Sweep plus MSS — a ready-made model

5 min · 9 steps

1. Step 1 · Where the stops sit

   Stops sit below equal lows.

   Three lows within $40 of each other. Whoever bought from them hid a stop just below.

   low 1

   62 690

   low 2

   62 650

   low 3

   62 664

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2. Step 2 · Sweep

   Price ran below the lows and closed back above: a sweep.

   01:00 UTC: price wicked to 62 606 and closed back above the lows. The stops under them are gone, but there's no entry yet: wait for the MSS.

   level

   62 650

   sweep low

   62 606

   close

   62 709

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3. Step 3 · Trap

   Enter on the sweep, and you're stopped out in 30 minutes.

   ETH, Aug 4, 2025: the same kind of sweep. A short right away, and price ran another $138.

   entry

   3 568

   stop

   3 582

   6h later

   3 719

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4. Step 4 · MSS

   Wait for price to close and hold beyond the level.

   The last lower high before the sweep: 62 936. At 01:30 a candle body closed above it, a wick doesn't count.

   MSS level

   62 936

   close 01:30

   62 960

   after the sweep

   2 candles

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5. Step 5 · Entry, stop, target

   Entry from the FVG, stop beyond the sweep.

   The target is the range high. No MSS within 10 candles — the setup is invalid.

   These are winning examples, not typical ones: by the rules, without filters, 28% of trades reach the target — next step.

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   SOL 15m short +1.6R

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   ETH 1h +2.4R

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   BTC 4h +1.6R

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6. Step 6 · Without filters

   By the rules, without filters, the model loses.

   88 BTC/ETH/SOL trades by these rules: 25 reached the target — that's 28%. Result −13.3R, profit factor 0.79.

   It only works with filters: higher-TF direction, session, a closer target, a stop buffer. Check it on your own journal, not on examples.

   Lesson “Model performance”Journal stats

   cumulative R · 88 trades · 15m/1h/4h

7. Step 7 · Find it yourself

   Where was liquidity swept?

   BTC, May 5, 2026. Tap the candle where it happened.

   Practice on the chart

   This is a Find it yourself task: tap a candle or a level, and the lesson tells you right away if you got it.

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8. Step 8 · How it shows up for you

   Practice on the chart

   This is the How it shows up for you step: the lesson finds trades on this topic in your journal.

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9. Step 9 · Rule

   I enter only after a close beyond the MSS.

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   I enter only after a candle closes beyond the MSS.

   “Early entry” goes on the stop list: a trade with this tag is a rule break, and your streak counts it.