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Liquidity Sweep → Market Structure Shiftthe full sequence

Evidence: StrongProfessionalSMC · Reversal

The full validated sequence: liquidity taken → displacement → break of structure → retracement → confirmation.

The sweep says the stops were collected. The displacement says genuine intent followed. The structure shift says the structure actually changed. Without all three, this is a wait.

This is the most strongly evidenced setup on the page, because every step of it is an observable, mechanical condition — and its core mechanism is documented directly from FX order-book data.

Category
SMC · Reversal
Timeframe
M5 primary · M15 context
Suitable pairs
GBPUSD · EURUSD · USDJPY · AUDUSD · XAUUSD
Session
London and New York
Indicators / tools
Equal highs and lows · swing structure · ATR(14). No indicators.

Valid setup

S33 · LIQUIDITY SWEEP → MARKET STRUCTURE SHIFT — VALID SETUP GBPUSD · M5 · the full JARVIS sequence: liquidity taken, displacement, structure broken, retrace, confirmation LONG 1.26221 1.26340 1.26460 1.26580 1.26700 1.26820 1.26939 EQUAL LOWS — sell-side liquidity resting below equal-lows level LOWER HIGH — the MSS level ENTRY on the confirmation close SL below the sweep low +2R reference 1R +2R LH 1 2 3 4 5 6 ① Equal lows build. Every stop from every long taken above them is resting just below — a pool you can see. ② SWEEP: wick trades below, close comes back inside. ③ DISPLACEMENT: a large-bodied, small-wicked candle away from the sweep. This is what separates a reversal from a bounce. ④ MSS: close above the prior LOWER HIGH — structure has changed. ⑤ Retracement into the origin of the displacement. ⑥ Confirmation close → ENTRY. Missing any one of ②③④ and this is a WAIT, not a trade. 1.26777 1.26440 1.26403 1.26297 1.26271 sweep MSS → retrace

Exact rules

Entry

  • Identify equal lows — two or three lows within a tolerance band — or one clear prior low.
  • Sweep: an M5 candle whose low goes below those lows but whose close comes back above them.
  • Displacement: within the next one or two candles, a candle whose range exceeds 1.5 × the prior twelve-bar average and whose body is at least 70% of its range.
  • Structure shift: a candle closes above the previous lower high.
  • Retrace and confirm: price comes back into the displacement candle's range, then a candle closes higher. Enter at that close.

Stop loss

  • 0.2 × ATR(14) below the low of the sweep candle.
  • That is the honest invalidation for the whole setup: going below that low means the liquidity was not taken — price was being accepted down there.
  • Risk 0.5%–1%.

Take profit / exit

  • First structural reference: the liquidity pool on the opposite side — equal highs — or the previous major swing high.
  • A minimum of 1:2 measured to the sweep low, worked out before you enter.
  • A partial at 1R is optional.

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