PEPE Manipulation Shakeout

Shakeout: PEPE recently made a sharp decline, breaking through the lowest level on the chart.
This movement was probably artificially created to force out weak hands and leveraged traders.


Double bottom: After the shakeout, PEPE formed a double bottom pattern. This pattern often indicates a trend reversal and a possible price increase.
Liquidity manipulation: A sharp decline and the subsequent formation of a double bottom pattern can be a manipulation to force traders out of the market and capture their liquidity.

This article will delve deeper into identifying various chart patterns indicative of market manipulation, providing you with the knowledge to protect yourself and make informed trading decisions.

1. Pump and Dump Schemes:

Pump: A coordinated effort to artificially inflate a coin's price, often through social media hype and fake news.
Indicators:
Rapid price increase: Unusually sharp and sustained price increase without significant news or market events.
Low trading volume: Price rise accompanied by low trading volume suggests artificial inflation.
Social media frenzy: Coordinated social media posts and endorsements promoting the coin.
Dump: Once the price reaches a desired level, the manipulators sell their holdings, causing the price to plummet.
2. Wash Trading:

Fake trading: Creating the illusion of high trading volume by buying and selling between controlled accounts.
Indicators:
High volume with low price volatility: Large trading volume without a corresponding change in price suggests wash trading.
Spikes in trading volume: Sudden and unexplained spikes in trading volume may indicate wash trading.
Order book imbalance: Uneven distribution of buy and sell orders, with a significant imbalance favoring one side.
3. Fake Breakouts:

Manipulation: Creating a false impression of a breakout to trap traders into buying or selling at manipulated prices.
Indicators:
Low volume breakouts: Breakouts accompanied by low trading volume are often false.
Retracement after breakout: A sharp retracement following a breakout suggests a false signal.
Failed retests: Inability to sustain a breakout level after a retest indicates a weak breakout.
4. Stop Loss Hunting:

Manipulation: Driving the price towards stop-loss orders to trigger a cascade of sell-offs and further drive down the price.
Indicators:
Price movement towards support/resistance: Price approaching significant support or resistance levels where stop-loss orders are likely placed.
Sudden price spikes: Sharp and unexpected price movements may be attempts to trigger stop-loss orders.
Increased trading volume: Spikes in trading volume coinciding with price movements towards stop-loss levels.