ratwizard Enters a trade early, then promotes or shares the trade publicly (often on kick ) so that followers (copytraders) enter after them, pushing the price up.
Once the price increases due to this follower activity,
the original trader sells (exits) their position into the buying pressure created by the copytraders — effectively using them as exit
liquidity.
In short:
They profit while their followers often get stuck
holding the bag.
It’s considered unethical and can be compared to a pump and dump in disguise.