Comprehensive Institutional Breakdown
Large institutional desks require massive counterparty liquidity to fill substantial orders. They engineer or capitalize on price runs that trigger retail stop-loss orders (selling stops below support, buying stops above resistance), absorbing the contracts before reversing direction.
Carl Brent Anthony Institutional Rule
Never initiate an execution setup directly at retail support; wait for the liquidity sweep and reclaim confirmation.
Cross-Market & Execution Note
Prevalent in Bitcoin perp wicks, forex London open raids, and pre-market stock earnings moves.