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Trading lesson: Market manipulation

Updated: Jul 25, 2024
Published: Nov 30, 2023
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Let’s talk about market manipulation.

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We were looking at the Bitcoin charts from earlier this year and noticed some interesting price action that shows how nasty market manipulation can get. 👀

As we all remember, the start of 2022 was rough for crypto...BTC had that massive selloff and kept making lower highs and lower lows into a brutal bear trend. 

Not fun times! 📉🐻 As a trader back then, it was easy to get fearful seeing all that negative momentum.

But there was a bullish breakthrough when BTC busted out above some key levels! 

This breakout signalled a legit structure shift and a market momentum change for us. 

However, the BIG lesson here is about the manipulation that often happens on shorter timeframes. Soon after the breakout, BTC made a violent dump that probably freaked a bunch of noobs out! 😱 They likely panic-sold without realising it was just a trap before another push-up. 🎣

Our advice: ZOOM OUT and wait for higher timeframe closes before reacting! 

That nasty dump didn't change the overall bullish market structure. 🧘‍♂️ By being patient and avoiding fear-based decisions, the upside momentum continued shortly after. 💰🤑

So yeah, guys, the moral is - don't get rekt by lower timeframe manipulation! 

It happens all the time. 😅 You've got to think LONG TERM and ignore the scary dumps on the way up! 

Easier said than done, though! 😂 But that’s why you’ve got Cryptonary on your side to reassure you through the dumps. 

 

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