what smart money does not want you to know (and why you always get stopped out)

16 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the host from The Art of Crypto explains why retail traders often get stopped out before a genuine price move. He argues that while retail traders view a double‑bottom pattern as a sign of strong support and a buying opportunity, “smart money” perceives the same formation as a dense cluster of retail stop‑loss orders. Smart money then deliberately pushes price to sweep those stops, using retail traders as exit liquidity, before initiating the real move. The host advises viewers to first locate where retail stop‑losses are likely placed and to only enter a trade after those stops have been cleared, emphasizing that markets are not random but are actively hunting stop orders.

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When retail traders see a double bottom, they tend to think, oh, strong support, let me buy here. But here's the thing, when smart money sees a double bottom, they think, what a beautiful cluster of stop losses, let me sweep it out before delivering the real move. So if you often find yourself getting stopped out before the real move happens, just ask yourself this one question: where are the stop losses? And then try entering only after the stop losses have been swept and not before, because ultimately the market isn't random, it's always trying to hunt for stops. Once you understand this and you stop being the exit liquidity for the smart money, which is why I say