Smart Money Concepts
Oct 24, 2026 5 min read
Liquidity Grab vs Breakout: How to Assess the Difference
Liquidity grab trading rests on one distinction: a move through a level that reverses was a grab of the stops behind it, and a move through a level that holds was a breakout. In the moment they look identical. This guide gives the five tells that separate them within a candle or two of the level, the context that makes one more likely than the other, and the way to trade each without guessing which it is.
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