I've been trading liquidity for some time now.
It works
The single concept that changed my life over the course of these last four years
When you catch it right,
Some of the cleanest entries you'll ever take.
That feeling when it finally clicks is something unexplainable
But there's a hurdle you'll need to overcome specifically within this concept
Trust me i wish i can do it for you
BUT, they are difficult at start
And that's normal
Not because liquidity concepts are wrong.
Because timing a sweep while managing prop firm drawdown limits and consistency rules is legitimately difficult.
You're trying to predict institutional behavior you can't see, with capital you can't afford to lose.
So a few months back, I started looking at what else was working on my charts.
Not because I wanted to abandon liquidity trading, I still use it, but because I needed something I could execute without second-guessing every entry.
That's when I started really honing my focus on 4-hour fair value gaps.
The Pattern That's Been Sitting There
What I kept noticing:
I'd mark up my charts looking for liquidity, and while I was analyzing where stops might be clustered, price would tap into a 4H FVG and rip 80 pips in the opposite direction.
Not sometimes.
Regularly.
And I'd think
"I should've just traded that" but then I'd go back to hunting for the perfect liquidity setup.
The thing about 4H FVGs is they're not sexy.
There's no institutional conspiracy.
No hidden algo behavior.
It's just price returning to an inefficiency that's visible on a higher timeframe, acknowledging it, and continuing in the original direction.
But it works.
Consistently.
Across multiple pairs.
And it doesn't require you to predict where Goldman is trying to fill orders.
How I Actually Trade This
I'm not here to tell you I backtested this across 10 years of data or some nonsense like that.
I just started watching it.
Then I started trading it.
Then I realized it was more reliable than half the "advanced" setups I was trying to force.
{{first_name | }},The structure is simple
Not easy, but simple
4H FVG forms. Price comes back to it.
I drop to lower timeframes and wait for a new FVG to form in the direction of the original 4H move.
Price retraces into that new lower timeframe FVG.
I enter there. Target 3RR.
That's it.
No liquidity analysis required.
No trying to read where institutions are positioned.
Just price showing me an inefficiency, returning to it, and confirming direction through lower timeframe structure.
Does it work every time?
No. Nothing does.
Does it work consistently enough to pass prop challenges and build a funded account?
Yes.
Why This Matters for Prop Trading
Prop firms eliminate traders who overcomplicate things.
Daily drawdown limits punish you for trying to catch major reversals.
Consistency requirements punish you for jumping between strategies every week.
This 4H FVG approach survives because it's systematic.
The entry is defined. The stop is tight. The target is mechanical.
You're not holding through news events or hoping price does something magical.
You're reading structure.
Waiting for confirmation.
Taking the trade.
Managing it.
Done.
Most traders fail challenges because they're trying to trade like institutions with $50k in prop capital.
You're not an institution. You don't have their information. You don't need their complexity.
You just need something that works repeatedly without blowing your rules.
What You Can Do With This
Entry rules. Exit rules. Risk parameters. Everything you'd need to trade this without guessing.
And its free
And because reading a document isn't the same as seeing it executed, I put together a full youtube playlist showing you exactly how to use this on live charts:
Hope you find this helpful
Talk soon,
Atif
