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In Part 2, we learned how to read market structure.
We learned to identify:
Higher Highs + Higher Lows → Bullish structure
Lower Highs + Lower Lows → Bearish structure
But here's where things get interesting.
You can correctly identify the trend and still take a terrible trade.
Why?
Because direction isn't everything. Location matters.
THINK ABOUT IT THIS WAY:
Imagine BTC is clearly bullish.
You see higher highs.
You see higher lows.
Everything looks good.
So you buy.
But there's one problem.
You're buying directly into a major resistance level.
Price rejects.
And suddenly that “bullish setup” doesn't look so bullish anymore.
This is why, after identifying structure, the next question should be: “Where is price right now?”
1️⃣ START WITH IMPORTANT LEVELS
Look for areas where price has reacted strongly before.
Things like:
- Previous highs
- Previous lows
- Support
- Resistance
- Major supply or demand areas
These areas matter because they've already shown that buyers or sellers are willing to act there.
But don't mark every tiny reaction on your chart.
Focus on the levels that actually matter.
The goal isn't to turn your chart into a jungle of lines.
It's to identify the areas where price is most likely to react.
2️⃣ THEN ASK: WHO IS TRAPPED?
This is where liquidity comes in.
Think about a previous high.
If everyone can see that high, many traders are likely making decisions around it.
Some may short the resistance.
Others may place their stop losses just above it.
Breakout traders may place buy orders above it.
That creates a pool of orders around an obvious level.
And price often moves toward areas where liquidity is concentrated.
This is why you sometimes see something like this:
Price breaks above a previous high... Everyone thinks: “Breakout! Buy!” Then price suddenly reverses.
The breakout may have simply swept the liquidity above that high before reversing.
3️⃣ DON'T CHASE THE FIRST BREAK
This is one of the biggest mistakes beginners make.
They see:
Resistance → Breakout → BUY!
But a breakout by itself isn't always confirmation.
Sometimes price breaks the level, grabs liquidity, and reverses.
That's why you need to pay attention to what happens after the level is broken.
Does price hold above it?
Does it retest and continue?
Does it quickly fall back below?
Context matters.
4️⃣ LOCATION + STRUCTURE = A MUCH BETTER IDEA
Now let's combine what we've learned so far.
Imagine BTC is in a bullish structure.
You don't want to blindly buy just because the market is bullish.
Instead, you wait for price to pull back toward an important area.
Then you watch how price behaves there.
If buyers step in and the lower timeframe begins showing bullish confirmation...
Now you have a much more interesting setup.
Notice the difference:
“BTC is bullish, so I'll buy.”
vs.
“BTC is bullish, price has pulled back into an important area, liquidity has been taken, and buyers are beginning to regain control.”
The second one has context.
And that's what we're trying to build.
HERE'S THE FRAMEWORK SO FAR:
- PART 1: Understand the market from higher timeframe → lower timeframe.
- PART 2: Understand the market structure.
- PART 3: Understand where price is and where liquidity is likely sitting.
- PART 4?
But how do you know when the market is actually giving you a reason to act?
That's where things get interesting.
We'll break that down in Part4.
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