

Daniel Emmerson
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Markets don’t move because of “liquidity zones” or “stop hunts.” They move because of flows — real money shifting based on macro positioning, policy expectations, portfolio rebalancing, and cross-asset correlations. What looks like a “stop hunt” on a small chart is often just large participants re-entering or filling orders where liquidity is deepest. Liquidity exists everywhere; it’s the oxygen of the market. But no major participant is sitting around trying to run retail stops. The FX market turns over more than $7 trillion a day — retail flow is statistically irrelevant. When we build trades, we’re focused on structure, volatility, and macro catalysts, not short-term patterns or imagined liquidity pockets. Stops are placed where the trade idea becomes invalid, not where we hope price avoids a wick. It’s easy to fall into retail explanations because they make randomness feel logical. But real consistency comes from understanding what actually drives flow: central banks, yields, and sentiment — not pattern names or candle formations.










