What do big players like to do the most? The answer may surprise you—the more a market looks like it's about to collapse, the more likely it is that they're quietly building their positions; on the contrary, those seemingly unstoppable strong trends are often already points where they're distributing their chips at high prices.

Have you ever encountered this situation: the intraday chart looks extremely weak, the moving averages form a wall that just can't be broken, you finally get near the zero line and then it turns downward again, or the market surges at the open only to plunge within minutes, or even a limit-up gets smashed down. These kinds of movements are the most frustrating, making it hard not to panic sell and exit as you watch.

But this could very well be a trap.

What do big players need to drive up an asset? A clean chip structure and a sufficiently low holding cost. If all the retail investors are holding firm, how can they accumulate cheap positions? So they have to create panic. They use ugly intraday charts to scare you out, repeated false breakouts to wear down your patience, and various technical breakdowns to make you doubt everything.

Once most people can't take it and exit, the chips on the market become lighter, making it much easier for them to drive the price up. It's the same when they're unloading positions—when they really want to sell, the market often still looks great, making you think "this one's solid," and then as you chase the price higher, they quietly exit.

So remember this counterintuitive logic: weakness with a reasonable explanation might not be a signal to run—it could actually be your chance to get in. Of course, the premise is that there's logical support behind this "weakness," and it's not that the fundamentals have really deteriorated.