After years of navigating the crypto world, you'll realize that certain patterns keep repeating. The strategies used by the main players often cycle around you.

**The Secret of Trading Hours**: Asian markets typically rebound between 8-10 AM, while the European and American sessions see dips around 3-5 AM—because Asian retail traders are already asleep, and this is when they get squeezed. Don't rush to chase after gains during the day; during the evening when European and American traders are active, it's easier to be shaken out.

**The Truth About Key Levels**: The longer support levels hold, the greater the trap potential. Support levels that resist for a long time are often bait for a rally later on. Genuine strong support levels usually involve quick spikes, not slow climbs. A downward spike? An opportunity to buy. An upward spike? Time to sell.

**The Lies of Good News**: Well-known positive news is rarely truly positive. Instead, the less-known good news is often preemptively manipulated by the main players to push prices up. Good news is usually hype beforehand; when it actually materializes, you'll either see a spike or a dump.

**Extreme Market Conditions Reveal Hidden Cards**: During intense volatility, support levels everyone knows are no longer support, and resistance levels everyone expects to hold also fail—those levels have long been turned into traps by the main players.

**Danger Signals Praised by the Community**: If a coin is being heavily hyped in the community, it's probably already at the top or is a trap set by those with money. Coins that are heavily promoted often look different during declines. Holding large positions in clones is even riskier—you might already be on a list for forced liquidation.

**The Trick of Stop-Losses**: Once you set a stop-loss, the main players will immediately push the price sharply up or down, as if someone is watching your position from the shadows. Without shaking out retail traders, the real market move won't start.

**The Secrets of Price Movement Rhythm**: Slow rises are characteristic of a bull market; rapid surges are close to the top. Fast increases are meant to ignite retail traders' emotions and make them willing to buy in. Prices that are easy to short are where the main players will repeatedly consolidate or spike, aiming to make you uncomfortable.

**Final Warning**: The positions you're most afraid to take often have the greatest opportunity, while the ones you think are safe are usually traps. When everyone is shouting about a bull market, it's the perfect time to reduce your holdings. Before a bear market arrives, the market will often go through a collective climax—altcoins will surge wildly for a few days, then plummet sharply.