10,000+ Hours Of Liquidity Trading In Under 2 Hours (From A $400K+ Payout Trader)

Finance-Focused Summary

Trader Noah (Usman Noah) presents a liquidity-based trading method he says he has used since 2019 and that has generated more than $400,000 in payouts or profits. The central idea is to identify where untriggered orders and stop-loss liquidity may be concentrated, then wait for price to take that liquidity before considering an entry. He argues that traders often identify the broader direction correctly but enter too early and get stopped out.

The strategy is applied mainly to NAS (Nasdaq), with examples also referencing EUR/USD, BTC, and GJ (likely GBP/JPY). Noah says his entry rules work two to three times a week on NAS and also apply to EUR/USD and BTC.

Framework and Execution

1. Map the broader direction. Use the weekly and daily charts to assess direction and locate major liquidity, such as prior highs and lows, equal highs and lows, and structural extremes.
2. Set the trade context. Use the 4-hour and 1-hour charts to identify timing, fair value gaps (FVGs), and potential target areas. Noah says he requires at least a 1-hour FVG and a clearly defined take-profit target.
3. Wait for liquidity to be taken. Do not enter just because a short-term high or low has been swept. Noah cautions that a liquidity sweep alone does not determine trade direction; trades should remain aligned with the higher-timeframe context.
4. Look for early traders to be trapped. On lower timeframes, watch for buyers or sellers entering around apparent support, resistance, trend lines, or structure. Noah looks for their liquidity to be cleared before considering an entry.
5. Seek confirmation. After the sweep, look for RSI divergence, volume or momentum expansion, and confluence with an FVG, BPR (an overlap of two FVGs), order block, or institutional level.
6. Execute on lower timeframes. Use the 5-minute and 1-minute charts for entries; a 15-second chart is also used in one example. Noah prefers a 5-minute engulfing candle or high volume on the 1-minute chart, followed by a retracement or rejection at an FVG. He describes a strong move as an initial impulse, a high-volume candle that may create an FVG, and a continuation candle.
7. Set risk and targets. Place the stop beyond the relevant FVG, order block, or swing structure. Treat the FVG as the preferred entry plan and an order block as a fallback. Target the next liquidity pool or higher-timeframe FVG, and avoid staying in a trade if the expected reaction or momentum fails.
8. Wait rather than force trades. Use alerts and let price reach the planned area. Noah warns that forcing entries after several hours of watching charts can lead to losses.

Trade Management and Performance Claims

• Noah cites potential risk/reward ratios of 1:4, 1:5, 1:10–1:15, and, in a chart example, 1:21. These are presented as examples or potential setups, not typical or independently verified results.
• His stated take-profit approach is:
  • TP1: Take profit if he loses confidence in the trade.
  • TP2: Generally a 1-hour FVG, where he says he takes roughly 70–80% of profits.
  • TP3: Based on a 4-hour FVG or daily-structure liquidity.
• Noah describes a manual backtest of 300 observations for Monday price levels, claiming price returned to one of Monday’s levels 80–87% of the time. Based on that, he says he generally takes Monday off, checks the market Monday evening, and trades from Tuesday. He says he focuses on scalps on Mondays and Fridays and identifies the London and New York sessions as relevant. He does not cover the Asia-session setup in detail.
• In the live-chart demonstration, he reports making $6,000 across two winning trades in about two hours. The walkthrough also references intermediate figures of about $4,000 and nearly $5,000. These are the trader’s own reported results, not independently verified performance.
• Noah says he has kept more than 1,000 screenshots of entries and analysis and prefers research periods of 6–8 months rather than relying on only a few months of data.

Instruments, Concepts, and Other Financial References

Markets and assets: NAS/Nasdaq, EUR/USD, BTC, and GJ (likely GBP/JPY).

Trading concepts and tools: Liquidity sweeps and stop hunts, market structure, equal highs and lows, RSI divergence, volume, FVGs, BPRs, order blocks, institutional levels, trend lines, Wyckoff concepts, and Elliott Wave.

Prop-trading references: Funded accounts, payouts, and Apex. The video also promotes Tradeify (rendered inconsistently in the subtitles as “TradiFire”) and includes a claim that it reports more than $250 million in verified payments to over 80,000 traders, with a 0% payment-refusal rate. These are promotional claims presented in the video.

Noah says he is researching volume profile and liquidity/order flow for his own use.

Cautions and Disclosures

Noah says the method cannot be right every time, that he cannot guarantee a market move, and cautions against “selling a dream” with unusually large risk/reward claims. He also acknowledges that emotions, timing, concentration, and fatigue can cause mistakes.

He recounts taking a trade on a Friday night to try to validate a million-dollar Apex account more quickly, describing it as a mistake. The video contains a prop-firm promotion and discount code (PFT). No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer appears in the subtitles.

Presenters and Sources

• Noah / Usman Noah: Guest trader and strategy presenter.
• Host/interviewer: Not named in the subtitles.
• Sources and references discussed: Noah’s own chart examples, screenshots, and manual backtesting; concepts associated with ICT/SMC, Wyckoff, and Elliott Wave; and institutional levels that Noah says were shared by someone working at HSBC. He also points viewers to Chart Fanatic Live, PropFirmTrader, and Chart Academy.