@The_enigma, @Lee-me, I used to think this when I was starting out trading these markets… That the Market Makers are trading against me…
They are… And they aren’t…!!
Liquidity Providers (Financial Institutions) move Price up and down across set levels, giving us the volatility that makes these markets profitable…
Older Video but very informative as to how (and why) the Markets are moved…
You need to research Mean Reversion (Fair Value) Strategies… It’s not the be all and end all of trading strategies… But it will allow you to understand the bigger picture of the Levels, and forces and manipulation that is moving Price Action…
You just have to learn the conditions when they are likely to manipulate price to a different zone…
Hope this is of some help…