How To Spot Market Manipulations‼ (stop Hunts)
Have you Ever placed a trade, only for price to spike against you, hit your stop-loss, and then go in your original direction?
That’s market manipulation in action often called a stop hunt.
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🕒 6:29 PM
📅 Sep 23, 2025
✍️ By chrison2
What is a Stop Hunt?Big players (banks, institutions, smart money) target zones where retail traders usually place stop-losses.
They push price into those zones to grab liquidity before moving in their intended direction.
Clues to Watch For:
Price wicks into key levels but fails to close beyond them.
Liquidity pools sitting above highs or below lows.
Sudden, aggressive moves around session opens or news events.
How to Protect Yourself:
Avoid placing stops at obvious highs/lows.
Wait for confirmation instead of entering on the first touch.
Use liquidity sweeps as entry triggers instead of reasons to panic.