Stop Hunter | Liquidity Sweep & Retest Strategy by blitz_locked
By blitz_locked
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- Author: blitz_locked
- Symbol: NASDAQ:NVDA
- Timeframe: 30 minutes
Description
Stop Hunter trades the two moments where price interacts most aggressively with resting liquidity: the sweep and the retest.Markets tend to run stops sitting just beyond recent swing highs and lows before reversing — a stop hunt. They also tend to revisit a level right after breaking it, using the old resistance as new support (or vice versa) before continuing. This strategy is built to catch both.How it worksLiquidity pools — Confirmed swing highs and lows are tracked as pools. Pivots that land close together (within a user-set ATR tolerance) merge into a single pool and raise its "touch count," approximating equal-highs/equal-lows clustering — the levels where liquidity is most likely to be resting.Sweep Reclaim entries — A bar wicks through a pool but closes back inside it (a stop run that fails to hold). The entry only fires if the bar scores at least a set number of confirmation points out of four:a strong rejection close (most of the bar's range closes back on the reversal side)a volume spike vs. the recent averageRSI divergence against the RSI reading at the original pivotthe pool being a multi-touch cluster rather than a single pivotRetest Flip entries — A pool is broken by a clean close, then price returns to that flipped level within a set number of bars and holds, confirming the level has changed sides.Risk-based exits — Stops sit just beyond the sweep/retest wick (ATR-buffered), and trades are skipped outright if that stop would be unreasonably wide. Targets default to the nearest opposite liquidity pool that clears a minimum reward:risk, with a fixed-RRR fallback and an optional cap. Break-even and ATR trailing stops are both available.Position sizing — Size is calculated from account risk % and the actual stop distance, not a flat contract count, and capped by a max % of equity.FeaturesToggle Sweep Reclaim, Retest Flip, or bothAdjustable confirmation score threshold (0–4)200 EMA trend filter and optional session filterLong-only, short-only, or both-direction tradingOpposite-liquidity or fixed-RRR targets, with a reward capBreak-even and ATR trailing stop managementClean visuals: strength-graded liquidity lines, single trend line, filled/hollow triangle markers (sweep vs. retest) — no clutter, no chart labelsTipsStart on a higher timeframe (1H+) — sweep/reclaim patterns on very low timeframes generate a lot of noise.Raise the minimum sweep score if you're getting whipsawed; lower it if signals feel too rare.The EMA trend filter meaningfully changes trade frequency — try both settings before judging the strategy.Pair the "Opposite Liquidity" target mode with a realistic minRR — on a choppy pool structure it can produce very tight targets.WarningsDefaults are untuned starting points, not a recommendation — backtest and forward-test on your own instrument and timeframe before risking capital.Liquidity/sweep strategies can cluster losses during low-volatility, range-bound conditions where "sweeps" happen constantly without real follow-through.Past performance in a backtest does not guarantee future results. Commission, slippage, and your broker's actual fill behavior will affect real performance versus the backtest.This is a tool for a trading process, not financial advice.