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Why Retests Feel Like Reversals (And Why They’re Not)
There’s a moment in many trades where confidence disappears. Price breaks a level, you enter, and everything looks clean. Then price comes back.
That pullback is where most traders panic.
A retest feels aggressive because it moves against your position after you’ve already committed. Emotionally, it looks like failure. Structurally, it’s often confirmation.
Markets rarely move straight after a break. They come back to the level to see if it still matters. Old support becomes resistance. Old resistance becomes support. This is where liquidity sits, and the market checks it before continuing.
Retail traders see the retest and think the breakout failed. They tighten stops, move to break-even, or exit early. That reaction creates liquidity. Price taps the level, clears weak hands, and then moves in the original direction.
This is why strong moves often start after the uncomfortable part.
A reversal changes structure.
A retest tests it.
If the level holds and structure remains intact, the idea isn’t broken — it’s being validated.
The market doesn’t reward comfort. It rewards patience.
Once you stop treating retests like danger and start seeing them as part of the process, trade management becomes calmer and more deliberate.
Most traders aren’t wrong about direction.
They’re just early to exit.
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