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I noticed an interesting pattern in the market that’s worth analyzing. It’s about the concept of PO3, or as it’s called, Power Of Three. This is one of the most useful models for understanding how the market actually moves.
Essentially, PO3 describes three key phases of a cycle: accumulation, manipulation, and distribution. It sounds simple, but if you understand it, it explains almost everything that happens to the price.
Let’s start with accumulation. At this stage, a pattern of three resistance levels and three support levels forms. When the market breaks above the upper levels, the price goes up. If it falls below support, a decline begins. But that’s not the most interesting part.
The second phase is manipulation. This is where the real game happens. This stage usually lasts two to three months and looks like complete deception. Large players create the illusion of a decline, causing retail traders to panic and place stop orders. Then they create liquidity and sharply move the market in the opposite direction. At this moment, most regular traders have already exited their positions at a loss, while whales have already opened their huge positions.
And here begins the third phase — distribution, also known as a bullish run. The price moves upward, everyone starts selling their positions, and what everything was set up for happens. On shorter timeframes, this may look like sideways movement, but the essence remains the same.
When I look at BTC right now, I see that it’s forming exactly such a PO3 pattern on the hourly chart. The price is in sideways movement, and this could be either the end of manipulation or the start of distribution. If you understand this logic, it becomes easier to predict the next steps of the market. That’s why PO3 is not just a theory, but a real tool for traders who want to understand the game of big money.