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Liquidity Sweep Strategy
3:06 · 8 chapters · Forex lessons, part 50
What you'll learn
A liquidity sweep spikes past an obvious level, triggers stops, then reverses. Here's how to spot it and size the trade.
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- Key point 1
- What buy-side and sell-side liquidity mean
- Key point 2
- Where stop losses tend to cluster on a chart
- Key point 3
- How to tell a liquidity sweep from a genuine breakout
- Key point 4
- What the Judas swing at the session open looks like
- Key point 5
- Why a wider stop means a smaller position, not more risk
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