How to Deal with Dangerous Sideways Market

Hello cupcakes, good to see you again.

The current situation is: no massive dumps, no euphoric pumps, just slow, choppy movement that feels “safe.” You could say it’s a very boring market.

But it’s not boring.

The alpha traders are building their positions and doing their preparations so they can maximize profits when the market starts making real moves. A market like this may seem boring, but most traders get destroyed quietly here, either because of many small trades out of boredom, or because they think this is the last dump and go all in, hoping the market will reverse from here.

If you have been constantly reading my Monday blog, by this time you must know that market makers watch all these things closely. Whatever trap retail falls into becomes the biggest profit plan for market makers. So we need to make sure we don’t repeat these mistakes.

The Sideways Market Is a Psychological Trap

When the market doesn’t provide you a clear trend, discipline does.

In a trending market, direction saves your bad decisions. You can enter late, you can oversize a bit, you can be sloppy with stops, or you can chase breakouts and still might make

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