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Sideways markets are where chart patterns go to die.



Most technical setups fail when price is chopping because:
- Zero directional momentum
- Support and resistance levels keep breaking down
- Price whipsaws traders on both ends
- Stop hunts become the norm

Spotted a pattern forming inside a narrow range? Odds are stacked against you.

The smarter play? Let a clear market structure develop before pulling the trigger.
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GateUser-a606bf0cvip
· 20h ago
Sideways consolidation is really a nightmare for the technical analysis, I've suffered losses from this stop loss hunting tactic more than once.
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TokenAlchemistvip
· 20h ago
nah sideways chop is where retail gets liquidated fr. seen too many "textbook setups" get stop hunted into oblivion. patience > pattern recognition when liquidity's this fractured
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OptionWhisperervip
· 20h ago
Damn, the Sideways trend is really killing the stop loss; every time I think there's a pattern, it gets swept away.
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NFTHoardervip
· 20h ago
The sideways market is really a graveyard for TA; I've just been chopped up by this damn market these past few days.
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