14 Apr: TSLA: It's Most Dangerous When There’s No News

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Why There Should be No Trade Days: Helping if I can to Protect your Capital.

When retail traders look for traps, we often expect them to appear after major news drops.

But what if the worst traps often occur when there’s no news at all?

That’s exactly what happened during this Monday morning's TSLA trade—and it’s something every TSLA trader needs to see.

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Case Study: TSLA on April 14

There was no breaking news.
No Elon tweet.
No analyst downgrade.
Nothing macro to anchor price.

First, TSLA fell from 261.80 to 252.46 from 9.30AM to 9.48AM after going sideways in premarket trading, following a gap up from last Friday.

And yet, TSLA looked bullish early in the session—hovering near 257 with fake pushes toward 260.

CAUTION: THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO BUY CALLS OR GO LONG.  Because...

Minutes later, the stock began a slow, grinding bleed, slipping down to 254… then 252… then 248.

Each candle looked logical on its own. But something felt off.

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What Was Really Happening?

Without news to justify price movement, market makers were free to:

Paint the chart with a bullish formation, only to sell into the strength.

Trigger volume spikes near VWAP and EMA9 to trap late bulls.

Absorb buying pressure while quietly unloading to shorts.

There were no headlines.
Just a quiet, slow-motion rug pull.

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Why “No News” Is the Most Dangerous Setup

1. Lack of External Catalyst

Explanation:
Without any macro news (e.g. earnings, Fed announcement, geopolitical event), price movements are manipulated by institutional market makers. There’s no narrative driving the price — it’s all designed to look like natural trading.

Why It’s Dangerous:
When there’s no news, the market can be manipulated at will, creating false signals. Retail traders often misinterpret these moves as real trends, getting trapped in the process.

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2. Fake Price Moves

Explanation:
In a no news environment, MMs can cause price to spike or drop without any real basis. Often, they will create patterns that look like real breakouts or breakdowns, only to reverse them.

Why It’s Dangerous:
Retail traders may chase these “breakouts” or “breakdowns” when they are actually just liquidity grabs. MMs want you to buy high and sell low.

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3. Low Volume Manipulation

Explanation:
When volume is light and there’s no news, MMs can move prices in small increments. These moves often appear to be legitimate trends, but are actually designed to bait retail traders into buying or selling at the wrong price.

Why It’s Dangerous:
In low-volume scenarios, false patterns are more common because fewer participants are watching the market. When MMs move prices, there’s less resistance and more opportunity to manipulate the chart to their advantage.

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4. Psychological Impact on Retail Traders

Explanation:
With no news to explain price moves, traders are left to guess what’s happening, leading to emotional decision-making. If prices move dramatically, traders often jump in without a clear plan, hoping to catch the trend.

Why It’s Dangerous:
The lack of clear justification for price moves leads to reactive trading, causing traders to buy into traps or sell at the wrong time, giving MMs even more room to profit.

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5. No Clear Confirmation of Direction

Explanation:
When there’s no news, price movements tend to be disjointed. A rally may look like a breakout, but with no solid foundation behind it, the momentum will fail. A downward move might look like a breakdown, but without news, it may reverse quickly.

Why It’s Dangerous:
Lack of confirmation from external catalysts means traders may think a trend is real, only to get trapped when price moves back to neutral or reverses sharply.

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Conclusion:

Without news, the market is a controlled illusion.
MMs are free to move prices at will, creating artificial patterns and luring retail traders into taking positions without understanding the full picture.

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What to Do?

It's undeniably boring to sit out and wait for news that may never arrive. 

Ultimately, traders can get lucky with scalps but it is really hard to read the direction.

Avoid trading during low-volume periods with no external catalyst.

If you do trade, please wait for a clear breakout or breakdown confirmed by volume.

At the moment (12PM), TSLA seems to be fighting for its life at make or break at 248 to 250.

At 12.13PM, price has reached 246.

But only Smart Money will know where TSLA is heading next.  Maybe it could either rise very sharply with the arrival of good news. Or slow bleed to death, killing both calls and puts.

Why do you want to take the risk now and play into the alligator's jaws? 🐊👻