Traders, ever feel like the market is against you? Here’s why: Retail opens longs, thinking, 'This is the breakout!' Meanwhile, the market maker absorbs those longs, building shorts in secret. Price stalls, making lower highs, and then drops hard. This is absorption. It’s not about luck; it’s about knowing how the game is played. Don’t be the retail trader on the wrong side of the whale’s yacht party!