Ex-Market Maker: “We Manipulate Markets, Take Your Stops & Grab Liquidity....We HAVE To”

FREE Trading Education - Chart Academy: https://www.chartacademy.com/ 20% OFF Alpha Capital Group (Code: RIZ): https://link.alphacapitalgroup.uk/eq7m8X 20% OFF Alpha Futures (Code: RIZ): https://link.alpha-futures.com/k9V5Az On this episode of Words of Rizdom, we sit down with Fredy Sarmiento, a former institutional market maker with more than 20 years of professional trading experience. Fredy reveals what actually happens inside institutional trading desks, why he doesn’t believe banks and market makers are deliberately “hunting” retail stop losses, and how the hedging requirements of the options market create enormous flows that move markets. He also shares what it was like handling positions worth hundreds of millions and even billions, losing twice his permitted risk on his first trading day, losing everything during the 2008 financial crisis and rebuilding his career from scratch. Fredy also explains why he walked away from FX, why he believes every futures trader should understand options flow, and the mindset required to survive in trading for decades rather than years. Like, Subscribe & Enable Notifications 🔔 New verified trader episodes every Thursday 3PM GMT / 10AM EST ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chart Fanatics Live:    / @chartfanaticslive   30% OFF Deepcharts (Code: CF): https://my.deepcharts.com/redirect/pr... TradeZella (Code: RIZ10 for 10% OFF Monthly or WOR for 20% OFF Yearly): https://refer.tradezella.com/riz BEST Deals on all Prop Firms: https://propfirmtrader.com/ FREE Market Journal Newsletter: https://www.market-journal.com Download This Playbook: https://www.chartfanatics.com 🚀 Join Our FREE Trading Community Discord:   / discord   Telegram: https://t.me/pocketsofrizdom ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎙 Guests:   / twomindstrading      / @gextrading   🎙 Host: Words of Rizdom    / @wordsofrizdom     / wordsofrizdom     / wordsofrizdom     / realriziqbal   ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro - Fredy Sarmiento 01:49 - How Institutions REALLY Trade 05:19 - Institutional Trading vs Retail Trading 12:34 - Trading Psychology & Mindfulness Under Pressure 23:15 - Managing Billion-Dollar Positions 26:26 - Leaving Banking To Become A Retail Trader 30:45 - Why Professional Traders Never Stop Learning 35:29 - Options Flow: What Actually Moves The Market 39:26 - The Future Of Single Stock Futures 46:49 - Losing EVERYTHING In The 2008 Crash 52:35 - Why Fredy Stopped Trading Forex 56:03 - Simplifying Options Flow For Retail Traders 59:32 - Why Market Makers MUST Stay Delta Neutral 1:02:45 - Zero-DTE Options & Institutional Hedging ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Disclaimer: The content on Words of Rizdom is for informational and educational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment or trading advice. I am not a licensed financial advisor, and the strategies, opinions, and commentary shared are based on personal experience of the respective guests. We are not personally affiliated with any of the guests featured in our episodes. The views expressed by our guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or endorsements of Words of Rizdom. Trading and Investing involves risk, and you should always do your own research or consult with a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions. You are solely responsible for your financial decisions. This channel and its creator are not liable for any loss or damage arising from the use of information presented in videos.