📌 How many professional traders have fallen victim to a "bullish breakout" of gold towards historical peaks, placing buy orders confidently before the price plummeted like lightning, triggering the stop loss in the next moment!
📌 And how many technical analysts trusted the "head and shoulders" pattern, announcing a trend reversal, only to be surprised as the price shattered all their rules and continued to rise!
📌 In contracts for difference (CFDs) platforms and MetaTrader platforms, where trades are not executed in the real market but within the platform itself, the market maker becomes both the opponent and the judge at the same time
📌 The price does not necessarily reflect the global market; rather, it reflects what the market maker wants the trader to see. A slight price difference or a delay of a fraction of a second in execution could mean the difference between guaranteed profit and inevitable loss
⏪ Survival begins with awareness; awareness that what you see on the screen is not necessarily what is happening in the real market. Do not place your full trust in a technical signal that has not been confirmed by fundamental data or real liquidity movement
⏪ Avoid trading during major news events, where market makers play intensely, and the volatility candles scream loudly. Plan wisely, and do not leave your stop loss exposed like an unprotected chest