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Mastering High Probability Trading Across All AssetsGreetings Traders! Welcome back to today’s video! In this session, we're revisiting the critical concept of draw on liquidity. I'll guide you on how to take advantage of it with extreme market precision, focusing on when to trade, when to avoid the market, and how to increase your chances of high-probability trade outcomes. If you're looking to enhance your trading strategy and make smarter decisions, this video is for you. Let's dive in and start mastering these concepts! Refer to these videos as well: Premium Discount Price Delivery in Institutional Trading: Mastering Institutional Order-Flow Price Delivery Quarter Theory Mastering Algorithmic Price Movements: Best Regards, The_Architect
OANDA:NAS100USDEducation
by The_Archi-tect
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Understanding Trend Analysis, SMT and ICT ConceptsIn this video, I'll delve into the concept of Institutional Market Structure, a vital tool for trend analysis. Specifically, we'll explore the Smart Money Tool/Technique (SMT), which provides insights into whether a market will continue its trend or potentially reverse. Understanding these concepts is crucial for effective trading strategies. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the video! Please do leave any questions in the comment section if you have any. Kind Regards, The_Architect
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by The_Archi-tect
4
Fair Value Gap Trading StrategyFair Value Gap Trading Strategy To implementing a fair value gap as a trading strategy you need to understand these three basic components of this trading strategy. Time Liquidity Hunt Market Structure Shift Fair Value Gap Let’s begin by discussing the importance of time in trading. According to ICT Trader, time is considered to be fractal, meaning that what happens on higher time frames is reflected in lower time frames if studied in the proper context. In this context, fractal refers to the idea that patterns and behaviors observed on longer time frames, such as daily or weekly charts, can be seen in shorter time frames, like hourly or minute charts. By studying price action and market behavior across different time frames, traders can gain a deeper understanding of market dynamics and potentially identify profitable trading opportunities. Time indeed holds significant importance in the fair value gap trading strategy, particularly when it comes to identifying favorable trading setups. Despite the forex market being open 24 hours a day, not all times present ideal conditions for executing fair value gap trades. That’s where the concept of ICT Kill Zones comes into play. ICT Kill Zones ICT Kill Zones refer to specific time periods during the day that have been observed to offer higher probability trading opportunities. These zones are associated with the entry of smart money, which are institutional or banks who have the ability to influence market direction. In short, ICT Kill Zones correspond to specific time periods during the day that are particularly relevant for trading activities. These zones include the London Open, London Close, New York Open, and New York Close. Traders using the fair value gap trading strategy often focus on these times as they tend to offer higher probability trading setups. The ICT Kill Zones are associated with the entry of smart money and can provide enhanced opportunities for traders to capitalize on market movements. By aligning their trading activities with these specific time periods, traders aim to improve their chances of success. Liquidity in FVG Trading Strategy Liquidity in the market often takes the form of buy stops and sell stops.market makers or smart money intentionally trap retail traders by manipulating prices to trigger their stop losses. The idea is that they move the market in one direction to hunt for stop losses, causing retail traders to place orders in the false direction and set their stop losses at key levels. After the stop loss hunt, the market reverses in the opposite direction, benefiting the smart money. Let’s analyze the above chart from a retail trader’s perspective. When we observe the chart, we notice that the price levels between 44240 and 44280 have proven to be strong resistance in the past. Based on this observation, many retail traders might place their selling pending orders to anticipate of a price reversal at these levels. To manage their risk, they would likely set their stop loss orders just above this resistance area. What is done by market makers or smart money,they could manipulate the market by initially pushing the price upward, deliberately triggering the stop loss orders placed by retail traders. This action would cause some retail traders to think that a breakout is occurring and prompt them to place buying orders while setting their stop losses at levels below the resistance area. Once the stop loss orders have been hunted and triggered, the market makers or smart money may then reverse the price direction. Enhancing Trading Success with the Fair Value Gap Entry Strategy After a liquidity hunt on a higher time frame, you suggest switching to lower time frames such as 15 minutes, 5 minutes, 3 minutes, or even 1 minute to identify certain patterns that may emerge following the stop loss hunt. These patterns include: 1.Sudden or sharp price movements: Following the liquidity hunt, you may observe rapid and significant price fluctuations on the lower time frames. This sharp movement causing market structure shift and provide an extra confluence. 2. Fair value gap (FVG): Look for gaps between the current price and the fair value of the asset. The fair value represents the equilibrium price based on various factors. Identify instances where the market price deviates significantly from this fair value. 3. Entry position based on the Fair Value Gap strategy: Once you spot a fair value gap pattern after the liquidity hunt, you can consider taking a position in anticipation of the market filling that gap. The expectation is that the market will eventually return to the fair value price. It’s important to carefully train your eyes to recognize these patterns after a liquidity hunt and patiently wait for the market to come back and fill the identified gap. Once you have identified a suitable entry position, you can place your stop loss order above the first candle to manage your risk. Please note that implementing such strategies requires careful analysis, experience, and a deep understanding of the specific market you are trading. It’s crucial to conduct thorough research, backtest your strategy, and consider other factors that may influence price movements before making any trading decisions.
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by Golden_Star1994
🔄 ETC vs ETH Liquidity pool compariosnEthereum Classic (ETC) and Ethereum (ETH), two prominent cryptocurrencies, often find themselves compared due to their shared history. An intriguing aspect of their comparison is the formation of a similar liquidity pool from below, providing valuable insights into their respective price actions. 📉 Common Liquidity Pool Formation: Both ETC and ETH experienced the creation of a substantial liquidity pool from below, a phenomenon that typically precedes significant market movements. This liquidity pool acted as a catalyst, setting the stage for a potential upward surge. 🔄 Diverging Paths: Despite the shared liquidity pool formation, the subsequent actions of ETC and ETH diverged significantly. Ethereum Classic (ETC) managed to seize a considerable portion of this liquidity, leading to a robust price rally. In contrast, Ethereum (ETH) opted for a different trajectory, establishing a higher low and retaining a portion of the liquidity. 🚀 Ethereum Classic (ETC) Performance: ETC showcased notable strength, evidenced by its impressive surge of over 70%. The strategic utilization of the formed liquidity pool contributed to this bullish momentum, making ETC an attractive option for traders and investors during this period. 📈 Ethereum (ETH) Resilience: Ethereum (ETH), opting for a conservative approach, demonstrated resilience by forming a higher low and retaining a portion of the liquidity pool. While ETH experienced positive price action, the magnitude of the surge was comparatively moderate, registering an approximately 30% increase. 🔍 Key Takeaways: Differential Strategies: ETC and ETH employed different strategies in responding to the formed liquidity pool, influencing their subsequent price movements. ETC's Aggressive Rally: ETC's more aggressive approach in capturing liquidity translated into a robust price rally. ETH's Conservative Stance: ETH, adopting a more conservative stance, showcased resilience but with a relatively milder price increase. 🔮 Unlock Exclusive Insights: Unlock my 3 crypto trading indicators for FREE! Links are below 🔗 Note: Cryptocurrency markets are dynamic, and past performance is not indicative of future results. Traders are advised to conduct thorough research and exercise caution in their investment decisions.
BINANCE:ETHUSDEducation
by AlexWhale
Liquidity - How to easily spot it!Here's how you can easily use liquidity to create wealth 🤑 Knowing how to identify liquidity is an important aspect of trading that shouldn't be overlooked, BUT contrary to popular belief, it's not the greatest thing since sliced bread... It does have its significance and it's place, but understanding WHY "liquidity" is formed is more important than the WHERE ... Once you know why, you can slay hard every single day! Follow me for more educational posts and market analysis:) Anyway, that's all for now, Hope this post helps and as usual... Happy Hunting Predators 🦁🐯🦈
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by Apexfx_Alpha
Trading sessions liquidity huntLiquidity serves as the driving force behind all markets. The fundamental driver of any price shift involves the creation and aggregation of liquidity, with the objective of accumulating or distributing positions among market participants. Accumulating positions necessitates counter liquidity to fulfill orders and initiate positions in the desired volume. Liquidity is therefore established within specific price ranges, with the intention of later manipulating it toward the accumulation of counter liquidity, ultimately achieving the goals of order fulfillment. The bulk of liquidity, including stop orders and liquidations, tends to congregate around technical and psychological support/resistance levels, which can be observed retrospectively through the analysis of clusters and volume profiles. Engaging in trading based on a one-time reaction, characterized by a substantial cluster forming during the breach of a particular price level, can lead to premature entry and potential losses, driven by inaccurate expectations of either a price breakthrough or deviation from calculated reference points - An approach that leans towards caution, involving the selection of a trading setup once liquidity has been obtained from the previous trading session's highs/lows within the prevailing trend. This process is carried out while ensuring alignment between higher and lower timeframes. - The primary objective is capital preservation, which is accomplished by minimizing risk to the range of 0.5-1% per trade and adjusting open positions to the break-even point after confirming the trend's structure. - The strategy opts for an entry technique that boasts a high mathematical expectation of success. - Fresh positions are initiated exclusively during periods of elevated market volatility, particularly during the optimal trade time (OTT) sessions in London and New York. The focus is directed towards trading setups featuring risk:reward ratios ranging from 1:3 to 1:10. Given the dynamics of market participants accumulating and distributing their positions during trading sessions, it's reasonable to assert that liquidity forms outside the fluctuations of these sessions. This liquidity is typified by stop orders and position liquidation within the scope of a micro-trend. Consequently, it can be inferred that the commencement of the subsequent session will involve manipulation. The aim of this manipulation is to interact with such liquidity to amass positions in the opposite direction. Coupled with heightened volatility during the session's commencement, this provides opportunities to initiate positions before the impending price movement. The primary criterion for entering a position will be the disruption of the existing structure following the capture of liquidity. Additional factors might encompass corrective momentum, liquidity in the opposing direction acting as an attraction for distributing accumulated positions during manipulation, and the formation of trading ranges with deviations, among others. Entry into a position occurs on a lower time frame, emanating from an untested supply/demand zone. An additional aspect to consider is the presence of local liquidity before reaching the entry point.
BITSTAMP:BTCUSDEducation
by Crypto4light
Draw the MASTER PATTERN CONCEPTS by handHOW TO MANUALLY DRAW THE MASTER PATTERN CONCEPTS # STEP 1 - Identify the Contraction Phase The contraction phase consists of a tightening of price where there is a simultaneous lower high and higher low, this is where the supply and demand equalize in the market. This is a leading indication that volatility is coming next. You want to look for places where you find contraction/constriction of price, where it clearly looks like its moving into a defined consolidation zone. STEP 2 - Identify the Expansion Phase The expansion phase is the 2nd phase in the market, its known as the manipulation phase. It reveals incoming volatility entering into the market, this is where most retailers lose their money. This phase can be defined as price breaking out of the contraction box, and whip sawing around the value line. This is the accumulation phase where the market makers accumulate their inventory from weaker hand holders. Price usually whipsaws around the value line 4-7 times before the 3rd phase in the market starts, which is the trend phase. STEP 3 - Identify Liquidity Lines Liquidity lines are where the retailers place their stop losses, it is an excellent places to enter and exit the market. These can be defined as HH or LL points on the chart where there are swing high and swing low points. By anticipating where these stop loss levels are located you can be aware where there are pools of resting liquidity. These are excellent places to enter or exit the market. Understanding Contraction / Expansion and Liquidity are key price action concepts that help you understand trading from an institutional level and give you a deeper insight into the intentions of the market.
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by Smart_Money-Trader
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How to trade Liquidity Sweeps 🌊 Trading liquidity sweeps 🌊 and identifying fake liquidity grabs 🕵️‍♂️ can be valuable skills for traders. These strategies involve capitalizing on market inefficiencies and understanding how institutional traders and algorithms influence price movements. In this guide, we'll explore what liquidity sweeps and fake liquidity grabs are and how to trade them effectively. Understanding Liquidity Sweeps: A liquidity sweep occurs when a trader executes a large market order that "sweeps" through the order book, clearing out available liquidity at various price levels. These sweeps often signal strong buying or selling interest, potentially leading to significant price moves. Identifying Fake Liquidity Grabs: Fake liquidity grabs 🎭 are market manipulation techniques used to deceive traders. Market makers or large players might place large orders on the order book to give the illusion of significant interest at a specific price level. However, they often cancel these orders before they get executed, leading to sudden reversals in price. Trading Liquidity Sweeps: Monitor Order Flow: Keep an eye on order flow and trade volume to identify sudden surges in trading activity. Liquidity sweeps are often accompanied by spikes in volume. Identify Key Levels: Look for important support or resistance levels where liquidity sweeps are likely to occur. These levels can be based on technical analysis, such as previous highs or lows. Entry and Stop-loss: Enter a trade when you spot a liquidity sweep that confirms your bias. Set stop-loss orders to manage risk in case the market moves against you. Take Profits: Take profits when the market reacts as expected, but be prepared for quick price reversals. Liquidity sweeps can be followed by retracements. Trading Fake Liquidity Grabs: Be Cautious: Approach price moves driven by apparent liquidity grabs with caution. These moves can be short-lived. Confirm Price Action: Wait for confirmation of the direction after the fake liquidity grab. Look for signs that real market sentiment is driving the price. Risk Management: Place stop-loss orders to protect your capital in case the market reverses quickly. Avoid chasing the initial price move. Use Additional Indicators: Combine your analysis with other technical indicators or market sentiment tools to increase your confidence in your trading decisions. Conclusion: Trading liquidity sweeps and fake liquidity grabs can offer opportunities for profit, but they also come with risks. It's essential to have a clear strategy, strict risk management rules, and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions. As with any trading strategy, practice and experience will help refine your skills in identifying and capitalizing on these market dynamics. 🚀📈🌊
INDEX:BTCUSDEducation
by AlexWhale
Mastering Liquidity in Trading: Unraveling the Power of SMC 🔥Liquidity is what moves the market. Liquidity and liquidity pools are created and targeted by the markets and a lack of understanding on this topic is the main reason why the trading mind fails even if the analyst mind is correct. Traders who have been victim to their stop losses being taken by a wick before price running in their favour are the perfect example of having the correct analytical mind but a weak trading one. Liquidity is unlike an order block or price inefficiency or anything else that can be physically identified on a chart. It is invisible, however, it is still possible to identify without the need of indicators or anything other than price action alone. Simply put, liquidity is money in the market. Typically, this money comes in the form of retail orders and stop losses. Knowing this allows us to understand that if the market targets liquidity, and liquidity comes in the form of retail stop losses, the market must be hunting and going against retail strategies. 🟢The first and most prominent of these retail strategies is the idea of support and resistance. On the chart we can see an example of what retail traders would refer to as a level of resistance. In doing this they would short price from this level expecting a move down. This creates a liquidity pool just above this ‘resistance level’ where the average retail trader would place their stop losses. This liquidity pool is now a target for the market. So instead of trading this move down, we wait for the liquidity grab and use the rest of this strategy to capitalise on the bearish move that we can expect. On the Chart is a demonstration of the market hunting liquidity before making its next move. Again this is where traders would be correct in terms of bias but incorrect in terms of trading. This is an example of what an informed chart looks like. Instead of highlighting support and resistance levels, we highlight equal lows and equal highs respectively. Equals are usually in the form of otherwise referred to double tops or double bottoms but can also be more than that. The key difference, however, is that we would anticipate the market hunting the liquidity above the equal highs and below the equal lows. Due to this, we avoid being a victim to the market stopping us out by a wick and falling in our direction. The second most prominent retail strategy or idea is the trend-line. Every time a trend-line formation is present within the market, we can now understand the amount of stop losses and, therefore, liquidity that would be sitting under this ‘trend-line’. Above is an example of the importance of recognising trend-line liquidity. Once the liquidity above the equal highs has been hunted, we need to establish the next liquidity pool in the market. Seeing a break above the ‘resistance level’ would be seen as a ‘bullish breakout’ by the average trader. However, we can identify that as a liquidity purge and higher high, in which case we can expect a higher low to be made - which would mean a bearish retracement. On top of this, we can see a build up of trend-line liquidity just above the discount end of the parent price range. This gives us an added confluence and confidence in the fact that we can expect lower prices with the liquidity underneath the trend-line as our first target. Above is an example of liquidity being grabbed on the bullish side (above the equal highs) sending the uninformed trader long based off of a ‘bullish breakout’, then hunting the liquidity on the bearish side (below the trend-line) and sending the uninformed trader short based off of the break of the trend-line. This is typical of the market - it shakes out impatient and uninformed traders on both sides of the market before making the actual move. Here is another examples of how trendline liquidity gets purged by the market. On the chart we can see a trend-line where many traders would be longing the market, unaware that they will be victims of a liquidity purge. Below we can see that liquidity purge below the trend-line which would send the average trader short. Using the rest of the strategy, we are able to understand that price will react from specific levels to go long Below we can see the completion of this market cycle with our levels being respected and the real bullish leg being made. 🔥🟠🔥🔥🟠🔥 BONUS CHEATSHEETS👇👇👇👇
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by algoat
2
Learn to identify liquidity levels. Before we begin, we need to understand what liquidity is. A market with high liquidity is one where there is a large number of buyers and sellers willing to trade in that particular asset. This means that there is a high availability of buy and sell orders, allowing transactions to be executed quickly and with minimal impact on prices. Where are the most liquid points located on a chart? These points are found at the highs and lows. This is because at these points, many people are waiting for the zone to act as support or resistance, or for the price to break the zone (breakout) to continue its direction. I always use daily, weekly, and monthly timeframes to identify these zones. Why the liquid points are importante on a chart? Liquidity is extremely important because it is the direction in which the price moves. The price will always move towards these points to attract liquidity to the market. Without liquidity, financial markets cannot function. Which indicator can you use to identify liquidity levels? Previous Days Week Highs & Lows by sbtnc Certainly, this indicator will facilitate the process of identifying these points, but it will not identify all of them. -----Remember, like everything in trading, this needs to be combined with other confluences. It won't work by itself.----- Explanation of the example presented in the chart. I had some strong confluences indicating that the price was likely to have a bullish move. As seen in the COT report, there was aggressive selling of JPY. One of the things that helped me take this trade with confidence is that, as you can see in the circle, there was a weekly and monthly high together without being cleared. This created a double top pattern. Since this was such a liquid point, it gave me the confidence that the price would move towards this point before changing direction. And it did exactly that after consolidating for several days. These liquidity points can be used as confluence in our analysis, as well as a potential take profit level.
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by Wiiso
3
LESSON 1: TRADE THE LIQUIDITY OR BE THE LIQUIDITYWhat is Liquidity in Forex Trading? Liquidity is the presence of orders at specific prices in the market, ensuring that transactions can take place without disruptions. When traders talk about liquidity, they are usually referring to the resting orders in the market. These orders can be absorbed or targeted by banks and financial institutions (BFIs) to influence the patterns of price movement. Liquidity can be found throughout the market, although certain areas may have higher levels than others. The good news is that it is indeed possible to learn how to identify and recognize liquidity patterns. Liquidity comprises a variety of orders that gather in the market, including limit orders, stop loss orders, and stop limit orders. These orders come into play when prices reach specific levels of supply or demand in the market. Understanding liquidity is essential in comprehending how prices move. Why do you need to understand Liquidity? Liquidity is crucial for predicting price movements. Analyzing liquidity, along with market structure, supply and demand, and order flow, provides insights into potential price directions. It's important to consider liquidity alongside trend analysis and supply and demand to understand market conditions effectively. Highly liquid markets can be manipulated by large banks or institutions, leading to liquidity shortages, price slippage, and poor trade execution. Recognizing liquidity pools during slow sideways price movements is key. What are the main types of Liquidity in Forex trading? 1. Buy-side liquidity (see chart for example) Buy-side liquidity refers to the accumulation of orders above a range or high, including buy-stop limits and stop losses placed by sellers and breakout traders. Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) may target these orders to fuel temporary or sustained bullish price movements. 2. Sell-side liquidity (see chart for example) Sell-side liquidity refers to the collection of orders situated below a range or low, including sell-stop limits and stop losses placed by buyers and breakout traders. Banks and financial institutions (BFIs) can target these orders to generate temporary or sustained bearish price movements. Similar to buy-side liquidity, sell-side liquidity serves a crucial role in the market dynamics. Do you have any questions? feel free to ask. Cheers, David
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by jabariofafrica
10
📊Liquidity GrabSmall and big players tend to acquire larger positions in the market than they can afford, in an attempt to benefit from the leverage. This is where the concept of liquidity grab comes into play. Large trades and institutional investors need to locate liquidity areas in the market to complete their trades. Stops and stop-loss orders are critical for survival in a leveraged market. Stop hunting is a common practice in Forex trading, where traders are forced to leave their positions by triggering their stop-loss orders. This can create unique opportunities for some investors, which is called a liquidity grab. Stop hunting is a trading action where the price and volume action threatens to trigger stops on either side of support and resistance. When a large number of stops are triggered, the price experiences higher volatility on more orders hitting the market. Such volatility in price generates opportunities for participants to enter a trade in a favourable environment or protect their position. The fact that too many stop losses triggered at once result in sharp moves in the price action is the reason behind the practice of liquidity grab. 📍 What is liquidity sweep? In trading, a liquidity sweep is the process of filling an order by taking advantage of all available liquidity at multiple price levels. Traders use this method to ensure their orders are filled at the best possible price by breaking up their order into smaller sub-orders and spreading them across multiple price levels. Institutional traders and high-frequency trading firms commonly use liquidity sweeps for efficient and quick execution of large trade volumes. 📍 Liquidity Zones Big players in trading aim for the best prices but face challenges finding sufficient counter-forces to fill their large orders. Entering the market at low liquidity areas creates more volatile markets, negatively impacting the average price. Conversely, entering at high liquidity areas results in less volatile markets, ensuring a better average price for the position. These liquidity zones are where stop-loss orders are placed, and the concept of "liquidity grab" comes from the need for big players to enter the market in these zones to take large positions. Traders use swing lows and swing highs to create these liquidity zones and place stops as reference points, resulting in either a reversal to the mean or a breakout of the level. 👤 @AlgoBuddy 📅 Daily Ideas about market update, psychology & indicators ❤️ If you appreciate our work, please like, comment and follow ❤️
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by QuantVue
21
CONSOLIDATION RANGE AND WHAT IT MEANSThere is a trick that market makers use and that is to create consolidations in order to induce retail entries. In text book practice, retail traders will always view a resistance or support level that has been tested more than once as a strong area to do entries because they feel it will hold price. As a result they put stop losses above or below the entry and these stop losses increase as market makers consolidate and incubate more retail traders entries. Remember market makers need these stop loss pools in order for them to open their huge positions so afterwards, they will run these stop losses, enter their orders and inject liquidity to move price very quickly. So beware not to buy at the current NZDUSD equal lows. You'll be trapped!
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by JayForexAcademy
Sell & Buy Side Liquidity ✅✅✅✔️ The FOREX market is a zero sum game, which means that for a trader/institution to buy/sell 1 currency pair it's necessary that there is another trader/institution with an opposite position. If Smart Money (Banks) want to buy a currency pair they will need sellers in the market, the existing facility to place these positions In the market is called LIQUIDITY. ✔️ The Liquidity is defined by Stop losses, where the Stop losses exist is where the liquidity also exists, Smart Money need to activate the stop losses of existing orders in the market so that they can place their positions in the market. ✔️ In the FOREX market there are two types of liquidity, which are: 1. Buy Stops Liquidity ( BSL ) - The BSL is originated by Stop Losses of sell orders, after the BSL is taken, the market reverses to the downside, because banks use the BSL to place sell orders in the market. 2. Sell Stops Liquidity ( SSL ) - The SSL is originated by Stop Losses of Buy orders, after the SSL is taken, the market reverses to the Upside, because banks use the SSL to place Buy orders in the market. ✔️ PMH & PML - Previous Month High & Low PWH & PWL - Previous Week High & Low PDH & PDL - Previous Day High & Low HOD & LOD - High Of Day & Low Of Day OLD HIGH & Low - Swing High & Low EQUAL HIGHS & LOWS = Retail Resistance & Support
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by Snick3rSD
2
Why price reacts to s&d zones before breaking themWhy price reacts to s&d zones before breaking them. We tend to see a reaction for one simple reason; - BFI's need liquidity to accumulate a sizable position. So, how would a reaction provide them with this liquidity? - Retail traders will enter aggressively at these s&d zones expecting price to move away from them. Now, BFI's will use all this liquidity to accumulate a sizable position, targeting the next pool of liquidity which is retail's stop-losses on the opposite side of the zone.
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by doksfx
Only Strategy You Ever Need! .. Liquidity Build&SweepHello everyone! Liquidity is the main force that moves all markets, understand it well, and everything becomes clearer... Liquidity, simply, is "where orders are resting". Sometimes it is clear, other times not. So you have to look really well into where we have relative equal highs (sell-side) or lows (buy-side).Does that mean to jump into buying below relative equal lows/selling above relative equal highs right away? Of course no. As explained above, most of the time we have an indication as to whether the Market is responding as it shouldmd or not. Like a rejection or multiple rejections or a candle pattern or whatever.. you should see and indiction in price action, not indicators. Also pay attention to time frames. Equal highs/lows should not be treated the same way in small and big time frames... At least 15-min timeframe is recommended... Your comments are highly appreciated... Please don't forget to ▶️ FOLLOW & ▶️LIKE if you found my tutorial a help to you... Great content is to come yet.. hopefully.. Thanks Guys!
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by MST_Trader
2
How to Track Liquidity and Trade Them? | Sell_Side Buy_Side |Ever thought a price moves because it's on support level or below a resistance level? Or because your favourite indicators show a buy/sell signal and you want the price to see the same and move in you favourite direction? A Big No, dear. That simply won't happen... The main gyrator of the market is "Liquidity" What is liquidity? Liquidity, in very simple terms, is where stops are. And that's (mainly) below relative equal lows or above relative equal highs... So you're now maybe thinking, "well, that's why I get stopped out just before the price moves violently in my previous direction.." Exactly, that's it... Learn how to see where liquidity is resting and how to to become engaged in a good trade... That's exactly what I want you to do... And here is one lesson of many that I will post.. in addition to live calls when I see high-probability setups... I will turn your eyes to it... Ther are a lot more to come, so don't forget to ▶️ LIKE ▶️ FOLLOW to keep updated with everything I post.. Let me know in the comments what you wanna be the second lesson on.. Good Luck&Be Safe
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by MST_Trader
2
Elevate Your Trading | How to Track Liquidity and How to TradeEver thought a price moves because it's on support level or below a resistance level? Or because your favourite indicators show a buy/sell signal and you want the price to see the same and move in you favourite direction? A Big No, dear. That simply won't happen... The main gyrator of the market is "Liquidity" What is liquidity? Liquidity, in very simple terms, is where stops are. And that's (mainly) below relative equal lows or above relative equal highs... So you're now maybe thinking, "well, that's why I get stopped out just before the price moves violently in my previous direction.." Exactly, that's it... Learn how to see where liquidity is resting and how to to become engaged in a good trade... That's exactly what I want you to do... And here is one lesson of many that I will post.. in addition to live calls when I see high-probability setups... I will turn your eyes to it... Ther are a lot more to come, so don't forget to ▶️ LIKE ▶️ FOLLOW to keep updated with everything I post.. Let me know in the comments what you wanna be the second lesson on.. Good Luck&Be Safe
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by MST_Trader
1
Understanding Equal High LiquidityThe concept around equal high liquidity comes from the understanding that stop losses hold above these points. In this example, price broke out of bullish structure and began to form bearish market conditions. This would of course attract sellers, especially at the double top point marked. The idea is simple, tackle the impulsive sellers before the trend continues. You can see that price began to lure sellers in from the double top but then came back to take them out before continuing with the true move. This type of move falls under all concepts of money distribution within liquidity and is definitely worth adding to your strategy.
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by AlkalineFX
⚡️ Understanding Breakout Traps ⚡️If we see a pattern form that retail likes to trade, It is highly likely that this pattern may get manipulated. The reason these common patterns get manipulated is because of liquidity forming. Banks want to make sure they can create enough liquidity for themselves to get positioned nicely in the market. They do this by driving the price up/down into stop loss areas. To avoid being caught out we need to sit on our hands, wait for the stop loss hunt to occur before we go-ahead with our initial position bias.
Education
by AlkalineFX
The Liquidity GrabI'm going to do my best here at explaining the basics around a liquidity grab (some times called a stop hunt), why it happens and how it works (ignore the chart I'm using, I'm not saying this is a manipulated move just showing you an example of how it works) I often refer to this in my playbook as an STL "Sweep The Legs" coupled with a picture of Johnny Lawrence from the karate kid lol First you need to understand that Big money plays a different game to retail. When you want to place a buy order at a specific price point, lets say your buying a thousands dollars worth of BTC @ $30,000, you can put an order in and boom it gets hit your filled and your ready to go to the moon. Now imagine some bigger traders who play with a lot more money than you, lets say there order is more like a billion dollars. Well in order for them to fill there position, there needs to be a large amount of selling at that level other wise they may only get a small piece filled...... theeeeeen of course the price moves away and your priced out of the market (imagine putting your $1000 order in, only getting $10 of it filled and then having the price moon....yeah it would suck) They do not want to chase candles or buy up the order book, thats just not good business, and if you have to do that in order to get your orders filled thats a good indication that there is already liquidity issues within this market and you may have a similar problem trying to cover of your position later on. So these players some times need to hunt down and find or even artificially create liquidity pools for them to take a big bite at like pigs at the trough. One of the easiest ways to do that is to look for the most obvious levels of support with in a trend of sideways channel and look at the buying thats happening on that level. If we dont get an instant recovery or bounce at that level it can normally indicate price being trapped or held down in order to encourage more retail to "buy the dip" or buy on support as these are some of the most basic tools and strategies taught to retail traders. Now one thing to remember when all of these traders/investors are in there positions from this level, there will be a large number of these traders protecting capital with stop losses, normally under the level they where buying at. This now created a liquidity pool...... You see every stop loss on a BUY order, becomes a SELL order, and with so many BUY orders created and entered at a specific level that means the stop loss orders are stacking more and more on top. Think about it like this, if we hit 30k and someone buys $1m worth, that means there is possibly a SELL order (via a stop loss) of roughly 1m under that level.... now we hit that 30k level again, and someone buys some more, maybe another $1m worth... well now there is roughly $2m worth of SELL orders in that stop loss zone. Hit that 30k super sweet safe support level 5 or 6 times and all the sudden you could have 8-10m worth of SELL orders at a single price point below support. Now if I wanted to enter this market long and I had 10m order to fill, it would make sense for me to run the price down to clip these stop losses creating a large amount of selling straight into my pig of a buy order. Once my orders filled I can stop holding the price down and let the price begin to organically rise again, this often creates fomo for all the retailers who just got knocked out of there trades from "tight stop losses" to chase the market back in only adding to the momentum and mark up of my position. The same thing can happen in vice versa when they are covering or exiting a position as well, and its often followed by a square up to reduce or remove the risk taken on to manipulate the price during there accumulation or distribution of there order, more specially into a short position as they take on more exposure to the underlying asset to manipulate the price, in a long there exposure is fiat and there isnt any need to cover. (ill explain square up in detail next time) This is often what is referred to as a liquidity grab and its how big players enter the market, they do not chuck a limit order in on Binance and hope for the best... I hope that made sense and added some value, but if you have any questions please chuck them below
Education
by DeNomics
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