🔥 Smart Money Trading Strategy (Beginner → Pro)
1️⃣ Market Structure First 🏗️
Smart money controls direction.
Look for:
Higher Highs + Higher Lows → Uptrend 📈
Lower Highs + Lower Lows → Downtrend 📉
Break of Structure (BOS) 🔁 = Trend confirmation
👉 Never trade against structure.
2️⃣ Liquidity = The Real Target 💧
Smart money hunts stops, not candles.
Where liquidity sits:
Above equal highs ⬆️
Below equal lows ⬇️
At previous day high / low
Around round numbers (BTC 50k, 60k etc.)
🧠 Price moves to take liquidity first, then reverses.
3️⃣ Inducement (The Trap) 🎯
Before the real move:
Price gives a fake breakout
Retail enters early
Stops get taken ❌
This is inducement.
👉 Wait for the trap, don’t become it.
4️⃣ Order Blocks (Smart Money Entry Zone) 🧱
Order block = last bullish/bearish candle before a big move.
Types:
🟩 Bullish OB → Buy zone
🟥 Bearish OB → Sell zone
Best entries happen on OB retest, not the first move.
5️⃣ Fair Value Gap (FVG) ⚖️
Institutions hate imbalance.
FVG = fast price move leaving empty space.
Rule:
Price often returns to fill FVG
Entry near 50% of FVG = sniper entry 🎯
6️⃣ Entry Model (Clean & Simple) 🧠
Smart Money Buy Setup 📈
Liquidity sweep below lows 💧
Break of structure 🔁
Price returns to:
Order Block 🧱
Fair Value Gap ⚖️
Entry confirmation on lower timeframe ⏱️
Sell Setup = exact opposite 🔄
7️⃣ Stop Loss & Target 🎯
Smart money risk rules:
Stop below OB / above OB
Target:
Next liquidity pool 💧
Previous high/low
1:3 or higher RR 💎
❌ No random stops
❌ No revenge trading
8️⃣ Time Matters ⏰
Best smart money sessions:
London Open 🇬🇧
New York Open 🇺🇸
London–NY overlap 🔥
Dead times = fake moves 😴
⚠️ Common Retail Mistakes
Entering at breakout 🚫
Ignoring liquidity 💀
Trading every candle 🕯️
Over-leveraging 😵
🧠 Smart Money Golden Rules
✔ Trade after liquidity is taken
✔ Wait for confirmation
✔ Less trades = more money
✔ Patience pays 💰#smartmoney #Smart #Volume #BTCVSGOLD #pullback
