OMG - Why Stop Losses Are Redundant In CryptoJust a short tut here.
OMG is way up in the clouds and ive been delicately expressing a short position against it.
But algos aren't going to give away a home run trade to the uncommitted.
Notice the 2 enormous wicks both 10%. One probing up and one probing down.
These are enormous wipeout moves. Notice the up-thrusting wick probes passed distribution resistance and deep into the topping territory. This would have taken out a lot of stop losses of traders thinking that is a safe area to have their stop - thinking they are far enough away from the action. Well guess what - the algos know that, they are smart and they will move the needle significantly to weed you out.
This is why to make trades like this you need a grasp of where the dominant trend is and if a coin has really topped, or you will get faked out like this or trapped deep underwater.
And how do you feel if you return to your screen only to find you've been stopped out be an enormous wick. Its very psychological.
And it the same to the downside, the enormous down-thrusting wick will catch the SL's or bullish traders trying to find the reversal.
There are worse examples than this.
And thats why in this very dangerous market, stop losses are probably redundant.
The algos are just too agile and smart for that.