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ICT Liquidity Sweep Strategy

Learn the ICT Liquidity Sweep Strategy, a trading approach focused on identifying and profiting from institutional movements around liquidity zones with a high

Published · Archived · Methodology: ICT

  • Algo score: 70%
  • Discretionary score: 40%

This strategy was decoded from a public trading video but did not clear Strategy Decoder's codifiability bar: the extraction could not pin the rules down precisely enough to be turned into a reviewable specification. It is kept here as a reference post-mortem rather than as a strategy you can trade or backtest.

Part of: Liquidity Sweeps & Grabs

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy

Why this strategy was archived

In ICT terminology, a liquidity sweep is the push through an obvious swing high or low — where resting stop orders and pending breakout entries accumulate — that clears those orders before price often turns back the other way. Faiz SMC's video "Secret ICT Liquidity Sweep Trading Strategy With Insane Winrate!" walks through this idea within the wider ICT framework, using chart sequences to show where liquidity pools form and how price reacts once they are taken.

**Why this entry is archived.** Our extraction scored this video below the codifiability bar. The material is descriptive rather than prescriptive: it conveys what a sweep looks like, but never fixes it to operational rules. There is no objective test for which highs or lows qualify as valid liquidity, no confirmation trigger that turns a sweep into an entry, and no stop or target logic to define the trade once it is on. No timeframes, markets or indicators could be pinned down either. Without those pieces, the strategy cannot be coded or backtested faithfully — and an entry we cannot reproduce does not belong in the active catalog.

**What it still offers.** As orientation to the ICT view of liquidity, the video does its job: it trains the eye to spot where stops cluster and why price so often reaches for them before moving in the intended direction. That pattern recognition is a genuine prerequisite for trading liquidity, even though it is not sufficient on its own. If you want the parts this video leaves open — qualifying criteria, confirmation, and exit logic — the Liquidity Sweeps & Grabs and ICT concept hubs list decoded entries where a full rule set was successfully extracted.

Source video

Decoded from: Secret ICT Liquidity Sweep Trading Strategy With Insane Winrate! by Faiz SMC — watch the original

Frequently asked questions

Why is this ICT liquidity sweep strategy archived?

The video explains the liquidity sweep concept but does not define objective qualifying criteria, a confirmation trigger, or stop and target logic. Our extraction scored it below the codifiability bar we require for the active catalog, because there is nothing complete enough to code or backtest faithfully.

What is a liquidity sweep in ICT?

A move through a visible swing high or low where stop orders and pending entries accumulate, clearing that liquidity before price frequently reverses. It is one of the core building blocks of the ICT and Smart Money Concepts vocabulary.

Is the video still worth watching?

Yes, as conceptual groundwork. It helps you recognize where liquidity pools sit on a chart, which is the first step before any mechanical approach to trading sweeps.

Where can I find codifiable ICT or liquidity strategies?

The Liquidity Sweeps & Grabs and ICT concept hubs list decoded video strategies whose entry, confirmation and exit rules were fully extracted.

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