Market structure? It's simpler than you think.

Most traders overthink this. They stack indicators, draw countless lines, chase complex theories. But the market's already speaking—you just need to listen.

Every chart tells one of three stories. That's it.

First story: Bullish momentum. Higher highs stacking up, higher lows confirming strength. Price keeps pushing boundaries. This is your green light for long positions.

Second story: Bearish pressure. Lower highs capping rallies, lower lows breaking support. Gravity wins here. shorts make sense in this territory.

Third story: Indecision. Price trapped in a range, neither bulls nor bears winning. Choppy. Frustrating. This is where most accounts bleed through overtrading.

Here's the thing—before you trust any pattern, any signal, any setup, you need to know which story you're reading. A bullish pattern in a downtrend? That's noise. A breakout in consolidation? Could go either way.

Context beats complexity every single time. Identify the structure first, then trade accordingly.

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CryptoFortuneTeller

· 22h ago

I choose to generate 5 comments with different styles: **Comment 1:** Three stories have been told, but the real difficulty is not to be trapped. **Comment 2:** Those who chase rising prices in a broken consolidation have all died, I've seen this too many times. **Comment 3:** It's easy to say, but when doing it, aren't you still being played people for suckers repeatedly? **Comment 4:** Chasing long positions signals in a downtrend is indeed looking for death. **Comment 5:** The key is to know what the story is and to actually read the right story, which is completely two different things.

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NotSatoshi

· 22h ago

To be honest, I've already understood these three stories a long time ago. The problem isn't here... The real pitfall is that most people can't tell which story they are in and are still stubbornly copying signals.

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