Stop-Loss Hunt: The Classic Trap
45sThis segment reveals the frustrating reality of stop-loss hunts, which resonates with traders who have experienced being stopped out right before a big move.
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The video challenges the conventional trading practice of entering long positions at trendline pullbacks, arguing that this approach often leads to stop-losses being triggered by market manipulation before the trend resumes. It presents three real-world examples where traders are stopped out by sharp moves, only for the market to continue in the original direction. The solution proposed is to split the position into multiple entry points, placing additional orders within the stop-loss zone to average into the trade.
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Flawed Trendline Entry
Traders are typically taught to enter on a pullback to the trendline in an uptrend, but this often results in being stopped out by a sharp move before the market continues upward.
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Example 1: 10% Stop Hunt
Price approaches the trendline, triggers a 10% manipulation that stops out all traders, then makes a 40% impulse move.
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Example 2: 20% Whipsaw
In an uptrend, traders go long from the trendline, but a 20% 'snot' (whipsaw) takes them out, after which the uptrend resumes.
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Example 3: 50% Rally After Dump
An obvious trend, but the market quickly dumps to liquidate all longs, instantly buys the dip, and rallies 50%.
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Solution: Scale-In Strategy
Avoid this by splitting the position into multiple entry points: buy slightly off the trendline and place 2-3 additional orders within the stop-loss zone to average in.
The key takeaway is to avoid single-point entries at trendlines; instead, scale into positions with multiple orders to survive manipulation and capture more profit.
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What is the common trading approach that the video criticizes?
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What is the common trading approach that the video criticizes?
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Entering long positions on a pullback to the trendline in an uptrend.
What typically happens when traders enter at the trendline?
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What typically happens when traders enter at the trendline?
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They get stopped out by a sharp manipulation move, then the market continues in the original direction.
In the first example, what was the size of the manipulation and the subsequent impulse?
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In the first example, what was the size of the manipulation and the subsequent impulse?
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10% manipulation, then 40% impulse.
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In the second example, what was the size of the whipsaw?
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In the second example, what was the size of the whipsaw?
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20%.
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In the third example, what was the rally after the dump?
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In the third example, what was the rally after the dump?
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50%.
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What is the proposed solution to avoid being stopped out?
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What is the proposed solution to avoid being stopped out?
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Split the position into multiple entry points: buy slightly off the trendline and place 2-3 additional orders within the stop-loss zone.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Flawed Trendline Entry
Challenges a widely taught trading method, offering a contrarian perspective.
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Stop Hunt Examples
Provides concrete examples of market manipulation that invalidate common entry points.
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Scale-In Strategy
Offers a practical technique to mitigate losses and increase profitability.
00:44Full Transcript
[00:00] Если ты занимаешься трейдингом, то, скорее всего, тебя обучали делать следующим образом. Рынок движется в восходящем тренде, и на откате к трендовой линии, где-то здесь, ты ищешь точку входа. Но всегда это заканчивается одинаково. Тебя выбивает по стопам резким движением, и после этого рынок продолжает расти, но уже без тебя.
[00:16] Такой подход в корне неверен. Вот три примера из практики. Цена подходит к линии тренда, всех закрывает по стопам манипуляции на 10%, и после этого совершает импульс на 40%. Такой же пример. Рынок в восходящем движении, трейдеры заходят в лонг от линии тренда,
[00:31] их всех выносят вот этой соплей на 20%, после чего продолжается рост. И еще пример. Все так же очевидный тренд, и по классике рынок высаживает все лонги быстрым дампом, моментально откупает просадку и растет дальше на 50%.
[00:44] Это можно избежать, если заранее разбивать позицию на несколько точек входа. Покупаешь на чуть-чуть от линии тренда и кидаешь 2-3 ордера на добор в зону стоп-лосса. Используй этот прием, и будет намного меньше потерь и больше прибыли.
