Day 1 of 5 | Core Market Manipulation Tactics

Whales need counterparties to execute and close massive positions. When there aren't enough buyers or sellers, they create them! Here’s how:

🔹 Spoofing: Placing massive buy/sell orders to fake demand or supply, only to cancel them right before execution.

🔹 Wash Trading: Simultaneously buying and selling tokens to inflate fake volume.

🔹 Influencer Shilling: Hyping tokens and giving buy signals after building their own positions—using retail traders as Exit Liquidity.

🔹 Whipsaw: Fake pumps to trap FOMO buyers, followed by aggressive dumps to trigger stop-losses.

📌 Takeaway: All these tactics target one thing: exploiting your emotions (FOMO and fear).

Tomorrow: Why relying solely on the price chart is the ultimate trap... 🔻