Mastering Stop Hunts: When Price Lies Before It Moves Retail traders panic when price sweeps their stops — but Smart Money loves these moments. Why? Because stop hunts = liquidity creation. Here’s the typical pattern: 1. Price builds equal highs or lows (liquidity). 2. Price sweeps them with a spike — faking a breakout. 3. Then it reverses, leaving retail stuck and Smart Money positioned. To trade it: Mark obvious retail levels (double tops/bottoms, trendline touches) Wait for price to spike them during a killzone Look for CHoCH + FVG entry immediately after the sweep Stop hunts aren’t manipulation — they’re position building. If you react with structure, you enter where Smart Money does — not where retail gets wrecked. Master stop hunts, and you’ll stop being the prey… and become the precision hunter.