"Stop Loss Hunting...."
Noticing So many Examples of SL Hunting Nowadays in Markets. So, Making a Thread to Explain it Best to my Abilities. Also Attaching most Recent Example in NIFTY from last week...
What Is SL Hunting...??
Stop Hunting is a trading strategy that involves triggering the SL orders of other traders in the market to trigger a 'Temporary High-Volatility Environment'.
Official Definition.
In Simple Words, Common thinking of Most traders is Same. So Whatever Strategy They're using, It Involves Putting A SL at Predictable levels.
i.e. Previous Swing High or Low, Below the Support ,Above the Resistance, Etc.
So when Enough Traders Enter with SL in One trade, Expecting a same move,
They Preset these Obvious Levels as their SLs resulting in Forming a Cluster of Stop Losses. Just like so many Fish come together at point of traps.
This is Example of 15 Oct NIFTY. Price is Showing Clear Uptrend. Also Crossed Range Of Yesterday's high. So Many Traders get Convinced about Upmove n Start to Enter With SL of 30-35 Points. So, New traders Entered here Put SL of Around 11390-11395 levels.