## The "Smoke Screen" Tactics of Smart Funds Retreat

After trading on exchanges for a long time, you'll notice a pattern: the most exciting market movements are often the most dangerous. Seeing a certain coin skyrocket within a few days, feeling like you’ll miss out if you don’t act—once that thought arises, you’re basically stepping into a trap. When prices shoot up like a rocket and then get stuck at high levels, neither rising nor falling, with decreasing trading volume, 90% of the time it’s the main players setting a trap. A sudden drop with increased volume signals the end of the game. This isn’t a correction; it’s the prelude to a shutdown.

## More Deadly Than a Crash—High-Position "Gentle Kill" Sideways Movement

Honestly, a straight decline isn’t as scary; the real killer is the dead silence when prices stay high but can’t go up or down. You might deceive yourself into thinking "it can’t fall further, it must break out," but in reality, it’s wearing down your last bit of vigilance. Remember that wave in 2019, when you watched the coin price fluctuate within a narrow range for two months, with decreasing order book transactions each day, and comforted yourself that the bottom was here. When the real decline finally comes, there’s no time left to react. Now I understand: when prices hover at high levels with abysmally low turnover and trading volume, it’s not accumulation—it’s retreat.

## What Does the Real Bottom Look Like?

Most people make the mistake of trying to buy the dip halfway up the mountain. When the market falls to a point where no one dares to speak, and trading volume dries up to the limit, with prices "lying flat" within a narrow range—that’s what a true bottom looks like. It won’t be a V-shaped rapid reversal, but a long process of accumulation. The market will first fall silent for a while, then possibly attempt a few rebounds. Entering then offers a better risk-to-reward ratio.