All language subtitles for 1) Liquidity and Manipulation

Hello everyone. Hope you're all
doing well. So we're gonna dive

deep into liquidity and
manipulation. Um because it's

really important to know
because if if you can't see the

liquidity then it makes it
really hard to actually be on

the the right side of the
markets. Um because the markets

are heavily manipulated and it
is set up for you to lose. So

you need to know exactly what
liquidity is and how we can

market out on the chart. So if
we get into it the markets need

to generate liquidity in order
to move. Uh so if liquidity

isn't already there, it will be
created. Um so when new traders

come in to Forex and learn
about it for the first time

what they usually do and what
I've done was search on YouTube

and what's the first thing that
usually comes up? Well it's

gonna be retail based trading.
So sport and resistance chart

patterns which are extremely
popular in the industry. And

things of that of that nature.
So four to 5 years ago when I

got into training support and
resistance and indicators what

is what I was being taught. I
think the strategy was based

off of moving averages. So I
think it was a ten, a fifty,

and maybe AA 200 or a twenty
moving average. And also a

sarcastic which looking back at
now is quite um quite funny to

look back at. Um because
obviously the progression you

know has been crazy. So so what
some brokers do is they offer

free education for their
clients once you start trading

with them. Now this education
will usually be you know retail

methods like support and
resistance that we just spoke

about. So why is this? Well
it's simple. They want to

generate liquidity into the
markets um because the majority

of traders are trading this
way. So these retail methods

are not unknown to large large
banks and large and people with

large interests of course
they're not all this

information is out there for
free for anyone to go and you

know search up. So if all this
information is available for

free don't you think it's wise
to assume that these people

with huge amounts of money you
know endless amounts of money

they're going to use it against
the majority of of really our

traders in order to manipulate
the markets. So I want everyone

to be aware that these markets
are very much rigged. Don't

care what you say. They're set
up for you to lose long term.

It's all manipulated but as
long as we know this is

actually a good thing because
we have an advantage and we can

work around it. And we can stay
away from the retail side of

trading. Now the majority of us
have learnt all of these retail

methods. I know II have er many
years ago. So we can try and

rewire our brains and do what
the majority of others aren't

doing. So when we dig deep into
chart patterns like the double

top, double bottom or bull
flag, bear flag. Which you know

retail traders absolutely love
these patterns.

We need to understand they're
all manipulated and they only

they do work but only when you
really know what you're doing

um and how you can trade around
the manipulation because

there's a few people who um
talk about math psychology and

you know as long as you know
what's going on and and the

math psychology behind these
patterns you can still trade

them definitely. So what trade
is a tool is to sell at double

tops or buy at double bottoms.
If we know this and large banks

know this, what does that
really mean? Well it means that

there's a lot of liquidity
above or below these areas. So

there's a lot of liquidity
above you know a double top or

a triple top, quadruple,
whatever. And there's liquidity

below double bottoms. So that
is why we know double tops as

equal highs and double bottoms
as equal lows. We expect price

to be manipulated at and around
these areas. All you need to do

is go back and look at the data
because it is all there. So

what once we see large moves up
sell size liquidity will

usually need to be swept or
generated beforehand. That

allow that that move to
actually you know impulsively

move. It basically fueled the
move. The same goes for when we

see large down moves by side
liquidity will usually need to

be swept or taken out prior. So
now we've gone through that.

What I wanna go through is this
little pattern that I've

created. And what we can see
from this pattern is price was

pushing up you know which looks
like an ascending channel. Most

retail would see this as an
ascending channel. Price then

we had this higher. We pushed
down. Pulled back pushed down.

Showing a little bit of um a
slow down in this uptrend. And

then price pushed down to this
low. So essentially we have a

double bottom here. And price
then pushes up to this high.

Which is a double bottom. Now a
lot of people will be looking

you know to potentially get
short from here. So if we know

that I've got some drawings on.
So, once, you know, we get a

nice rejection from this double
double top and a nice retrace,

you know, this looks good for
the majority of people because

I know I did trade like this,
not exactly like this but um

this is sort of the the methods
behind it. So, prices come up

but we failed to you know break
above this double top or as we

know it equal highs. We've got
a nice retrace candle which

again you know retail love the
love of retrace candle because

it's showing you know potential
move to the downside and

rejection from a an area. So
now that we've got a rejection

from this double top, you know,
people are looking to sell this

and when people are looking to
sell at double top, where are

their stop losses going? Well
they're going above the double

top. But clearly they're going
above the double top. There's

nowhere else to put it really.
They're not gonna be you know

having it right up here. Just
doesn't doesn't make sense. So

retail at all to put their stop
losses you know above double

tops or below that double
bottoms and then expect to move

down. So that is exactly why
there's liquidity these areas,

okay? So that basically means
that a lot of stop losses are

at these areas. Now we can't we
can't just be 100% positive

that there's stop losses here
because we don't know. We don't

actually know. No matter what
someone says we're just

assuming but the data is there
for anyone to go and see how

this works on you know the
charts day in day out. So one

we get this you know we're
looking to enter now. And what

we usually see is we will see
price push down a little bit.

You know enticing people into
the market if they're not

already in from this retrace.
You know they're looking

they're getting Fomo. They're
they're seeing the double

double top. They're looking to
get involved maybe on this next

candle. You know with a stop
loss. A bit a bit wider. But we

know this is equal highs and
we've also got equal lows. So

we've got liquidity below here
as well. So what's likely

what's the what's likely to be
going on here? Well we're

likely to come back up. Now
from people who are in the

cells you know if they're well
risk managed then they may have

you know moved to break even
but it's unlikely. This is

what's gonna happen. More times
than not be gonna come up. Seek

all of this liquidity. Which
basically is just taking money

from all of the people in the
cells which helps to fuel any

potential um moves that are
gonna happen in in the future.

Which you know is likely still
gonna come down. But now that

we've taken liquidity from this
wick we have a reason for price

to potentially come down. Okay?

And this is what we usually
see, okay? Once people are

stopped out on their sales.
Now, what we also have with

this is um breakout traders who
look to set an entry. It's a

wrong color but they look to
set an entry on the breakout of

a potential area. So, we're
we're essentially grabbing sell

side liquidity as well and
eyesight liquidity. Now you'll

see this a lot. See how we got
some really huge momentum after

that liquidity grab. This is
not uncommon. And

double bottom here. But if we
also look left what we can see

is What we will usually see on
the charts is price breaking

below a double bottom or equal
lows which is tapping into an

order block which is seen on
when we look left with price

section. We can see we broke
structure above this high. Last

down candle. Price wicked in.
Grab liquidity mitigated pushed

up. Grab liquidity. And then we
have a in for price to move to

the downside. As you can see.
So what I wanna do now is go

through Euro USD and show you
exactly this this thing what

they're seeing here. You know
manipulation. Um look at it on

the chart. So let's get into
that now.

Patienten

go through price and we'll go
from there. So, we have a

higher. Now I can already see
you know prices starting to

slow down. We're we're ranging.
We're staying within this

higher and this most recent
higher low. But we're clearly

you know building liquidity. Um
before you know the the markets

get manipulated. So we have
this high here. Prices come

above it but closed below. You
know we've wicked it. So we

have a retrace candle priced in
pushes down. Now what I would

be looking um I say eye but I'm
talking as a retail trader.

This is clearly you know it's
ascending ascending channel um

we have this correction we also
have this high price pushes

down. A nice ascending
corrective move back up to that

double top. As you can see you
know we could even put in AA

little trend line here.
Something like that.

Let me just zoom in. Let me run
it forward.

Okay so we see a nice impulse
down. Now I've never never ever

traded head and shoulders
patterns. But I guess you can

say I'm guessing this would be
the head shoulder and the right

shoulder. It's left shoulder
and I'm guessing this is the

neckline. We've broken it. So,

traders will be looking for you
know a break and retest. So if

we just mark that on we've had
a break of this trend line. A

nice impulsive break. And I'm
gonna mark on this as the the

clear break. So where would
entries be? Um we've had an

impulsive move. Maybe at this
low here, okay? Now, I'm not a

retail trader but this is, you
know, it's clearly impulse

down, head and shoulders type
feel to it. It's not unlikely

that people are gonna be
looking, well, it's it's likely

that people are gonna be
looking too short from here.

Okay so price pushes down. We
push back up. So we had a break

and a retest. Stop loss can be
you know I don't know twenty

pips above that high. And we
push down but then we get

tagged out. Sowas

as we just looked on the
diagram, if we look left, we

can see we broke structure.
Which as you know leaves behind

you know an order block which
yeah granted we did wick below

but it was likely tapping into
you know maybe this wick

because we did break structure
here as well. Last down candle.

So we would be noticing this
down if we was looking to trade

this. So that's what the price
was doing. Pushing down into

that. But now, I'm just gonna
Move this along because this

would be you know an area of
resistance. We also had some

support that you could say from
here. We broke it. Maybe it's

turned resistance. I'm not too
clued up on support and

resistance but this is the sort
of idea that what people are

trading. So we're now trading
at that resistance. So what's

likely? Well we've had that er
rejection. Uh retrace. People

are selling here. There's a lot
of people selling in these

areas. What's likely to happen
or we're gonna come up and

we're gonna take that liquidity
from these highs. Grab that

that um money from stop losses
and now prices of reason to

potentially move down. And what
do you know look? Look at that

momentum. The reason that we
can see momentum like this is

because we have fuel. We
basically have fuel. After

grabbing all this liquidity
from this from this area here.

Now at this area Look how price
broke. We broke here but we

pulled back in. You know people
also selling here. We have

breakout traders looking to go
long. Stop loss back inside.

They get into profit and it
flips on them. So we're taking

liquidity from both sides. Buy
side and sell side. So let's

keep going.

So what's likely to happen now?
Well, price has a reason to

come down but what can we look
at for a potential entry? Well,

we can look at what we have
here. We have some untested

areas. We have this last down
candle Let me just move this.

Put that on. Okay so we have an
order block to be broke

structure.

Just like that. Last down
candle. And we also have an

area here as well. So I won't
put on too much.

Impulsively. Okay so these are
areas where price you know

could uh actually react from.
Okay so if we move down you can

see the momentum we have a bit
of correction here but you can

see the overall momentum and
it's all down to the fact that

we had this liquidity sweep
from here which can feel the

move down. Breaking you know
these lows er and essentially

tapping into an actual area
where you know large

institutions are looking to get
involved. So we come in. And

you can see how price has
reacted so these are areas

where us as you know smart
money traders are looking at to

to get involved in the trade.
We're not looking at these

retail methods you know sell it
resistance ascending channel

break and retest you know it's
all you can see how price

pushes up above these highs.
Pushes down below these lows.

Um you can clearly see how it's
all manipulated and worked

against what the majority are
taught. Which only makes sense.

You know if if the majority are
taught something then is it

likely that it's gonna work
out? Probably not. Because it's

all about money isn't it?
Everything comes back down of

money so Back to this order
block here you can see price

tapped in mitigated and you can
see if I just zoom in Now these

little breaks and structure are
just mitigations on a lower

time frame. So you'll see this
as breaking structure,

mitigation, breaking structure,
mitigation which you know we

can get involved in these
trades from down here on a

lower time frame. You know with
stop losses really tight. With

the expectation of essentially
targeting back up here because

there's no reason why a price
won't come up here. We are

still bullish. Even though we
have momentum here but it's

about looking at why momentum
was caused and what price has

come into. Now, granted we
could potentially take some

sales in here um down to these
areas definitely. But the point

is, price has now taken
liquidity. Tapped into a high

level of, you know, interest.
So, there's no reason why we

can't be targeting up here. And
you'll see the momentum that

kicks in now because price has
a reason to actually you know

move. So a bit correction but
then we see some heavy momentum

if I just take this bit of
price section what I can see is

this is momentum. As you can
see, which broke structure. So

we can we can note that that's
broken that structure there.

And that leaves behind you know
the last down candle but then

we can take the candle before
the momentum which is here. So

we can look to get long from
here. Now I'm not sure if price

will tap in. I haven't quite
seen this bit but it's likely

to think that price will Come
back down. Feel the imbalance.

Mitigate this move and then
continue. None. Not

everything's concrete. Trading
smart money doesn't mean we

know exactly what's gonna
happen. We have a great idea of

course but losing trades will
always still be there. So Okay

so we come down. We do a week
below. Which I didn't see but

we do have a wick. So this week
here is just AA lower time

frame order block or point of
interest that we can look at.

So that's what price was doing.
Mitigating that wick and if we

continue up from here, um I
wouldn't be surprised. Okay, so

there we go. Again, we have
momentum. Because price has a

reason, has a reason to move,
okay? So just looking at price

now we also broke structure
again to the upside. We had

this last down candle which
granted is very large but we

can refine in a lower time
frame. Price respected it and

then pushed up. But this is
basically this is how you need

to be viewing the market as
well because if you can maybe

think like a retail in in in
the respect that what are they

seeing we can use it and and
essentially do the opposite so

we can we can look out for the
liquidity grabs the equal highs

equal lows think about what a
retail is seeing so ascending

channel corrective move back up
to the double top a break of

the neckline from the head and
shoulders a retest short nobi

goes long set of resistance it
breaks. I'll buy, buy the

breakout, or comes back in, you
know, we can use it as a really

really great advantage and then
look to see, you know, where

the smart money gets involved
which is at these areas, these

areas, these areas, and yeah,
be on the correct side of the

market and take advantage of
some incredible trades. So, I

hope you found this um
liquidity and manipulation

video helpful. If you did, let
me know and what I suggest you

do is go through your charts
and literally just do what I'm

doing and just look to see
where's the double tops or

equal highs? Where's the
liquidity? Where is price

manipulating? And just study it
and once you see it and keep

doing it every day, you'll be
able to spot it, you know,

easily and you'll, you'll have
that aha moment and you know,

it's onwards and upwards from
there. So, thanks for watching.

And I'll see you in the next
video.