The Market Doesn't Care About Your Feelings

If you think price moves just because people are buying and selling, you’ve already lost.

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Digital Vault
February 08, 2025

If you think price moves just because people are buying and selling, you’ve already lost.

That’s the illusion retail traders believe.

The reality?
It’s all a liquidity hunt.

Every candle you see on the chart? It’s just the market taking liquidity from the biggest pool of trapped money.

The Market Doesn’t React – It Hunts.

🚀 "Price pumps because of bullish news!" → Wrong.
📉 "Price dumps because people got scared!" → Wrong again.

Price moves to where the most liquidations are waiting.

  • If longs are overloaded, market makers push price down to liquidate them.

  • If shorts are stacked, they send price up to wipe them out.

It’s not about news, emotions, or your favorite influencer’s chart.
It’s about where the most money can be taken.

Who’s the Predator, Who’s the Prey?

The market isn’t a playground—it’s a casino run by the house.

The house always wins.
Unless… you stop playing like the house’s exit liquidity.

Here’s how most traders get wrecked:

1️⃣ FOMO Longs at Resistance

  • Market pumps → Retail jumps in long → They push price down and wipe them out.

2️⃣ Panic Shorts at Support

  • Market dumps → Retail panics and shorts the bottom → They send price up and liquidate them.

Every cycle, it’s the same.
Retail gets baited.
Market makers hunt their stops.
Retail gets liquidated.

Rinse and repeat.

So How Do You Stop Being Exit Liquidity?

✅ Think Like a Market Maker.

  • Ask yourself: Where is the biggest pool of trapped money right now?

  • Where would the market need to move to cause maximum pain?

✅ Ignore the News.

  • The news doesn’t drive price—liquidity does.

  • By the time you hear “bullish” or “bearish” news, the move has already happened.

✅ Don’t Chase—Position Yourself.

  • If everyone is long, be cautious.

  • If everyone is short, look for opportunities.

  • Be the one taking liquidity, not giving it.

The Next Time You See a Big Move...

Don’t ask:
❌ “Why is BTC pumping?”
❌ “Why is ETH dumping?”

Ask yourself:
✅ Who just got liquidated?
✅ Where was the biggest pool of trapped money?
✅ Where is liquidity stacked next?

Start thinking like this,
and you’ll stop being a pawn in someone else’s game.

Stay ahead of the herd.

Victor