The concept around equal high liquidity comes from the understanding that stop losses hold above these points. In this example, price broke out of bullish structure and began to form bearish market conditions. This would of course attract sellers, especially at the double top point marked. The idea is simple, tackle the impulsive sellers before the trend...
If we see a pattern form that retail likes to trade, It is highly likely that this pattern may get manipulated. The reason these common patterns get manipulated is because of liquidity forming. Banks want to make sure they can create enough liquidity for themselves to get positioned nicely in the market. They do this by driving the price up/down into stop loss...
I'm going to do my best here at explaining the basics around a liquidity grab (some times called a stop hunt), why it happens and how it works (ignore the chart I'm using, I'm not saying this is a manipulated move just showing you an example of how it works) I often refer to this in my playbook as an STL "Sweep The Legs" coupled with a picture of Johnny Lawrence...
In this quick and easy lesson, I will break down the concept of liquidity. If you retain the thought that liquidity stands for an area where stop losses are you will grasp this concept quickly. We often see spikes into areas of liquidity before true moves continue, this is so that banks can capture as many orders as possible before they depart from the area.
Refer to the previous post below to understand the unique relationship between specific days.
This is not a trading strategy nor claiming this concept happens 100% of the time, but this is a repetitive pattern and I personally believe it could help you to navigate the market (particularly if you are an intraday trader) more efficiently. I generally would see this in 1-Hour timeframe but for the sake of being able to show you with more examples in one...
A group member had a question about why the stop loss was "so low" being 23% under the buy price. The reasoning is you need to avoid the liquidity zone, where price could easily be pushed. The purpose of our stop is to exit the trade if its no longer valid (not get stopped out only to see a pump happen afterwards). This could be another accumulation cycle, so...