Stop Hunt

A stop hunt is a deliberate push of price beyond an obvious level to trigger the protective stop orders of the crowd and harvest their liquidity. When many participants place stops at the same predictable spot — above equal highs, beyond a round level, past a swing — a dense pool of orders forms there, and that pool is exactly why price is driven through the level.

Mechanically, a stop hunt is close to a liquidity sweep: price pierces the level, activates the stops, and turns. The difference is emphasis — the term stresses that the move targets participants' protective orders specifically, not a structural break. The triggered stops become fuel: closing the flushed positions pushes price in the direction that suits the large player.

In the FocusProfit method, a stop hunt is treated as part of the manipulation phase, not as a reason to react to the spike itself. We do not enter on the run; we wait for price to return and confirm, placing the stop beyond the swept level — where the hunt has already happened and a repeat is unlikely.