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Liquidity: ICT for Futures Explained

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Liquidity — Buy-side & sell-side. Liquidity is just clusters of stop orders.

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Where this fits in the Confluence Method

This lesson lives in the Stack step of the Confluence Method, where you confirm price action and structure and a key level before a setup qualifies as a trade. It also reinforces the risk and psychology that let the edge compound over many trades.

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0:00Welcome back. Today: liquidity — the fuel behind every ICT setup. Learn where the stops rest and why price hunts them. Liquidity is just clusters of stop orders. Above equal highs sits buy-side liquidity; below equal lows, sell-side. Price is drawn to these pools. Watch: price pokes above the highs, grabs the stops in a liquidity sweep, then reverses. Smart money fills orders where everyone else gets stopped out.

0:36So don't chase the breakout — wait for the sweep and the reversal. Next: turtle soup, the stop-hunt entry.

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