been trading for a few years now and watching people come and go from this space constantly
everyone always talks about which strategy is best or what indicators to use but i think we’re missing the bigger picture here
most people who lose money aren’t losing because they picked the wrong moving average or whatever
they’re losing because they fundamentally don’t get what they’re actually trading against
like everyone treats the charts like it’s some kind of fair game where good analysis gets rewarded
but that’s not how any of this works
the market moves to where it can grab the most money from the most people
it’s going to hunt stops
it’s going to fake breakouts
it’s going to do whatever creates the most pain for retail positions
think about where most people put their stops – right below support or above resistance
guess where price loves to spike before reversing
or how many times have you seen a “perfect” setup that just gets completely wrecked right after you enter
that’s not bad luck
that’s the market doing exactly what it’s designed to do
all these concepts people talk about – wyckoff, smart money concepts, whatever – they’re all basically saying the same thing
price moves to create maximum participation before it actually goes where it wants to go
so instead of asking myself where i want to enter based on some pattern
i started asking where is this thing going to hurt the most people
where are all the amateur traders probably positioned right now
that shift in thinking changed everything for me
still use technical analysis obviously but now i’m thinking more about market structure and where liquidity is sitting
anyway curious what you all think – are most failures really about having the wrong strategy or is it more about not understanding what you’re up against
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