Why Most Traders Are About to Get Trapped (And How to Play Smarter)

Let’s have a real conversation.

Because right now, I’m seeing the same mistake — everywhere.

Retail is getting CONFIDENT again.

✅ Bitcoin is pumping.
✅ Alts are flashing green.
✅ Everyone feels like geniuses again.

You know the vibes:

Yeah, yeah.

That’s exactly what smart money wants you to believe.

Meanwhile?

Smart money is setting the trap.

They’re laying it quietly.
Patiently.
While retail dances right into it.

And if you’re only watching PRICE,
You’re already behind.

Because price doesn’t drive the market.

Liquidity does.

🧠 Here’s the secret most people never learn:

The chart that actually runs this entire show?

It’s NOT Bitcoin.

It’s M2 Money Supply.

And guess what?

Most people don't even know what it is —
which is exactly why they get played every single cycle.

Quick crash course:

What is M2 Money Supply?

In short:
M2 measures the fuel available for the market to move.

More liquidity = More risk-on behavior.
Less liquidity = Panic, sell-offs, crashes.

Let me take you back to 2020:

Everyone was screaming:

Meanwhile, behind the scenes?

📈 M2 Money Supply exploded.
The Fed printed trillions.
Liquidity flooded into the system.

Result?

• Bitcoin from $5,000 → $69,000

• Stocks went vertical

• NFTs and memes printing life-changing money

Everyone called it a miracle.

I called it math.

Once I understood the real game — everything changed.

I stopped:

• Guessing tops and bottoms

• Overtrading noise

• Letting emotions control my positions

Instead, I started:

• Tracking liquidity trends

• Positioning BEFORE the crowd

• Getting aggressive when fuel was abundant

Simple.

🛠️ Here’s How You Actually Use M2 to Trade:

✅ Go to the FRED M2 Money Supply Chart (public data)
✅ Zoom out — identify the major trend

• Is M2 expanding (rising)?
  ➡️ Market has fuel. Risk-on.

• Is M2 contracting (falling)?
  ➡️ Risk-off. Defensive mode.

✅ Combine with Bitcoin structure:

• If M2 is expanding + BTC holding support → Time to get aggressive

• If M2 is flat/falling + BTC weak → Play defense, protect capital

This is how smart money plays.

Want Proof?

Every major crypto cycle lined up with M2:

• 2020–2021 bull run:
  M2 exploded upward → BTC went vertical.

• 2022 crash:
  M2 peaked → started declining → liquidity dried up → crypto nuked.

• Right now in 2025:
  📈 M2 is rising again.

Not in headlines yet.
Not on TikTok influencers’ feeds.
But the data is moving.

🧠 Here’s your cheat code:

Not Twitter narratives.
Not price candles.
Not influencer hopium.

Track liquidity.

Because liquidity drives everything.

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• How we build conviction before the herd figures it out

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Because you don’t get rich reacting.
You get rich positioning.

Talk soon,
Victor