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Liquidity Drawing in Trading

Oct 1, 2025

Summary

  • The meeting focused on the presenter's daily routine for identifying "draw on liquidity" to determine market bias, specifically for short-term trading using technical analysis.
  • The process includes identifying external and internal liquidity across multiple timeframes and applying these insights to recent examples on NQ (Nasdaq futures) and S&P futures charts.
  • The attendee demonstrated their step-by-step analysis, discussed trade rationale, and concluded with an invitation for questions or comments.

Action Items

  • No specific action items were assigned during this meeting.

Approach to Identifying Draw on Liquidity

  • The presenter determines "draw on liquidity" each morning to set a trading bias, especially when trading on the 5-minute or lower timeframes (using daily, 4-hour, and 1-hour charts for reference).
  • For higher timeframe entries (e.g., 1-hour), higher reference frames like weekly and monthly charts would be used.
  • The concept of "draw on liquidity" involves anticipating where the market is likely to seek out liquidity, such as old highs/lows (external liquidity) or fair value gaps and order blocks (internal liquidity).
  • Additional signals considered include volume imbalances, price gaps, and the nature of price displacement over highs/lows.

Example Analysis: NQ 4-Hour Chart

  • Walkthrough of price action after a gap up and aggressive move lower, showing how to follow displacement for bullish or bearish bias.
  • Price movement through fair value gaps, order blocks, and volume imbalances was used to determine likely targets for price action.
  • Emphasis on the importance of watching whether price displaces above/below key levels to switch bias and set new targets.

Example Analysis: S&P Futures (Today's Session)

  • Started with the daily chart to note respect for an order block and presence of a daily fair value gap.
  • Noted nesting of fair value gaps across 4-hour and 1-hour charts, then down to 15-minute and 1-minute for pre-market action.
  • Detailed the trade taken: identified a breaker and order block for entry, set stop-loss below a key low, and targeted a logical area just before expected liquidity draw.
  • Explained how higher timeframe draw on liquidity prevented being shaken out by lower timeframe volatility.

Decisions

  • Trade entered long at S&P futures order block — Rationale: Bias was supported by higher timeframe draw on liquidity and nested fair value gaps, with a defined risk and logical target.

Open Questions / Follow-Ups

  • No open questions or follow-up issues were identified during this session.