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title: 'I Use This 1 Pattern Before Every Reversal'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl8-11QBtHg'
video_id: 'zl8-11QBtHg'
date: 2026-07-31
duration_sec: 595
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# I Use This 1 Pattern Before Every Reversal

> Source: [I Use This 1 Pattern Before Every Reversal](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl8-11QBtHg)

## Summary

This video explains the liquidity sweep — a price pattern where a candle wicks into stop-loss clusters before reversing. Using real gold and Bitcoin trades, the presenter shows why you should wait for lower-timeframe confirmation and how to target 3R-plus moves. You'll learn to spot sweeps, avoid getting hunted, and turn the pattern into a repeatable trading edge.

### Key Points

- **The liquidity sweep pattern** [00:03] — A candle wicking a price level right before price moves to take profit is called a liquidity sweep; it shows up before many profitable trades.
- **What liquidity really is** [00:45] — Liquidity refers to areas on the chart where many orders sit, mainly stop losses. Buyers place stops below recent lows, sellers place stops above recent highs, creating clusters.
- **Why smart money sweeps stops** [01:15] — Large players need volume to fill big positions. They push price into stop-loss clusters, turning stopped traders into forced buyers or sellers, which provides the required volume.
- **Gold trade setup on the 1H chart** [01:53] — After a change of character and break of structure, price retraces into a 1-hour supply zone. The plan is for price to tap the zone and then drop, but confirmation is required.
- **Wait for confirmation, not the initial tap** [02:34] — Entering immediately when price reaches the zone often results in getting 'hunted' by the liquidity sweep. Waiting for a confirmation entry on a lower timeframe avoids paying for liquidity.
- **Reading stop-loss clusters** [03:04] — A double high forms a liquidity pool above price where many traders place stop losses. Knowing where these sit helps you anticipate the sweep.
- **Wick versus body matters** [03:47] — If price only wicks a level without a candle body closing beyond it, the bias for the original direction remains. That wick is the sweep of liquidity.
- **Using Fibonacci after confirmation** [04:29] — Once a change of character confirms the move, the Fibonacci retracement tool sets the entry level. The target is at least 3R, and the stop goes above the swing high.
- **The mistake of entering on the first sweep** [06:15] — Taking a long position at the first sweep with a good risk-reward ratio like 3R often results in a stop-out. The solution is to drop to the 5-minute timeframe and wait for a break of structure and change of character.
- **A universal pattern across markets** [08:40] — The liquidity sweep works on gold, forex, and crypto — any chart with enough volume. The same confirmation principles apply everywhere.

### Conclusion

The takeaway is clear: never trade the initial liquidity sweep; wait for a confirmed change of character on a lower timeframe. When applied with a 3R minimum and Fibonacci-based entries, the sweep becomes a reliable setup across gold, forex, and crypto.

## Transcript

>> [music] >> netting a 3-hour profit. But if you look >> netting a 3-hour profit. But if you look closely, something happened right before There's [music] a candle that wicked that price level. If you look at this
Bitcoin trade, it made even more money, 4.49R. But notice the same thing. A candle wicked that price [music] level before price went to take profit. This is called a liquidity sweep.
In this video, I'm going to show you how to stop getting hunted by it, and how to to stop getting hunted by it, and how to actually use it to your advantage. So, >> [music] >> Liquidity on the chart is just a fancy
word for places where a lot of orders are sitting, [music] mostly stop losses. When a trader buys, they place a stop loss below the recent low. >> [music] >> they place a stop loss above the recent
high. Multiply that by thousands of traders, and you will have clusters of stop losses sitting in specific spots on the Now, smart money needs to fill large
positions. To fill those positions, they need other people on the other side of And the easiest way to find that other side is to push price into the areas
where everyone's stop losses are sitting. When those stop losses get hit, sitting. When those stop losses get hit, those traders become forced sellers or forced buyers, which gives smart money the volume they
need to enter their own position. That push into the stops, that wick that the level out, that is the liquidity sweep.
Now, let me show you how to trade this on a real chart. Okay, so this is a gold trade and we are on the 1 hour. If you look at this from back here, [music] we have a change of character, then price came up into retracement.
we had a break of structure here. Price didn't to. Then we now have another break of >> And if you look at this, over here, we now have a 1 hour supply
zone. So what is expected is this, that price come all the way to this region. Okay, tap into this, then we'll go down. That is the plan. But like I always say, you should always wait for confirmation in this region
>> [music] >> this, like you just take your order from here, this way, most likely, you're going to pay for it liquidity. So you want to wait for that confirmation entry.
>> [music] >> because a lot of people are doing this, that's exactly the same. The people are doing this, they put their stop loss in is a take profit. So a lot of liquidity is now lying
>> This is where people are placing their stop loss. And if you watch my videos, you see sometimes I label this liquidity because we have a double high here. This a high here. This another high here. So this is liquidity lying here. So you
structure, I am still favoring the price dropping below, but I want to wait to see confirmation. you [music] stop your stuff from being taken out by
happens in [music] this trade. So if I played it, you can see that price came >> [music] >> But we did not have a candle body This is just a wick. >> [music]
>> And because it's a wick, I am still positive in the price going down. To my video, I have to go down to the structure and change of character. So, from this trade
this is clearly an internal breaker structure So, what I want to see is here taken out this place um taken out because if you look at
this, it's actually a more [music] significant internal internal breaker structure here. So, let's see how this plays out. a change of character. So, because I have a change of character, two things
looking to trade. So, I can now do this. This is now my internal change of character, which is a confirmation that this price is going to keep coming down. So, what do I do? Take my tool,
Fibonacci retracement tool, place it here. This is my entry. Take take profit above below to this point, okay? Stop loss above here.
>> [music] >> 1.76 least three. So, I'm going to take it higher until it gives me three. And for this right here, I got 3.09 in
this trade. So, this is the trade. This is simply So, this is the trade. This is simply the trade I'm going to take.
So, you see here that price came, took us in. This trade took 1 2 3 4 days, but >> we did hit take profit. So, this this is a good trade. Now, let's look at what happened with the Bitcoin trade. Okay, so this is a Bitcoin trade on the 1-hour
>> [music] >> over here, and you can actually see this one live on YouTube [music] live that I hold for for cryptocurrencies on Tuesdays. So, To sure you attend my lives. So, I
showed this one light and you will see that we had a supply zone field. Price has been going down. We actually had a sweep here. You can see that this is a sweep. A sweep also has a has a week. [music]
So, this is a first sweep we had. They will not did supply zone um field and to come down and [music] go up. Now, the mistake you will make is this. and do this, let's say you take a long position from
Okay? And you then do this. The mistake you will make is that you get a very good risk reward ratio, right? 3R is a very good [music] um trade. But,
you'll get stopped out. And because you don't want to step get what you want to do is to wait for confirmation entry on the lower time frame. And that is what I always do. Go to the 5-minutes time frame and wait for
break of structure and change of character. Let's now see how this plays character. Let's now see how this plays out when we do that.
structure. Now, this is that [music] this is that week. frame, this is that [music] week even on the you will see it more clearly. This is that week
>> that I will saw on the higher time frame. So, this is the week. This is the liquidity sweep [music] sweeping those who are putting their stop loss below this. Again, the confirmation entry makes it
So, let's see what happens. So, since price has given us a change of character, what can we now do? It's simple. So, one is this. Simply take the long position to place it from this level,
go take put your stop loss below here because we have seen that the confirmation entry to go higher, go ahead and put your stop loss your stop profit above here. Then, what should would do is make sure that your
a three. >> [music] >> This is a trade. But what I did is this. I took an extra step. You can do this sometimes. We have to be experienced in the momentum.
and used the Fibonacci tool. And I believe price is going to retrace to at least half of this position. That's how I got a 4.49 risk reward. Well, 4.49 risk reward is what I got for this particular trade.
This trade actually took a want to switch to the 1-hour time frame now. weekend to to play out. So, let's see it. So,
to to play out. So, let's see it. So, price came, tapped in, ranged through price came, tapped in, ranged through um um Saturday, uh Sunday, and by Monday it went straight to take profit. So, So, this is how to use
liquidity sweep to take very good trades. If you want to see these trades exactly before I take them, use the link in the description to join my Telegram community. And you can also copy my trades automatically by connecting your
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will be there instead. [music] Either ways, the people who will be ready when >> [music] >> Now, there's something I want you to The liquidity sweep doesn't just happen on crypto. It shows up on Forex, like I
showed you, it showed up on gold as well, on anything with a chart [music] and enough volume. And in this next video, I did a full beginners Forex course for 2026. If you've been trading crypto and [music] you've been curious
about Forex, that is the one you want to watch next.