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  • #1,921
  • Feb 11, 2026 10:22am Feb 11, 2026 10:22am
Quoting GoldGekko
{quote} Thanks for your reply, and sorry for not explaining it more clearly. I always move my trades to breakeven at 1:1 (as mentioned in my first post), so this trade was of course a BE and not a loss. After that move, it should never turn into a loss anyway. You’re right about the stop loss — placing it directly below the volume candle would have been better. I’ll definitely keep that in mind. That said, I feel very comfortable with a 2:1 R:R, so I’ll stick with that. I actually had a successful trade in GBPUSD this morning, even though I don’t...
Yeah you have the understanding well. That was pretty much my signature move but usually its after an EMA flip.

In your case price broke the range high and pulled back where you got that great entry.

Over time you'll find which ones tend to work better than others... it's all in the experience and getting your eye used to how price moves.

If I see liquidity grabs before the EMA's flip then I will hammer those type of trades all day. Much more reliable.

That high break after asia high was the indication you needed to take that entry and also... the roof will often be the floor (resistance turned support).

It's all about location, you don't want to be taking trades in the wrong places but yeah well done!
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  • #1,922
  • Feb 11, 2026 10:31am Feb 11, 2026 10:31am
This is how you can grab massive trades. - This is GU.

Price traded above the previous day high and then reversed.

Once you get that then your next logical target would be the previous day low which also hit.

Entry after the EMA flip and let it ride down if you have the patience to do so.

If you also look, you can see once the low that broke out above the previous day high was taken out then later on at NY open price came back there before dumping.

Lots of arrows but you'll see what I mean
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  • #1,923
  • Feb 11, 2026 10:47am Feb 11, 2026 10:47am
Quoting xkwisit2001
This is how you can grab massive trades. - This is GU. Price traded above the previous day high and then reversed. Once you get that then your next logical target would be the previous day low which also hit. Entry after the EMA flip and let it ride down if you have the patience to do so. If you also look, you can see once the low that broke out above the previous day high was taken out then later on at NY open price came back there before dumping. Lots of arrows but you'll see what I mean {image}
Yeah that was a quailty catch, i dont tend to trade the NY session but may look into it if london hasbeen quiet.

i will back test for aslong as i can but seeing it all already, im looking forward to making this work from now.

i will try to send more screen shot everyday to be able to learn from everyone in here, im so glad this group is back.
  • #1,924
  • Feb 11, 2026 10:47pm Feb 11, 2026 10:47pm
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Morning all,

looking at my labelled chart.

Are my notes correct in how we should trade with the 15 min chart or is there a way to catch these pull backs aswell.

obviously on tis particular instance we rejected the asia low, would this come into consideration when looking at the pull back?

Thanks for any help given
  • #1,925
  • Feb 12, 2026 12:06pm Feb 12, 2026 12:06pm
What you want to do on the M15 is keep an eye on the trend. If the EMA's are in a down trend then focus on selling.

The 2nd box you drew was you can see price took liquidity of the range from the 1st box. However, when it comes to context you would be able to see that there were imbalances that were not touched during the first pullback.

If your bias is to sell, then you would be wanting to mark out the imbalances from the drop and that is why price went back to the imbalances to create the volume to push lower and lower after.

It's a classic liquidity grab and would have been clearer on say the 1hr chart. Once price enters into those areas thats when you head down to the M1 or M5 and wait for bearish structure again i.e higher lows being broken.

On the M1 you would have then had the EMA's flip bearish and you can begin riding the trend down.

I've marked it on the chart for you.

Hope it makes sense
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  • #1,926
  • Feb 12, 2026 1:29pm Feb 12, 2026 1:29pm
Hi Morris,
I also noticed that you’re not using IC Markets as your broker on TradingView. IC Markets is supposed to work best with Nova’s volume data, so feel free to give it a try

Quoting Morris2489
{quote} looks like you are smashing this method i will be keeping a close eye on your trades and hopefully i can learn alot from them.

I’m not really smashing it I only posted two trades here that went well. Today I actually took two losses on Gold.

On the first trade during the London session, I didn’t have any session liquidity (no POI) as a clear reference, and there was also a high right above price. On top of that, I didn’t wait for the second volume candle, and it was probably one of the liquidity candles xkwisit mentioned — candles that only grab liquidity. In that case, I was the liquidity…
On the second trade, I went long after a news move, but I also didn’t pay attention to the London high above, which ended up being respected. So that wasn’t optimal either. I’m very much still in the learning process as well and trying to focus on taking consistently good trades.

Tomorrow is another day.
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  • #1,930
  • Feb 12, 2026 7:26pm Feb 12, 2026 7:26pm
I dont mind people posting but if it's nothing to do with Nova then whats the point
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  • #1,931
  • Feb 13, 2026 12:30am Feb 13, 2026 12:30am
Quoting xkwisit2001
What you want to do on the M15 is keep an eye on the trend. If the EMA's are in a down trend then focus on selling. The 2nd box you drew was you can see price took liquidity of the range from the 1st box. However, when it comes to context you would be able to see that there were imbalances that were not touched during the first pullback. If your bias is to sell, then you would be wanting to mark out the imbalances from the drop and that is why price went back to the imbalances to create the volume to push lower and lower after. It's a classic liquidity...
Ok thats brilliant advice thank you so much fo your help.

i will keep this in mind when im looking at future charts

Thank you again
  • #1,933
  • Feb 13, 2026 7:20am Feb 13, 2026 7:20am
Quoting GoldGekko
Hi Morris, I also noticed that you’re not using IC Markets as your broker on TradingView. IC Markets is supposed to work best with Nova’s volume data, so feel free to give it a try {quote} I’m not really smashing it I only posted two trades here that went well. Today I actually took two losses on Gold. On the first trade during the London session, I didn’t have any session liquidity (no POI) as a clear reference, and there was also a high right above price. On top of that, I didn’t wait for the second volume candle, and it was probably...
Oh really yer i am originally with ic markets but as i have a funded account i have to use alchemy markets to trade but once i have enough money for my own account i will be back to using that as the spreads are so much better.

oh really i thought you had been trading a while, yer gold was very strange yesterday i was looking at trading gold but the spreads are awful atm and when it ranges i cant stand it haha.

yer i think its all a learning cuve for us all as i have been a strategy switcher for a while hence why i have never been profitable but i like this strategy alot so looking into going with this one for my funded account.
  • #1,934
  • Feb 13, 2026 10:12am Feb 13, 2026 10:12am
Quoting Morris2489
{quote} Oh really yer i am originally with ic markets but as i have a funded account i have to use alchemy markets to trade but once i have enough money for my own account i will be back to using that as the spreads are so much better. oh really i thought you had been trading a while, yer gold was very strange yesterday i was looking at trading gold but the spreads are awful atm and when it ranges i cant stand it haha. yer i think its all a learning cuve for us all as i have been a strategy switcher for a while hence why i have never been profitable...
To become profitable you literally just need to have a mechanical approach & use the most important liquidity magnets which is what I call context:

 

  1. Previous Day High/Low
  2. Previous Week High/Low
  3. Previous Session High/Lows
  4. HTF structural high and lows
  5. Daily Opens
  6. Weekly Opens
  7. HTF imbalances
  8. M & W Patterns (Equal Highs)


Price running these with sudden high volume and then it decreases is usually a key indication of a liquidity grab and traders being trapped, so all you have to do is wait to see how price moves back away from the zone and look for an imbalance to enter on or my signature entry (EMA Flip & Nova 2nd bar close) with HTF Alignment.

This will usually give you the best and most safest entry, as when the EMA flips its because price has most likely broken an old high or low and is beginning to form a trend but this ideally needs to be after a liquidity sweep, because that way you know institutions are trading and will have a target which will be opposing liquidity like I mentioned above.

This is how you can get some crazy RR trades which I dont tend to look for, all the time but the target is great as it could then reverse after hitting. I prefer steady 2:1 or 3:1 trades personally.

If you are struggling with the system then I would advise to go for 1:1 to begin with and you'll see how powerful doing that is. Only issue for me is I like to ensure im getting more back than I risked each trade to stack those R's and keep myself in profit.

I don't think about £££ profit, I only care about how many R's I collect like golden coins and then at the end of the week theres profit in my account

If I could hide my balance and current open profit/loss I would as these thing massively kill your edge as psychology is literally like 80-90% of trading hence the strategy hopping.

But focus on liquidity, structure and a mechanical entry and in the long term it's mathematically impossible to lose.

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  • #1,935
  • Edited 11:29am Feb 13, 2026 10:41am | Edited 11:29am
Study this:

This is M1 on Gold today.

Without using Nova this is what I am looking at when analysing and taking entries.

This is using liquidity sweeps and imbalance entries targetting the most logical areas to TP.

1st Trade: 3.48R
2nd Trade: 2.7R
3rd Trade: 3.21

Trend is down currently on M15 and therefore this is counter trading and a pullback towards 70% fib of yesterday's move down.

Riskier? Yes but this is how to build a narrative.

M15 I'd be overall bearish for now till the high is broken and it aligns back with the main bullish trend.

But overall gold is bullish on the other HTFs.

Note: the large imbalance I marked out was the remaining area that wasn't used. Price went into it but didn't break the high so therefore I adjusted the imbalance to show what was left of it to get the entry.
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  • #1,936
  • Feb 13, 2026 6:19pm Feb 13, 2026 6:19pm
Quoting xkwisit2001
{quote} To become profitable you literally just need to have a mechanical approach & use the most important liquidity magnets which is what I call context.
This post is a gold mine of valuable info
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  • #1,937
  • Feb 13, 2026 11:11pm Feb 13, 2026 11:11pm
Quoting xkwisit2001
Study this: This is M1 on Gold today. Without using Nova this is what I am looking at when analysing and taking entries. This is using liquidity sweeps and imbalance entries targetting the most logical areas to TP. 1st Trade: 3.48R 2nd Trade: 2.7R 3rd Trade: 3.21 Trend is down currently on M15 and therefore this is counter trading and a pullback towards 70% fib of yesterday's move down. Riskier? Yes but this is how to build a narrative. M15 I'd be overall bearish for now till the high is broken and it aligns back with the main bullish trend. But...
wow thank you, this information helps so much.

yeah when i look for profit targets i tend to look for 2:1 but as confidence grows i can maybe look for more without getting greedy.

while backtesting recently i have noticed that the 50ema on HTF are goldmine for direction and can help with an early indication or what price wants to do.

when looking at the 1min ema cross do you require all 3 emas to cross or are you happy with just the 50/100 crossing when looking at entries?

Also if you wait for the the nova 2nd bar close and the price has already run away abit, rather then a big stoploss do you mark out an in-balance in that impulse move and hope it comes back for a better entry.

thank you so much for your valuable help it means so much.
  • #1,938
  • Edited 12:18am Feb 16, 2026 12:03am | Edited 12:18am
I'll be updating Nova soon. Ive been experimenting with things that will help you all.

Testing out a sweep momentum signal as seen in the pic.

What this will do is help with entering reversals, pullbacks or of course liquidity sweeps.

Once Nova prints a white arrow (bullish bias) you want to see a reversal pattern form with an imbalance and then you can enter on the 50% of the imbalance targetting opposite liquidity.

I've had other requests to modify nova so i'll let you all know when the changes have been finalised and updated. Currently sorting out alerts and structuring them.

Lots of arrows on the chart but it's good for observation of what to look for.

Note: make sure to look at nova when the price is reversing as you'll find the volume spikes for a sweep and then it loses strength almost immediately and reverses as seen below with my yellow lines.... volume divergence.

GBPUSD Chart

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Gold M1 - so the key thing is to see Nova print a signal and wait for a reaction from a POI and enter on the imbalance.

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Then later when a trend is present you return to the standard entries nova gives.

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  • #1,939
  • Feb 16, 2026 12:23am Feb 16, 2026 12:23am
Playing around with the settings you can see nova called the sweep before it happened and then all you need to do is wait for the rejection with imbalance and enter on the 50% of it
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  • #1,940
  • Feb 16, 2026 12:28am Feb 16, 2026 12:28am
Quoting xkwisit2001
I'll be updating Nova soon. Ive been experimenting with things that will help you all. Testing out a sweep momentum signal as seen in the pic. image}
look forward to it, sounds interesting. Thanks for you continued input
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