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Pretty Charts Are Lying to You

Pretty Charts Are Lying to You

Update: 2025-11-23
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Many projects still treat market making as a way to create a clean picture rather than a functional market.

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Many projects still treat market making as a way to create a clean picture rather than a functional market. A pretty chart is incredibly easy to manufacture. Once trading picks up, superficial support disappears almost immediately. The spread widens, price movement becomes erratic, traders start to doubt the asset.

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