Quote from Spectre2007:
the largest MM's... if you have the largest pockets, and the largest pockets need to preserve upward bias, how would you do it.. even if you have deep pockets, the orderflow needed to move the market can move the market but that money needs to convert itself to cash eventually to maintain buying power.
by converting to cash, you get the consolidation zones..low liquidity moments or time zones are used to move the market and trigger stops. Price gaps down in asian session or price gaps up..
eventually the largest players interest is trigger the stops of the weaker players. If the weakest player is long ..gap down... if the weakest player is short .. gap up..trigger his stop.. but eventually bring price back up... to maintain upward bias.