🔹 Breakout or Fakeout? Here's how pros spot the difference
Everyone loves a good breakout — price explodes past resistance, and you're printing gains.
Until… it fakes out, reverses, and you're the liquidity.
So what separates profit from pain? Confirmation.
✅ My checklist:
1. Clearly defined support/resistance (multiple touches).
2. Break candle with volume — not a shy poke.
3. Retest of the level with conviction — not a limp bounce.
4. Stop-loss just beyond the fakeout, target 1:2+.
No guessing. No chasing. Just clean, high-probability setups.
Most traders buy the breakout.
Smart traders buy the retest.
Timing is everything — and patience pays the most.
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