Price could retrace to any of the PD arrays in the order flow leg. ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Our job is to find the PD array with a higher probability to trade from in the order flow leg so that the odds for profitability are in our favor
To find the highest probability narrative, let us discuss the three lines of defense๐ก๏ธ
The highest probability scenario to trade from the FLOD is when the FLOD is a Fair Value Gapโ
When the FLOD is a Fair Value Area (FVA), it has a lower probability than an FVG as we can see in the picture that there is a recent bullish momentum going against usโ
The highest probability scenario to trade from the OD is when it is a Fair Value Area because price has no reason to retrace above the FVA as they have already been offered fair valueโ
A Fair Value Gap as OD is a probable narrative compared to the FVAโ
Remember, we want to identify the highest probable scenario to remain profitable in the long run
When you or I press the โBUYโ button in any financial market, there will always be a willing โ SELLERโ to match our order. However, that is not the case for larger entities.
Huge players canโt just โBUYโ and โSELLโ as they need opposite orders on the other end to match their order.
That is why liquidity sweeps or turtle soups occur in the market.
Liquidity sweep happens when price trades above/below a swing high/low and aggressively displaces in the opposite direction.
In this example, we can see that the swing low was taken first. At this moment, trend trades tend to place sell orders with their stop loss near the recent swing high.
These stop-loss orders are โBUYโ orders to protect the short positions of trend traders.