Liquidity Hunts & Stop Runs
Let the trap spring. Wait for reclaim/acceptance. Then take the clean side.
// Overview
A hunt is a push through a well-seen level to harvest stops and fuel the next move. Your edge isn’t calling it in advance — it’s acting after the sweep, when reclaim + acceptance flip trapped traders into exit fuel.
// Essentials
Context: Highest quality near HTF levels (PDH/PDL, range bounds). Mid-range sweeps = noise risk.
Clock: Hunts love session turns and opens (London/NY). Dead hours ≠ clean traps.
Confirmation: Reclaim of the swept level + acceptance (e.g., two closes/holds) back inside.
Invalidation: Acceptance back beyond the sweep extreme.
// Tells & Triggers
Tells It’s a Sweep
Single-candle pierce + rejection wick, failure to follow through, liquidations cluster at the poke.
Entry Triggers
Reclaim + hold of the swept level on execution TF; or break of the counter-impulse after reclaim.
Targets
Range: mid → opposite edge. Trend: prior impulse origin/inefficiency first, then continuation.
// Setups
Range Sweep Reversal
Sweep range high/low → fast reclaim → enter on acceptance back inside; stop just beyond sweep.
HTF Fakeout
Break of weekly/daily level into liq → rejection wick → close back inside → confirm and go (best with session energy).
Continuation Hunt
Upside sweep in uptrend quickly reclaims and continues. Wait for the pullback that holds above reclaimed level.
// Common Mistakes
Buying the First Knife
Entering on the initial pierce before reclaim. You just became fuel.
No Acceptance Filter
Assuming every wick is a sweep. Without hold/acceptance, there’s no edge.
Ignoring the Clock
Lunch-hour “sweeps” rarely spring. Save ammo for open/overlap energy.
Wide Invalidation
Stops miles away wreck your R. Tuck just past the sweep.
