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Smart Money Basic Course Part 1 | Ushakov Trade Academy

0h 47m video Published Jun 14, 2025 Transcribed Jul 25, 2026 U Ushakov Trade Academy
Intermediate 7 min read For: Beginner to intermediate traders looking to learn Smart Money concepts like market structure and liquidity.
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"Delivers a solid introduction to Smart Money structure and liquidity, though the presentation is verbose and could be more concise."

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This video provides a foundational course on Smart Money trading concepts, focusing on market structure and liquidity. The instructor explains how to identify structural points, distinguish between genuine breakouts and liquidity sweeps, and use sideways movements for trade opportunities. The goal is to equip beginners with the core principles needed to trade contextually.

[00:12]
Introduction to Basic Smart Money Course

The instructor announces a comprehensive basic course on Smart Money, covering structure and liquidity, divided into informational and tool-based sections.

[02:04]
Market Phases

Markets move in trends (up/down) or sideways. The price spends most time in a trend, then enters a sideways phase for accumulation or distribution before continuing.

[03:14]
Defining Structure

An uptrend is confirmed when price closes with the candle body above the previous high. A structural point (liquidity zone) is set at that high.

[05:08]
Break of Structure (BOS)

A trend changes when price crosses the last low (for uptrend) or last high (for downtrend) and closes beyond it. This is a break of structure.

[08:08]
Sweep vs Break of Structure

A price spike beyond a structural point without consolidation is a liquidity sweep, not a true break. Wait for a close beyond to confirm a change.

[11:49]
Liquidity Pools Behind Structural Points

Stops placed beyond structural points create liquidity pools. The market often moves to these pools due to large stop orders.

[14:09]
Market Manipulation to Create Liquidity

The price may create a false breakdown to trigger short stops, adding liquidity that allows large players to enter long positions.

[17:33]
Sideways Movement Definition

A sideways range forms when price cannot update the trend's structural points. It is an area of accumulation or distribution.

[22:03]
Imbalance After Liquidity Removal

After a liquidity sweep, a sharp reversal creates an imbalance (inefficiency zone), indicating a significant volume influx and confirming the move.

[26:19]
Liquidity as Money in the Market

Liquidity drives price movement. When you take profit, someone else takes a loss; the market constantly transfers money.

[29:10]
Timeframe Synchronization

Structures on lower timeframes (M5, M15) must align with higher timeframe context. A break on a lower TF within a higher TF trend is a good entry.

[35:47]
Practical Chart Example

The instructor walks through a real chart, identifying structural points, liquidity sweeps, sideways ranges, and imbalance zones to demonstrate trading decisions.

Mastering structure and liquidity is essential for contextual trading. Practice identifying structural points, distinguishing sweeps from breaks, and using sideways movements to find high-probability entries.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 02:04 Identify the current market phase: uptrend, downtrend, or sideways.
2 03:14 For uptrend, wait for price to close with candle body above previous high to confirm structure.
3 05:08 Mark break of structure when price crosses and closes beyond the last low (uptrend reversal).
4 08:08 Distinguish sweep from break: require a close beyond the structural point, not just a wick.
5 22:03 After a sweep, look for an imbalance zone as confirmation of volume influx.
6 17:33 In sideways movement, trade either the range boundaries for continuation or reversal after a sweep.

Study Flashcards (8)

What is the condition for a valid break of structure (BOS) in an uptrend?

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Price must close with the candle body above the previous high.

04:01

How to distinguish a liquidity sweep from a true break of structure?

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A sweep is a spike beyond the level without a close beyond; a true break requires a candle body close beyond.

08:08

What creates a liquidity pool behind a structural point?

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Stop-loss orders placed by traders beyond the structural point.

13:03

What is a sideways movement in Smart Money terms?

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A period when price moves within a range without updating the trend's structural points, used for accumulation or distribution.

17:33

What indicates an imbalance (inefficiency zone) on the chart?

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A sharp reversal after a liquidity sweep, leaving a gap or zone with little trading activity.

22:03

Why is timeframe synchronization important?

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It ensures that entries on lower timeframes align with the higher timeframe context, improving trade reliability.

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What happens when price fails to close beyond a structural point after a sweep?

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It indicates weakness and a likely reversal, often leading to a move in the opposite direction.

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What is the purpose of a sideways movement in a trend?

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To refuel (accumulate or distribute) liquidity before continuing or reversing the trend.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Market Phases as Context

Understanding whether the market is trending or sideways is fundamental to applying Smart Money concepts correctly.

02:04
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Break of Structure Signals Trend Change

A confirmed break of structure is the primary indicator of a trend reversal, essential for changing bias.

05:08
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Liquidity Pools Drive Price

The idea that price moves to take out stops (liquidity) behind structural points is a core principle of Smart Money.

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Sideways as Accumulation/Distribution

Sideways ranges are not just noise; they serve a purpose of gathering or distributing liquidity before the next move.

17:33
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Synchronization of Timeframes

Aligning microstructure with macrostructure reduces false signals and improves entry precision.

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[00:12] So, friends, hello everyone. Today we will have a general video, or rather, an open basic course on Smartman. This was a fairly recent request on one of the Discord streams. And the guy wrote that it would be interesting

[00:26] to look at, so to speak, a more generalized basic course. I once attempted to record something similar, but it remained unpublished. There were about five or six lessons. This was at the very beginning of creating the YouTube channel and running

[00:42] this entire academy. But the information that is there is quite outdated, so I think that in general it would be a good idea to record a rather large and comprehensive informative video,

[00:56] where we will fully analyze the issues, so to speak, of basic understanding in smartman and so to speak, of basic understanding in smartman and so on. Where should we start in general on. Where should we start in general ? We'll start, so to speak, by

[01:09] dividing all of this into two subgroups. basic information and specific tools. What do I mean by basic information? By basic information I mean, roughly speaking, structure and liquidity.

[01:23] Mm, and by tools, these are all the subsequent smartmania tools that I mainly use, like imbalances, order blocks, rejections, imbalances, order blocks, rejections, premiumdiut, and so on. So let's

[01:36] start with the basics, with simple, small schematic examples. I'm sorry, my SBC is going crazy there. going crazy there. [ __ ], this is going to be just [ __ ] nuts.

[01:50] Please take him to your place, because he will be an apkat. And a basic understanding of structure and liquidity. Mm, let's liquidity. Mm, let's first sort out the issue of structure.

[02:04] And our market always has, so to speak, several varieties of market phases, so to And we always spend almost a large amount of time in a certain context, whether it be an upward movement or, accordingly, a downward

[02:20] movement. And sooner or later the price enters a sort of sideways movement, where enters a sort of sideways movement, where we either fix a position or gain we either fix a position or gain it there, after which the price

[02:33] often continues its main movement there. That is, our task is to understand the situation when our price goes sideways, when we are in the context and in what context we are actually located. Accordingly, let's

[02:47] start the story with, mm, how we define for ourselves the context, the definition, so to speak, of structural points, you could call it that, how we

[02:59] work with all of this, and so on. That is, how we define the structure, what it looks like. You can always notice this constant movement in the market when we update highs, let's say, in our case

[03:14] this is a long example, when we have a structure being built in a long and we have , accordingly, structural points forming at these marks. It is important to note that at this moment we always have a consolidation above the

[03:30] previous high. Accordingly, we have a constant update, and it thus confirms the idea of ​​​​the long movement. At what point do we have a structural elephant? How do we form a boss? Mm, your task is

[03:45] to wait for this kind of, so to speak, formation. When your price goes above the previous high, it gets fixed here by the body of the candle. That . Let's give a small example, so to speak, and

[04:01] small example, so to speak, and

[04:14] line of the previous high, closing with a wick is not suitable for us. Even if this closure happened in this way, just a little bit , to be honest. Well, think about it purely logically, you should understand for yourself that the price did not show strength

[04:26] at these levels. It failed to close with the candle body above. When , that is, we have a full closing of the candle body above, like this

[04:42] situation, when we can say that the price was interested in continuing the movement, and we can use this situation for ourselves with the so-called consolidation and call it a confirmation of the movement.

[04:56] Accordingly, when we receive it for ourselves , we have the formation of this loyalty. Our Loy is formed exclusively in those situations when we exclusively in those situations when we get an intersection of these marks. At

[05:08] this moment, when the price comes and crosses this mark of the last low, we get for ourselves, accordingly, a change in the structure, because our structure was long, we have the last points to which we pay

[05:22] layer, when it intersects, we accordingly receive for ourselves a breakdown of the structure. And at this moment the price changes its direction. We still have the last high. When the price here starts to give us a small

[05:36] correction, we understand that we are forming two veins. It is located below the previous one. Accordingly, we mark this mark for ourselves as a kind of boss. Just like this . That is, we are

[05:49] experiencing a Break of Structure. Then, at some point, the price begins Structure. Then, at some point, the price begins to update our barks, and we receive That is, here we will already have a confirmation zone forming. Just like this

[06:07] movement, may look like this for us, and be built like this. Subsequently, all these points that we update on the lower side will be the

[06:22] confirm area for us. That's how it is. then we have a confirmation. Confirm. Confirm. confirm constant until the moment when we do not cross in the opposite direction the previous high in the

[06:37] cross this high here, we get the formation of the so- called breakdown of the structure. That is, our price again changes in the opposite direction. We are starting to work back into the long story. That is,

[06:50] we have an intersection of the last point, there is a fixation above it. And in this situation, we understand that our context has changed, and we are already working back in long. This means that our subsequent confirmations will now be

[07:02] located on the upper side. Copied. What's happening? Here. That's how it is. That is, on the upper side in this situation. And every time the price

[07:15] updates this context, we will understand for ourselves what is happening in the future, constantly confirming. Like this That is, in this way, we always establish a structure on the market

[07:29] . And it is important to understand what the market structure is at the moment. Why? Because it is very important for us to work according to context, so that it is a contextual movement, and not just trying to work at random based on the

[07:42] visual determination of the market direction, so to speak. It is important for you to understand the order to avoid working against the trend, because any model, any setup, or any tool used against the trend generally loses a very

[07:56] large amount of wiade. Therefore, it is important to always know for yourself what context always know for yourself what context you are currently in.

[08:08] to define the context for yourself by using the boss, confirm, and so on, sooner or later you will find yourself in a situation where you will be given a sweep, and you will not understand what has happened to you at that moment. That

[08:21] is, let me just draw this example above a little bit. For example, you have a all these structural points here. built in this way. And you

[08:37] understand that here you have, if the price comes back here, then it breaks down . What do you do in a situation where the price gives you a small sweep and then goes away? When you have a story like this, that

[08:49] is, you have no consolidation here, the price has not provided consolidation, you cannot yet the moment, for you it is simply a liquidity withdrawal. We'll talk about this initially looks like simply a withdrawal of liquidity. Let's figure out what

[09:04] liquidity. Let's figure out what you can do in this situation. It's important not to build a plan for yourself that you've supposedly been broken and try to gain a supposedly been broken and try to gain a

[09:17] the price clearly showed that it most likely had the intention of breaking the structure, and since it was approaching these marks, the price was unable to do so due to the fact that it did not have enough short volume at these marks.

[09:32] Accordingly, the price tag was interested in changing the context, but he was unable to do this, and trying to come up with something for himself, like, “ Maybe we’ll continue from here and go and give the water a reinforcement,” is not worth it. Trading is definitely not the place

[09:45] come up with something and so on. You have, so to speak, a work model that you adhere to and do not try to invent any new rules for yourself in order to supposedly make your life easier. You should always wait for consolidation in such situations

[10:00] . it may happen after some time. That is, you have a history of the fact that the price may subsequently consolidate here. And here is a very important point: do not set any additional structural points for yourself at this point

[10:14] any additional structural points for yourself at this point . Why? Because you have a price tag, when it crosses this line here, it simply gives you a liquidity withdrawal. That is, they simply remove the liquidity from these marks.

[10:26] point here yet. You can't come up with anything based on these marks. Here you don't need to invent anything either. You have to wait for a situation where you will be broken. That is, I had there, in principle, well, there was a similar example

[10:38] in the training. This situation is invalid for you when they give you a sweep here, when they give you a fix here, this is, the story when the price closes below these marks, you can validate for yourself

[10:53] as a breakdown of the structure. When history gives you a little sweep, you just have to wait it out. This is very similar to the formation of a sideways trend, a little locally, because there

[11:05] is a separate large video on the topic of a sideways trend . There's actually a basic training mini-course, so to speak, we'll talk about everything a little bit here. That is, history, when there is SWP, you cannot consider

[11:19] this as a breakdown of the structure and work in the current direction. You can work Being confident that the price is really interested in, so to speak, the downward movement that has begun here, that it will continue. Accordingly, let's

[11:34] will continue. Accordingly, let's return to the moment, and the nature of such a movement, when you are given a sub-removal. Here, often, when the price moves in a certain context, at a certain moment it runs out of

[11:49] strength. What do I mean by the word “and there is no longer enough strength”? This means that the market is running out of money for purchases and we are forced to refuel. Because when we receive, accordingly, well, a

[12:03] . When we get a downward movement, selling prevails. When we are moving in a clear long movement and the price long movement and the price cannot, so to speak,

[12:18] update the context in the future and it is forced to go behind the structural point, this is a sign that the price is currently weak. Often, such a situation can additionally form in front of certain targets.

[12:32] certain targets. Why? Because in exactly the same way, when the price reverses. That is, a very simple when people see such a breakdown, then why I say that you should not try to

[12:48] when you get only the intersection of these marks. But it's important for you intersection of these marks. But it's important for you to wait, so to speak, for a full many people use this model when they enter a position, um, so to

[13:05] speak, simply upon crossing or touching a given mark, and a stop is placed in this situation, accordingly, beyond this high. is, liquidity, in essence, for us, in simple terms, is, so to speak,

[13:18] stops, money on the market, behind which the market is constantly moving. The price marked target, this is some kind of liquidity pool, perhaps this is an imbalance, we are

[13:30] not talking about that now. That is, you have a certain target for work that you strive for when the price approaches it. Why are we approaching this goal? To lock in and dump a larger position. If the price, if the price,

[13:44] if the market is interested in dumping the position at these marks, and it understands that there is not enough volume here, that is, the number of stops here is quite situation. Let's play it out more carefully.

[13:57] I'll move this story forward now. Let's play it out more thoroughly. You come on the lower side, just like that, you capture a small pool. capture a small pool. Let me do it like this. This is how

[14:21] below and withdraw the liquidity pool. It was formed by some fractal on the left side. For us now this is absolutely unimportant. And we will imagine that we had a long position at these marks. And

[14:34] the target of this long position is this mark, that is, this high on the left side. At the moment the price approaches here, we understand At the moment the price approaches here, we understand that fixation must occur, and the person

[14:48] must fix his position, figuratively speaking, just a round number off the top of his head , let's just take 100, just a random value. The task is to fix the position at 100 nth units. There we can, for simplicity

[15:00] , well, just to make it easier to count, for 100 dollars. That is, the task is to fix the position at $100. When a person approaches here, he understands that When a person approaches here, he understands that at these marks he

[15:13] at these marks he only has 75 dollars there, let’s say, this can be done. There are only 75 dollars. That is, it will volume. This is not exactly a good

[15:25] deal. What is beneficial to do at this moment? create an additional liquidity pool before this target so that at form the necessary volume to fix the position. How can we do this for

[15:41] ourselves? Draw a so-called breakdown of the structure, due to which people begin to think that the price is really interested in reversing. They will take short positions for themselves and subsequently set a stop at these

[15:55] marks. They add some liquidity. That is, here a example, here they were set there at 25 dollars. That's it, we have 25 + 75 - that's 100. That is, we have a ready-made liquidity pool. There were 75 here, we were short. We

[16:11] tried to draw a breakdown of the structure for ourselves using these marks. People saw this, opened positions, and added stops. Liquidity has been added here. Now this volume is enough for us to fix the position.

[16:24] Accordingly, what can be done? You can go higher. And the price simply gives a visual attempt to break the structure. In fact, it provides an additional liquidity reduction underneath itself, which also provides the opportunity to further add to

[16:38] the long position, complete the volume that was necessary for this long, and bring the price to the required target. And as a result of this, we can very often get this kind of output, when our price

[16:50] is delivered to a given target and, subsequently, to a given one. And as a result, we can successfully fix our position here with a target of 100 dollars, so to speak. That is, in fact, what we have is

[17:05] what is called market manipulation, when we have a price according to the manipulation, when we have a price according to the structure. Mm, but at the moment, uh, we get a situation where the price is supposedly drawing a breakdown. We

[17:18] target. And given the models here, which we'll talk about a little that, most likely, the price tag will continue this movement, and this was simply a removal of liquidity for us. This story can also be interpreted

[17:33] as a sideways movement, which is exactly what we're going to talk about now. What does a sideways movement mean to us ? Often, uh, it's pretty easy to tell visually. technical factors to determine the boundaries of the sideways movement.

[17:49] definition, when they see that the price there, let's say, was moving in a it just got stuck like this, moves in this way, and the sideways movement is highlighted, just that area that exists at the current moment. It doesn't matter

[18:04] could look like this or even exactly like this, it moment. This is, in fact, the most incorrect decision. And it is important to note for yourself

[18:16] formed this very sideways range. How do we determine? The sideways trend is, in fact, the same structure, a structure, so to speak, and so on. That is, when our price moves in a

[18:29] certain context, for example, a long context, we get a story like this. That is, we have structural points behind us. It all looks like this . Here we received that very confirm for ourselves.

[18:41] received that very confirm for ourselves. Let's do it this way. marks. That's it, we have a long structure. The price fell during the correction, and we get this story. We observe how the price can neither update the context

[18:56] nor break it. we become involved in some kind of lateral movement. At this point we can define this story as sideways. I always mark it with can see on my charts. Two sidewall boundaries.

[19:10] I always say that the sideways movement is probably one of the most beloved technical tools, so to speak. Why? Because it is very easy to work with. It has only two variations, so to speak, workings.

[19:24] this is either work to continue the context, or work in a reversal. structural points and the price has entered a sideways movement, why are we actually falling into such, so to speak, a kind of, uh,

[19:38] sideways movement? We fall into a sideways movement when the price either unloads or accumulates. move in a certain context, that is, as was the case in our example, this is a long context, the body is not ready to continue moving at the moment.

[19:52] Let's say, just for example, we have a target above that interests us, but the price cannot approach it at the moment due to the fact that the market is showing weakness, it cannot continue this long. So, what happens at this moment

[20:07] ? An additional pool of liquidity is beginning to form on the lower refueling area in the future, and from this we can continue the general movement. Accordingly, at this point, to continue the context,

[20:21] all we need to get is that very raid of the lower border of the sideways movement. This is essentially the same example as what we just discussed. That is, in fact, for many here this will look like some kind of breakdown of the

[20:33] structure, an attempt, so to speak, to form a boss based on these marks. to form a boss based on these marks. But the important note is that, uh, the ideal formation is when we don't get a fix below this mark, when we

[20:48] story like this here. That is, the price closes in this way, so to speak. Now let me quickly draw it like this,

[21:07] . That is, you have two candles and you have wicks forming there turned around quite aggressively. Yes, it could be just one candle, relatively speaking, it’s not very important. The very essence of it is that you close the wicks at the sidewall

[21:22] boundary marks. indicates that at the moment when the price approached the take-off, that is, if we return this example here and open it up more LTno, your price approached the sideways range,

[21:36] gave a take-off and very quickly returned beyond its boundaries. That is, it looks, so to speak, in cross-section like this . Your price was right, it allowed you . Your price was right, it allowed you to withdraw, but

[21:51] turned around for you and went in the other direction. Figuratively speaking, these two candles are simply , so to speak, in a cooler format. That is, you are simply manipulating the liquidity floor, which was formed on the lower side. After

[22:03] removing this liquidity, it is very good for oneself to get the formation of a zone called. the simplest tool that, in principle, everyone knows, but which

[22:15] also has many small details. That is, the main task is to obtain a zone the formation of the so-called imbalance. We'll talk about it now when we move on locally, so to speak, to trading instruments.

[22:30] According to these marks, when we form ineffective zones for ourselves, this indicates that by removing liquidity here we have received for ourselves a volume that moves the price to the long position.

[22:43] That is, the idea that we laid down is that the removal of this liquidity, the manipulation of the structural point, is a refueling zone for us. This imbalance confirms this, since the imbalance is formed at the moment when an

[22:55] When such a zone of inefficiency is formed, everything is very simple for us. . The sideways movement always works very quickly. He doesn't work there for very long in terms of deliveries. Often this is very fast aggressive

[23:11] delivery. And from a larger surface, so to speak, you will not have a second opportunity to enter . Your task is to enter at the first opposite border or on the

[23:25] inside. Based on the timeframe where you found it, based on your trading model, on, because under intray, the price will not always have time to reach the other border of the sideways movement. If you are not prepared to

[23:39] hold a position overnight based on your personal observations, then it is better, accordingly, to close it at the nearest liquidity levels that the price reached during the current day. How does the sideways movement work for us in the other direction? The example is absolutely identical.

[23:54] Absolutely identical. That is, the price comes, removes the upper limit, gives exactly a sweep, that is, without fixing. Ideally, it should not be fixed. It developing inefficiency and the balance is shifting in the other direction. And you work for yourself in this way

[24:08] . When you have a price after an attempt, you kind of had a confirm here, right? Before this, there should have been a confirmation here for the continuation of the structure. When you don't get this confirmation, when you

[24:22] get just this kind of sweep, you realize for yourself that the price tag shows weakness in these areas. And all we got was the removal of liquidity from this point, so to speak. At this point, the price experiences an aggressive

[24:35] chart as the formation of an inefficiency zone. Once again, we are receiving a rather high volume of supplies into the market. In this situation, we can be

[24:47] as calm as possible for ourselves, and use the story that we are simply working in the opposite direction. We attempted to update this point, form a new given point, form a new structural point for

[25:00] ourselves and continue working long according to the context. But the price was not ready to and is forced to go to refuel. liquidity that we have left here. Again, you can work on the nearest

[25:12] internal liquidity pools, or work immediately on the opposite boundary, as in the main and target. We have, in principle, sorted out the sideways movements locally . You have a big video on

[25:25] more information. There was a really big conference on a closed server, uh, where we discussed this whole issue. These are essentially the basic elements of how

[25:40] you work with structure. And since all we have is contextual movement. This is either long work, short work, or work in a kind of sideways movement, when the price is driven down, when

[25:54] we either unload or gain positions. And the price tag often provides good manipulation through such sideways movements, through which you can gain a position for yourself , and continue the main semi-movement there, or turn the brands around

[26:06] through the sideways movement as well. You can notice this for yourself quite often. Therefore, finish with the structure a little and move on to the issue of liquidity.

[26:19] Let's move on to the issue of liquidity. What do we mean by liquidity issue? speak, a general understanding of what liquidity means to us

[26:33] money in the market. The market moves due to money . And in our market there is a constant exchange of money: when you get a take profit, someone gets a stop loss, and vice versa. That is, accordingly, this is, so to speak, the main driver of the market.

[26:50] Ah, so to speak, I'm just thinking about where to start so that it's clearer, because this is a basic course, and it's a little, a little this is a basic course, and it's a little, a little

[27:07] a little more information, but to tell the basic stuff so super-super-basic that it’s to tell the basic stuff so super-super-basic that it’s even hard to start with.

[27:21] Let's take a look at the history of how Ah, there is a story about how, uh, the market always moves in the context of what we were looking at, why we have

[27:36] liquidity. Many of you, those who have already completed some training, or studied there yourself, and so on, understand that it is important to set a stop-loss often beyond the structural point. That is, when you are addressed with this

[27:50] accordingly, a structure is formed in this way. And when you have a price somewhere, well, just a small correction here, you entry, you take a position for yourself, it is profitable to place a stop behind a structural

[28:05] point so that it does not get resweeped. Why are you doing this? Because we have a classic task of working within the context, being in the same direction as the market and, so to speak, going with the flow.

[28:20] You can say it this way in simple words. And, accordingly, placing a stop beyond the structural point is advantageous because the price from the lower to the surface will break the structure if we do not have other variables at these marks for this. Other

[28:35] variables, what do I mean? This could be the withdrawal of a liquidity pool, this could be a test of some area of inefficiency, and so on. That is, variables. When we don't have this , we use the

[28:49] structural point as a variable behind which we have a fairly acceptable pool of liquidity. And why does the price, mm, showed in the previous examples, when we had situations where the price tag, a, was

[29:05] maximally, so to speak, interested in moving towards liquidity and liquidity, we moved towards one or another structural point, because behind it there is a fairly large pool of liquidity. Let's take a look at the story of even the fact that there

[29:19] will be a small answer here, a question of some kind of synchronization. When we drew here, why did the price marks and, let’s say, reach this target? In fact, well, if our

[29:33] liquidity is here, why did we turn around here? You must understand for yourself that you have a younger structure, often from an older one. That is, for example, if you define a context structure for

[29:46] also have a local structure on M15, on 5 minutes, and so on. That is, if we expand on this example a little more , you have a story that looks like this, but, so to speak, in parts. Let me just

[30:00] delay it like this, I guess. This is the story, which This is the story, which looks like this on the hourly time frame. Let's do it

[30:15] 1H and M5 timeframe. You will have one that is green and one that is red. Your price inside will form exactly the same structure. That is,

[30:30] in this movement, a younger structure will manifest itself. Literally one second. This is how we'll do it. Within your , which will look to you , so to speak, like this

[30:43] . I'll finish drawing it already.

[30:56] understand that you have structural points on a lower time frame, they Here you get a breakdown of the structure in this direction. Here you have the last high. Accordingly, you experience a breakdown on a lower

[31:12] timeframe. Here she forms a new high, a new low. New high, new low. I'll deliver it here already. Here time frame. Here it happened to you, for example. Your structure is broken, you

[31:29] begin to move in a younger structure, some kind of correction. come and you take with you all this liquidity that you

[31:42] had left here. That is, you withdraw all of these withdraw all of these liquidity pools. That's how it is. Pin.

[31:54] removed the structural point, yes, from a lower time frame. But this lower time frame. But this changes little due to the fact that we receive for point. That is, here we have a liquidity pool in any case. And the price is quite

[32:08] likely to receive a reaction from these marks. You are waiting for the the formation of inefficiency as a sign of the influx of volume and subsequently you begin to work, accordingly, in the general direction and

[32:22] work, so to speak, on a more senior confirmation. You will have a confirmation. You will have a confirmation here. Let's conf 1H like this. You will have confirmation in an hour, because this is what

[32:35] your structure looks like. This is what's inside, all of this , it looks like there's a LTF on the M5, M15 structure, and it will look like this. And when you have this moment of this breakdown, this is what

[32:47] synchronization, and the synchronization of timeframes, so to speak, when we have a price, and on a higher reverse, we see for ourselves on a lower timeframe a

[33:02] structure elephant, which in fact synchronizes the general context, which is hourly long, and the LT context, which is on M5, on M15 understand for yourself that you can

[33:14] work in the general direction of the market, so to speak. calmly look for positions there, so to speak, in this way, to the general confirmation and then work in this

[33:30] way. It is important to understand for yourself that you must learn this issue of synchronization well for yourself, because you will encounter it often. At first, you will always be confused about the

[33:44] one context on one time frame, another context on another time frame, it will be unclear which one to work with, and so on. You need to learn the topic of synchronization very well for yourself, backtest it very well, and so on.

[33:56] Accordingly, it is very important to accept all of these variables for yourself, to pay more attention to the synchronization conditions and how you can work with them for yourself. Let's go back a little to the issue of liquidity. That is, I

[34:10] always have large semi-liquidities formed behind structural points due to the fact that our price very often, so to speak, forms a very often, so to speak, forms a history of the fact that, mm,

[34:24] we place our stops behind the structural point. This happens both in Accordingly, a return to such for the price because there is a large pool of liquidity behind them. The same.

[34:37] structural points, behind which there is even greater semi-liquidity. It all positions there, so to speak, and so on, because the older the liquidity there is behind it and the more interesting this mark is. When we

[34:52] work in the HTF, let 's say we get some kind of looking for a position for yourself here. Putting a stop even here would be quite good. Why? Because you have this structural point, the

[35:05] previous, so to speak, structural point, beyond which there is still liquidity pull and the removal of these marks, it can project for you the history of the fact the history of the fact that the price will be interested in working

[35:20] that the price will be interested in working with these marks in order to fix part of the position here. And you can quite logically get some kind of reaction from this. Let's move on a little to some, so to

[35:33] move on a little to some, so to speak, examples from the graph. Let's deal with a certain issue of, so to speak, structure. It doesn't matter what show you from the older one, since here the picture is a little clearer, and we can

[35:47] more accurately determine the history of the structure, so to speak. Let's go back to this very moment. What do we get for ourselves here? We observe how our price formed its last high, after which we

[36:04] as a structural point . Why? Let's figure it out. Let's not even put it that way. I will mark these extreme ones, which look like this last structural points. Here I have the latest high. Here I have the

[36:17] latest logs. It falls on correction. Why can't I mark this as a structural point for myself? Because after this range the price only went a little higher, but it did not update either the high or the low. That is, until the price

[36:30] goes beyond one of these marks, I cannot set a new structural point for myself. Accordingly, moment, I am looking for another point for myself, accordingly. I am

[36:44] waiting for the intersection for myself. Here I have a crossing of high. Loy high crossing. Accordingly, my loy will be located here. At the top end, the price simply provides liquidity removal. At this point I have

[36:58] two final structural points. The price does not break down in attempts to cross, Accordingly, I have my lower structural point through which I see the structure. At this point I get a context change. If I

[37:11] accordingly, we see that I have started a short position, but it started after consolidation and crossing under this point. The same thing that I indicated before. It is important to have a zone of inefficiency at the moment of breakdown, as

[37:23] this confirms this whole story. And in this way, you validate for yourself the received short volume here and the price is interested in a downward movement. After this, the price falls quite aggressively lower, and our next structural

[37:36] is, we cannot put an end to this anywhere here . Our price did not show any correction. Then your price goes into correction and updates the same level again. Same story. You had your last high, you had your last low. We

[37:49] are crossing the bottom point. At this point, we can allow ourselves to place our extreme high here at these marks and subsequently set our next low. Can we put it here ? No, we can't. Why? Because

[38:01] after that, our price didn’t show any correction at all. We can marks. Why? Because here the price started to correct. She interacted with the nearest zone of inefficiency, with the nearest emb.

[38:14] . You have a loy formed here between two loys. Here is your high. You have the last structural points. And here we are falling, for example, when our price, and, works out a certain sideways movement to

[38:27] continue the structure, and it works out the history of how we interact with liquidity from a structural point. That is, you have an point at the top, the last structural point at the bottom. What are we seeing here? That

[38:41] the price initially crosses this mark. What does this look like for us? This is give an elephant. The example I showed. But we can't use this story for ourselves, because we have some kind of sweep going on here.

[38:55] very possible formation of a sideways trend to continue the downward movement. Why are we starting to form a sideways trend here? Uh, there's a story that when we approach senior targets, it's quite likely

[39:09] create an additional lipid floor. Let's see what we have here by targets, where our price came from. That is, at the moment of boundaries, we see on the left side for ourselves that we had the formation of a zone of

[39:22] inefficiency. If we go down to a lower timeframe, which we have here in addition, we have this weekly fractal. That is, we have a zone of inefficiency and there is a fractal on the week, behind which we have a

[39:35] liquidity pool collected in exactly the same way. What we observe is that price interacts with the zone of inefficiency. This imp

[39:47] we don’t know what kind. From what we observe, from what we have received, we had a moment when the price makes an attempt to break, but it does not provide consolidation. That is, we cannot consider for ourselves just such a history of

[40:01] gained them here. And we had an additional interesting pull liquidity formed on the lower side, even at these marks. Accordingly, after such a removal, what I spoke about earlier, the model, so to speak, of working through a

[40:14] sideways movement - this is the formation of inefficiency in order to confirm for ourselves and understand that this movement is really valid for us. this movement is really valid for us. Here we have formed our imp.

[40:27] The first imp, the second one can be marked here like this. we have the formation of zones of inefficiency, which indicate that we have received volume in a downward movement. And we can rely on this

[40:41] work from it. Accordingly, subsequently you can gain a position for yourself here in this way . I'm

[40:53] and work, accordingly, either on the internal semi-liquidity that we have formed here, or work immediately on the global pull liquidity on the opposite side of this sideways movement, then we get what we get for ourselves

[41:09] . After the price breaks the upper boundary of this sideways trend, it receives a fairly active and fast delivery to another page, to the other boundary of this sideways trend. Thus, we are not creating a structural point for ourselves here

[41:24] have broken down here, right? We still have a point because we crossed the previous movement. We have our Loy, under which we receive consolidation. will be located at these marks. I'm deleting all of this.

[41:39] I don't need it anymore. I have the last two structural points for myself at the moment . We draw two lines to the right . The first one we cross is the bottom . The first one we cross is the bottom point. But there is an important point here.

[41:51] We cannot say that we are having a confirmation here. Why? Because confirmation here. Why? Because we had see on my chart. It is marked with an arrow like this as a manifestation of

[42:08] price weakness at these marks. That is, such weakness indicates that the near future. There was an attempt to update the point, but we couldn’t break it. Because we had this low and this high. We will update

[42:22] this loy first, we will try. We have loy o loy 2. We need to find a high between them. Here he is with us. That is, at the moment we have formed the last structural ones. We have updated them. Loy became lower, hi became lower. What do we

[42:35] observe for ourselves? Subsequently, the price crosses this high. And we finally get a breakdown of the structure. That is, the price is reversing. In the same way, here it can be interpreted as a kind of sideways movement, so

[42:47] to speak. If I delete this in this If I delete this in this way.

[42:59] continue the context. Our sideways trend will most likely work in a reversal. We cannot update the context for ourselves. I have a lower border raid. I still have an upper limit. At that moment, my upper

[43:12] because here we simply have an internal local point, but at the , these two lines, initially there was an attempt to intersect so we're showing weakness here and need to refuel.

[43:26] Refueling at the nearest structural point. This is the structural point. As a result, full-fledged reversal through this sideways movement. Yes, we have local formation of new points inside us. Here we received a breakdown of the structure for ourselves , after which we could

[43:40] begin to work, accordingly, in the opposite direction. play with the structure locally for yourself. That is, it is clear is, we had the formation of a zone of inefficiency here, here

[43:54] That is, relatively speaking, even if we take this imbalance, which we subsequently test here, it actually gave us the very same test of this entire scenario. The

[44:07] inefficiency test takes us to the opposite end of the market. As a result, the boundaries of the tank, we will not pay attention to them and will work purely with the structure. Here I had a high loy, the last high. In a downward movement we

[44:20] cross. I am developing a structure. I have a fixation. Here it is, have one point, I have two points. The first one we cross is the top one. Accordingly, I form a high somewhere higher. This will definitely be my last word,

[44:33] high here. The price falls on correction. In an attempt to update it, I get it for myself here from a VIP structural point of view. The price supposedly forms a internal breakdown, after which the price comes there, works as a zone

[44:48] movement. But we'll talk about this a little bit in other videos, as we continue this entire column. so to speak, but because, so that you don’t have to worry about it now , you will already have a video there that’s about 40-50 minutes long, and at the beginning it’s

[45:02] very difficult, hard to perceive the information for yourself, so that it wouldn’t be so difficult. I think it would be much better if we break this down into several parts, and in any case it would be much more

[45:14] pleasant and useful for you in terms of perceiving the information. information. And I have basically outlined the question regarding the structure and locally the question regarding liquidity . That is, a basic understanding of

[45:26] how structural points are formed and where liquidity is formed should be clear to you locally . And in the future, we will deal with, so to speak, the tools of smartmania and their

[45:40] lesson so that you don’t get confused, so to speak. Therefore, I think that as a first basic, small lesson in working with structure, working with liquidity for super-super-super- strong beginners, there will be plenty of such things

[45:54] strong beginners, there will be plenty of such things locally. And I think we can do a little QA in the next video, an addition to this one. Therefore, if there is anything here that you don’t understand, or if you would like to hear something or

[46:08] add something, you can leave your question in the comments. And in the next video, I'll answer questions from the comments first. What like to once again analyze some , let’s say, small moment

[46:22] that you didn’t understand. We'll stop here for a bit, I'll sort it out, and then we'll continue, so to speak, working further on subsequent topics. So , ah, I'm waiting for your questions in the comments about what you didn't understand and what I need to

[46:35] repeat again. [music] And with this, I think, we will finish for today, since in general you should have such locally basic concepts for building a structure and

[46:48] so on. The question is what you can upload there, let's say, it is advisable to a little homework for yourself. are a lot of guys there who trade well. There are people from a

[47:02] closed server, and I, in my free time, can respond to your errors, what you are doing wrong, and so on. At the same time, I think that the guys who are sitting there, uh, very often someone helps each other with something

[47:16] . So, go to the open Discord, and the link to it is, accordingly, in the description. Visit it, or you can leave this homework in FX in the la chats, ask, perhaps, something unclear. I'm

[47:29] closed guys. Someone will definitely help you with something . Well, that's where we'll end it. Thank you all for watching. Have a nice day everyone and see you in the nice day everyone and see you in the next lesson. Bye everyone.

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