Reasons It Often Seems Like the Market Is Against You
Nearly every trader experiences this sentiment at some stage:
"I purchase, and the price falls. I unload, and it surges. "
It appears personal — as if the market is monitoring your activity.
But that’s not the case.
The market is not reacting to your actions. It adjusts according to where most traders enter and set their stop-loss orders.
Where Most Traders Tend to Act Similarly
Retail trading patterns are quite predictable:
Entering buys when a breakout seems clear
Selling once support has evidently failed
Setting stop-loss orders at neat, visible points
Given that numerous traders behave similarly, these regions become saturated with orders. In areas where orders accumulate, liquidity is created.
Why Prices Often Shift in the "Wrong" Direction Initially
When you buy during a breakout, your stop-loss is typically just beneath the recent swing low. Consequently, prices often decrease initially — not to inconvenience you — but to trigger those stop-loss orders and enable larger market players to acquire positions.
After this, liquidity is cleared, and the price commonly moves in the direction you anticipated.
A similar scenario occurs with short sales. When you sell too late, stop-loss orders are positioned above the high, causing the price to spike upward to clear them… and then eventually decline.
The Core Issue Is Not the Direction
It feels as if the market is working against you because you are entering trades after the move has already become evident — not at the phase where it is being constructed.
The market doesn’t pursue traders.
It pursues liquidity.
The Change That Transforms Everything
Once you cease waiting for confirmation and begin identifying apparent trap zones, the frustration fades away.
You come to understand that the real problem was never about being incorrect on direction — it was about timing and positioning.
Price is not ridiculing your trade.
It's performing its function: locating orders to fulfill.
Recognize this, and the market will stop appearing unjust — and will begin to make sense.
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