Recently someone DM'd me asking: How do you actually identify those fake breakdowns and fake breakouts in short timeframes?

Honestly, for these minute-level or hourly market fluctuations, there’s really no textbook solution. It all comes down to your market intuition, plus a multiple-choice question—can you endure the pain of missing out, and can you handle the agony of being stuck in a position?

Take yesterday for example. I was pretty lucky—I trimmed some positions at the lows and bought back at the highs, so I managed a nice T trade. But I’ve also had those awkward moments where I closed a position and the price dropped, or I opened a short and the price went up. When the big players are intentionally shaking out the market, who can guarantee they’ll always nail the timing 100%? Everyone’s a genius in hindsight—of course, I’m mainly talking about myself, haha. But to be fair, there really are some pros in this space who have a knack for reading the market right. 👍👍👍