Free course · Lesson 8 of 14

The sweep

How the market grabs those stop losses.

Step by step

1. Here’s the Asia box. Stop losses are sitting just above the Asia high.
2. London opens and price climbs toward the high.
3. One candle spikes above the high and sets off those stop losses...
4. ...but it closes back inside the box. Price couldn’t stay up there. That’s a sweep: a raid on the stops, not a real move up.
5. Once the stops are taken, price often travels back the other way. A sweep is the moment we start paying attention.

Remember: A sweep pokes through a level and fails to stay there. It’s a trap, not a breakout.