False Breakout

Price broke above resistance then turned around and dove right back below it. So a trader watching this would just short the failed breakout fast.

Now most traders jump in on the breakout before it even holds. That's why traders call this exact trap a false breakout.

It basically means the breakout had no real buyers behind it.

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