Because there's no real reason for it to go to 299k unless someone dumps hard or manages to force it down. I don't expect them to succeed and I doubt 335k is the best we'll see. If they DO succeed I will simply lose faith in my (or ANYONE'S) ability to predict these markets when individuals hold such large shares of it, and that will cause me to go elsewhere.

There's no doubt I made a bad trade, but that really isn't the issue. Trying to break the trend line so you can buy at 250k is the issue. I'm just tired of wasting time on TA in markets that move according to the greed of a small number of individuals. So yeah, even if it doesn't go to 299k I'm pretty close to taking my profits while I still have them. Forex was more complicated because of how much has to be considered in the fundamentals, but at least when things happen you can figure out why and the answer isn't "because someone put up a huge buy/sell wall".

BTW, the first time I didn't say I was "leaving", I said you wouldn't hear from me. That's because I would have been liquidated by 300k. I took care of that issue. This is a whole different message, but probably a futile one. The people who own the walls probably like to hear how they're effecting sentiment. Selling would just play into their hands. I intend to hold for a better price even if I meanwhile stop actively trading crypto.

No, I said if it goes much lower. Don't try to turn it into a petty threat. It's not a threat because no one gives a shit if I'm in or out. I'm just trying to point out that this sort of thing is a real turnoff to real, full time traders, and that liquidity and volume are going to sink back into the abyss once people get sick of it.

And if there are people with so much money in here, why aren't there matching walls to foil the manipulation? Why... because you're probably the ones doing it.

Jesus fuck, people, I know the difference between buying/selling and order book/depth manipulation. I've been doing this shit since you were in middle school. I'm not in any mood for nonsense... most of us know exactly what's going on. The last week it's been nothing but an attempt to break the trend line, despite the obvious buying interest, in order to cause a panic dump. It's ridiculous and it's failing.

Manipulation isn't buying and selling. I'm not an idiot. It's moving these walls around and trying to push the price around WITHOUT buying and selling, or with excessive pumps/dumps.

I'll tell you one thing, the market manipulation isn't just turning me off to Monero, it's turning me off to crypto. I've been a supporter of Monero, but if it goes under 300k I'm absolutely going back to forex. Tired of this shit. If people just want to trash markets instead of letting them breathe naturally then don't be surprised when volume dies after a few months of action, just like in 2014.

So there you have it, at 299k I'm back to being a forex trader.

Legendary could be their rank on BCT, like TheKoziTwo. It could also be their name, like americanpegasus or griffen.

Don't be that guy...

Scratch that. Bottom of the channel tagged again. Good support below.

A more likely triangle, resulting in a Monday morning (London) breakout in the 375k-380k range.

The XMR depth chart without the market maker's whale walls...

My sphincter is tightening too.  

I also believe the sell wall is fake and that the current point of equilibrium on the depth chart is 355k, which supports the triangle forming above, which is pointed at 355k. I'm considering the balance of 420 BTC at 300k and 410k.

Triangles and pennants have a funny way of stretching themselves out, but this is a best case scenario that could be forming. It would bring a breakout by the morning west coast USA. I'll believe it if it bounces off 360k while 350k becomes solid.

Buy walls gone. Sell wall up. Whale is pushing down. People are buying around 345k. The trend line is close. In an hour there's a final spike of volume before 12 hours of low volume. That's our next chance for a rally, but I suspect we'll just nudge back up into the 360s. Volume is low exchange-wide, so we might just be drifting about 345-365 making a pennant or triangle until a breakout at the beginning of the month (Fri-Mon). 370k is probably the breakout level.

This is the channel I'm seeing. Current range: 335k to ~345k

That sounded sarcastic

ETH bubble will pop first. It's been going up longer and at a steeper pace. XMR will make a longer, more steady climb.

I'm seeing an ascending channel 335-445k.

Momentum has shifted up and volume will begin spiking in an hour or two.

MACD 4 hour crossover imminent.

Current price: 360k

Prediction: Double top at 410-422. Another panic sell off back to the bottom of the channel. Rally to 500k on Tuesday, April 12th. =)

I can't tell if the buy and sell walls are owned by the same person, but they don't seem to be. The sell walls move around too much in what seems like an ineffective way.

These shenanigans often make me consider going back to forex, where at least I can't see the blatant manipulation.