alan5616
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I can't comment on how the MMs play around with the equities markets, as I don't trade individual stocks.
I trade the Dow Futures and, every day, there are short, sharp moves, against the trend, that seem designed to take out the day traders who are using tight stops. Two ways to protect against this are a) to widen your stop and/or b) use a longer time frame to trade from.
I'm sure that the same game is played with equities.
As an illustration of these false moves. Today, at approx 19.41 GMT, the Dow made a sudden move against the down trend, from 11,324 to 11,335. This move took about 5 mins., before the continuation of the trend took it down to 11,304, in less than 5 mins. This up move was enough to have taken out a lot of the stops. Having taken a lot of people out of the market, the big players then pushed the market up.
I've been caught like this many times in the past but, either I'm getting better at reading the bluffs, or I am getting luckier. I wish I knew, for certain, which one of these it was
I trade the Dow Futures and, every day, there are short, sharp moves, against the trend, that seem designed to take out the day traders who are using tight stops. Two ways to protect against this are a) to widen your stop and/or b) use a longer time frame to trade from.
I'm sure that the same game is played with equities.
As an illustration of these false moves. Today, at approx 19.41 GMT, the Dow made a sudden move against the down trend, from 11,324 to 11,335. This move took about 5 mins., before the continuation of the trend took it down to 11,304, in less than 5 mins. This up move was enough to have taken out a lot of the stops. Having taken a lot of people out of the market, the big players then pushed the market up.
I've been caught like this many times in the past but, either I'm getting better at reading the bluffs, or I am getting luckier. I wish I knew, for certain, which one of these it was