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title: 'The Only Liquidity Guide You''ll EVER Need'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=9REzGB3R6HU'
video_id: '9REzGB3R6HU'
date: 2026-08-19
duration_sec: 473
channel: 'TradingLab'
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# The Only Liquidity Guide You'll EVER Need

> Source: [The Only Liquidity Guide You'll EVER Need](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9REzGB3R6HU)

## Summary

This video teaches a liquidity-based trading strategy that exploits the market's algorithm, which targets stop losses to fuel price movements. The creator argues that consolidating markets are the best opportunities because they make liquidity points obvious, and advises entering where others place their stop losses.

### Key Points

- **Hedge Fund Training Costs** [00:45] — Hedge funds spend around $90,000 on average per analyst for training on basic trading psychology.
- **Consolidation Defined** [02:06] — Consolidation is sideways price movement without volatile moves; it makes liquidity points obvious.
- **Liquidity Explained** [02:31] — Liquidity is areas with large open orders, including stop losses and buy orders—lots of money.
- **Enter Where Others Exit** [03:00] — To be successful, you need to enter where most people are exiting—where others place their stop losses.
- **Stop Losses Fuel the Market** [03:40] — Stop losses make the market move; the algorithm targets them to fuel price direction.
- **Trading the Break** [04:07] — If price breaks equal highs, look to short; if it breaks equal lows, look to enter long.
- **Algorithm Targets Liquidity** [03:54] — The market's algorithm is drawn to highs and lows of a range because it targets liquidity and money.
- **Chart Example** [04:45] — A real chart example shows how to mark range highs/lows, enter shorts on breaks, and target the next liquidity point.
- **Caveat: Not a Standalone Signal** [06:46] — Liquidity should be incorporated into your strategy, but not as the only signal; pair it with other tools.

## Transcript

I started focusing on the algorithms a very long time ago. They're written by a programmer and they have to be written to go somewhere. Okay? Where are they that we're putting out. Those algorithms are going to that as sure as we're
having this conversation. There's no doubt. They want to shake out the longs what do the smart people do that are on the bottom of these algorithms that are into these people. That's what algorithms do. So I'm able to take
advantage of what they're giving me and keep printing the money, man. That's And we do it every day. Hundreds of times.
probably. Hedge funds spend around on average $90,000 on training per analyst and training them on basic trading psychology. And once you realize how
they look at the market and more specifically what they look for, you will instantly see your trading portfolio start to grow alongside with them. But what do they look for? You see, for every winner in the market,
the market, there's a winner. It's basically a one-v-one on Rust in Call of Duty, but just on a bigger scale. And if your trading strategy doesn't take advantage of you profiting from the loser, it's probably not a good
strategy. So what is a strategy that takes advantage of you profiting from the people that are wrong. Price is rising, creating higher highs and higher lows time and time again. But what happens when that narrative suddenly
shifts? Lows get broken. The majority of traders would now see this break as the start of a structure shift, meaning the majority of traders would see this move as a break of structure and the start of a reversal to the downside. And they
would now expect to see price continue this downward momentum and keep heading lower. But they're wrong. But how can you identify this happening before even happens? In order to understand this technique, we first need to understand
consolidating markets. Consolidation, explained simply, is just sideways price movement where price just stays in a range moving sideways without really any volatile moves. Now, the majority of people would tell you not to trade in
consolidating markets. Hell, I even made a video on how to avoid consolidating markets. But the more I've learned as a trader, the more I've realized consolidating markets present the most opportunity. The reasoning behind that
is liquidity. To understand liquidity, you can just think of it as areas with large open orders in the market. It's basically just an area where there are a lot of stop losses and buy orders or, in other words, lots of money. Whenever you
have consolidating sideways price action, it makes the liquidity points very, very obvious. There will naturally be a lot of stop losses right here for will naturally be a lot of stop losses right here for people entering short
trades. That's just a given. Now, one of the greatest lessons I've learned as a trader is in order to be successful at trading, you need to be entering where most people are exiting. That is because of this simple little trick. If price
breaks these equal highs, that means a lot of people will now see this as the start of an uptrend and will enter a long trade here. So they will most likely enter in a position like this, placing their take profit and putting
their stop loss either here or here. If price does a fake out, it'll hit all these stop losses that just entered for a long opportunity. And when it hits these traders' stop losses, it'll give price fuel to keep heading lower. So in
essence, stop losses make the market move. So when trading, you basically want to try to trap buyers or sellers and use their stop losses as fuel to drive price in the direction you are trading. The market's algorithm will
naturally be drawn to highs and lows of this range because it's targeting liquidity. It's targeting orders. It's targeting money. And when price targets these highs and lows, this is where price will most likely reverse because
of what I just taught you. So if price ever breaks equal highs, you should be looking to short. If price ever breaks equal lows, you should be looking to enter long. One of my favorite quotes in trading is from the legendary David
paper where you are going to buy and where you are going to put your stop where you are going to put your stop loss. Don't buy it, but put an order in to buy it at where you are going to put your stop loss. And then just watch how
many times the market goes to your order. You should be putting your entry where others are putting their stop loss. If you do that, you will instantly see how often it works because you are taking advantage of the losers in the
trying to do. To prove my point even more, here's a chart. You can see the market was trending making higher highs and higher lows. Then all of a sudden, it dumps. Then price starts to consolidate with sideways price
movement. This sideways price movement is the market trying to say this area is fair value for this particular asset at this very moment. So what we do is we mark the highs and lows of this range. Now, the algorithm is going to try to
push price outside this range to trigger stop losses and create liquidity. So what you do is pretty simple. When price breaks this range, you will look to price breaks this upper end of the range. Now, the thingy behind this is
simple. As stated before, the market targets liquidity. There are two obvious points of liquidity for the market to target next. One right here and one right here. Now, since the market is consolidating here, it is way more
likely that the algorithm will target the closer liquidity because it's a lot easier to get to. And on top of that, by the market consolidating here, it's saying this range is fair value at the moment for this specific asset. So
that's another reason why this bottom liquidity point is more likely to be targeted. So once price breaks this upper end of liquidity, you enter a short, target the next liquidity point, make some easy profits. But wait, we're
not done. Price broke this lower liquidity point, so now we can target the upper liquidity. We enter a long, set our take profit at the upper liquidity, easy profits. But wait, we're still not done. Price broke this upper
liquidity point, we enter a short targeting the lower liquidity, easy profits. But wait, we're still not done. Price broke this lower liquidity, we target the higher liquidity, price hits it, easy profits. But wait, we're still
liquidity, we target the lower liquidity, easy profits. That's the power of this strategy. The market will always target liquidity and with consolidating price movement, it makes it very obvious on where that liquidity
is. Now, sure, just because price breaks outside of a range, that doesn't necessarily mean it will always reverse and target liquidity in the opposite direction. Sometimes it breaks and just keeps heading in the same original
direction. So I'm not saying by any means liquidity should be your one and only signal to enter a trade. But what I am saying though is that your strategy should incorporate liquidity somehow. Because like I said before, you need to
take advantage of the losers in the market to make money in the market. So to do that, incorporate liquidity. You can pair it with supply and demand, order flow, fair value gaps, indicators, whatever. But the algorithm is literally
programmed to make the market move. And the best way to do that is to target liquidity and stop losses. So next time you look at your chart, think of the obvious place of where you'd place your stop loss if you entered into the trade
right now. And instead of placing your stop loss there, place your entry there instead. And just look how often it works out in your favor.