#数字资产市场洞察 Retail investors fear losses, institutions fear you suddenly understanding

There are indeed tricks behind the market——but these tricks are not mysterious forces; they are a tradable language that can be deciphered. The candlestick patterns you see are the images that big funds want to present to you.

When I first started trading cryptocurrencies, I was the best at chasing rallies and selling dips. As a result, every time I bought, the market moved in the opposite direction, and every time I set a stop-loss, the price would spike. Only later did I realize: it’s not bad luck, but I just didn’t understand what the market was trying to tell me.

**Sideways Period: The Truth Behind Boredom**

The price gets stuck in a range, seemingly ignored—actually, this is the main force clearing the market. One phenomenon is enough to observe: when the price is caught in a dilemma above and below, the trading volume gradually decreases.

No matter how bad the news, the price remains motionless? This is not weakness; it’s someone quietly accumulating. Those sudden surges later on often emerge from the most dull sideways consolidations.

**Fake Breakouts**

Before a major move, institutions must do one thing: scare retail investors away.

The trick is like this: break through a key level → you get shaken out → the price pulls back.

The key is to watch this scene: when the breakout occurs on shrinking volume, then followed by a volume surge to counterattack. This is not a collapse; it’s a performance. If it were really going to fall, why bother setting a short trap? The purpose of these plays is always to push the price higher.

**The Most Dangerous When the Uptrend Loses Momentum**

The most frightening thing at high levels is not stagnation in gains, but the inability to go higher.

If you’re still thinking “wait and see,” others are already quietly offloading. Remember these signals: dense upper shadows, trading volume skyrocketing but price stuck, technical indicators dulled, main force’s presence fading.

If you’re in this position and don’t leave, you’re just setting up as a bagholder for the next trader.

**Think in Reverse**

The essence of candlestick charts is the market’s expression. If you can’t understand them, you’re just a bystander. If you do understand, you can turn the page one step ahead of most people.

Opportunities are never lacking; what’s missing is traders with vision. Those who are truly clear-headed always quietly position themselves while others are still dozing off. $BTC