I took the time to watch a trader's screen recording from last Tuesday. 

Fourth prop firm attempt.

Perfect 4H analysis. 

Price clearly moving toward the 1.0950 liquidity pool in EUR/USD. 

Clean higher timeframe structure. He even annotated where the sweep would likely occur.

Then he entered on the 15M at 1.0925 because "price was already moving."

Stopped out eleven minutes later at 1.0920.

Price ran to 1.0950 exactly like his analysis predicted. Without him.

The issue wasn't his analysis. It was that he used the 4H to identify direction and then completely ignored what the 15M was actually showing him about timing.

The 4H chart answers one question: 

Where is liquidity that institutions need to fill orders?

The 15M chart answers a completely different question: 

Have institutions finished gathering liquidity, or are they still hunting?

These are separate functions. 

Treating them as the same thing is why you're early on every trade.

Here's what that actually looks like in practice:

Open your 4H chart right now. 

I don't care what pair.

Look for the most obvious level that hasn't been touched in the last 15-30 bars. 

Old highs that acted as resistance. 

Old lows that provided support. 

Equal lows where multiple candles found the same bottom.

That's not "support and resistance." 

That's resting liquidity, a cluster of stop losses sitting above old highs or below old lows that institutions need to access before they can move size in the other direction.

If price is below old highs, institutions need to sweep those stops to find sell-side liquidity before a real downward move.

If price is above old lows, institutions need to sweep those stops to find buy-side liquidity before a real upward move.

Your 4H bias isn't bullish or bearish…..

Price needs to sweep [specific level] before the real move to [opposite direction].

That trader on Tuesday saw price below the 1.0950 highs. 

He correctly identified that institutions needed to sweep that level. 

But he entered at 1.0925 because price was "already moving up."

He was 25 pips early. 

In prop firm terms, that's the entire daily drawdown gone before the actual trade even started.

Now drop to your 15M chart.

You're not looking for "entry signals." 

You're looking for evidence the sweep is complete.

Here's what a completed sweep looks like, and this is specific:

Price pushes THROUGH the identified liquidity level (not just touches it, not just wicks it, but closes 15M candles above old highs or below old lows)

Volume expands on that push (if your broker shows volume, you'll see the largest volume bar of the last 20-30 candles as stops are triggered)

Price immediately reverses with momentum (within 1-3 candles, price is already moving back through the level it just swept, showing institutions filled their orders and are now pushing the real direction)

The trader on Tuesday entered at 1.0925 when price was still approaching the 1.0950 level.

He didn't wait for price to actually sweep through 1.0950, gather the stops, and reverse.

He entered based on the 4H analysis showing where price was going, but the 15M was screaming "we're not done hunting liquidity yet."

Here's how you execute this today:

Step 1: Open 4H. Identify the most obvious liquidity pool (old highs/lows) within 50-100 pips that hasn't been touched in 15+ bars.

Step 2: Wait. I know this sounds basic, but most traders don't actually wait. They see price moving toward the level and enter early because "the setup is obvious."

Step 3: Drop to 15M only when price is within 10-20 pips of your identified liquidity level. Not before. If you're watching 15M while price is still 80 pips away, you'll find twenty reasons to enter early.

Step 4: Watch for the three-part completion:

Through the level (close above/below, not just wick)

Volume expansion (liquidity accessed)

Immediate reversal (institutional positioning complete)

Step 5: Enter after the first reversal candle closes back through the swept level. Not during the sweep. After confirmation it's complete.

This isn't about psychology. 

It's about understanding what daily drawdown limits are actually designed to eliminate.

Prop firms know that traders who enter before sweep completion get stopped out 60-70% of the time in the first hour. 

The daily drawdown limit is specifically calibrated to eliminate traders who can't distinguish between "price moving toward liquidity" and "liquidity sweep complete."

When you enter at Step 2 or Step 3, 

you're positioned exactly where institutions need your stop loss as their entry liquidity.

When you enter at Step 5, you're positioned exactly where institutions are positioned, after they've gathered the liquidity they needed.

The prop firm's risk parameters work in your favor at Step 5. They work against you at Step 2.

The Training

To be honest 

That step by step process i said before helps, but its not the stand alone catalyst 

I just released a private training that walks through this exact framework with live chart examples, how to identify high-probability liquidity pools on the 4H, what completed sweeps actually look like on the 15M with volume confirmation, and how to avoid the specific patterns that trigger prop firm elimination.

It's free, completely new, and you can get access here 

Hope you found this helpful 

Talk soon 

Atif