It was the year 2023. After another leak, I asked myself a strange question: 'Can I, a small trader, move the price even for a minute?' Not for profit, but for the sake of experimentation. Just to check how the mechanics work.
I found a coin that almost no one had touched. Its 'order book' was deserted:
· 0.477 — 30$
· 0.478 — 100$
· 0.479 — 162$
· 0.480 — 20$
· Above — emptiness, price tags in cents.
The logic was simple: "I will buy at 500$ at the market, buy up these miserable levels and raise the price. At least by a penny."
What actually came out:
1. I entered. The price really jumped a couple of levels. For a moment I felt like the master of the charts.
2. And three seconds later at level 0.478, where there was just 100$, an order for 3000$ was placed. The same "shield" grew at other levels.
3. That's it. My 500$ hit the wall. The price not only did not go further — it immediately reversed and went down because there were no more buyers. I found myself trapped with an overpaid asset.
The coin was unimportant — a shitcoin. But the principle is universal: in any market, even a liquid one, there are invisible walls. You think you are moving the price, but in reality, you are just showing the big players where your weak 500$ are, so they can place their 3000$ shield against you.
The conclusion I drew:
The market is not a field for strength. It is a field for patience and invisibility. The louder you enter — the faster they will build a wall of money against you that you will never defeat.
You do not move the market. You just pay for the illusion of movement))))#Prinw