect. The math checked out. But the moment I entered, the tide turned without logic. It wasn’t the market. It was the manipulation.
The Williams Fractal became my favorite tool—not because it guaranteed wins, but because it revealed just how often the "perfect entry" was bait. It was my wake-up call. These fractals weren’t confirming reversals—they were confirming how predictable I had become to the exchange. Every signal, every zone, was a breadcrumb in a maze they built.
Now I see it clearly: the game isn't broken. It's built this way.
The only real trade I made… was trading away my belief in a fair system.