Deep Dive
The Foundation: Clear Trend and Structure Marking
Adeel opens by stating this pattern is the only one he'll trade repeatedly. The first step is non-negotiable: you need a clear trend. He defines this simply by marking external highs and lows—if the direction isn't obvious and you're guessing, the probability drops instantly no matter how good the rest of your setup is. He shows uptrends with higher highs and lows, downtrends with lower highs and lows. The mistake most traders make is including small breaks of structure in their marking, which creates false signals. Adeel emphasizes marking only the big breaks—high, low, high, low, higher high in an uptrend—and ignoring the small pullbacks in between. This discipline prevents you from placing stop losses at the wrong level and getting shaken out before the real move.
The Core Model: Nested Breaks and Liquidity Zones
Step two is identifying a big break of structure with a decent-sized pullback beforehand. Step three is marking that area as your liquidity zone. But here's the critical part: the zone is only valid if a smaller break of structure forms on top of it. This nested structure is the entire model. Adeel explains why this matters: price will sweep that smaller break to trap traders who think the trend has reversed, getting them stopped out, then come back into the bigger zone where real orders sit. He walks through uptrends and downtrends side by side. In an uptrend, you're looking for a high, pullback, then higher high as your big zone, with a smaller high-low-high forming above it. In a downtrend, it's the mirror—low, pullback, lower low as your big zone, with a smaller low-high-low below it. The smaller structure must not have mitigated more than 50% of the bigger zone, or those orders are already filled and the setup is dead.
Confirmation and Entry: The Liquidity Sweep Plus Lower Timeframe Shift
Step four is waiting for the liquidity sweep—price must actually touch and push through the smaller break before coming into the big zone. Step five is the confirmation: a change of character on a lower timeframe. Adeel emphasizes you don't randomly buy or sell once price enters the big zone; you need a structure break on the 5-minute or 1-minute chart depending on your timeframe. He shows a live uptrend example where price sweeps the small zone, comes into the big zone, and only then does a lower timeframe shift (low, high, lower low) occur. Once that shift breaks the high, he enters with a stop below the low. He drives home the point: all five elements must align. No sweep, no trade. No lower timeframe confirmation, no trade. This discipline is why the pattern works repeatedly.
Live Examples: Uptrend and Downtrend Execution
Adeel walks through two real trades. The first is an uptrend on what appears to be a 5-minute chart. Clear trend established. Big break of structure with a good pullback marked. Small zone forms on top. The big zone is still less than 50% filled. Bonus confluence: a beautiful area of demand inside the big zone from a previous high-low-high pattern. Price sweeps the small zone, comes into the big zone, and forms a lower timeframe structure shift. Once that low breaks, he enters with a stop below it and targets the next higher high. Price hits and moves higher. The second example is a downtrend from the same day. Crystal clear downtrend. Big break of structure to the downside. A mini break forms below it. Again, the big zone untouched beyond 50%, and a fresh area of supply sits inside from a down-to-up pattern. Price sweeps the mini zone, comes into the big zone, and then Adeel waits patiently for a structure shift. A high-low-higher high forms, and when price breaks below that high, he enters short with a stop above and targets the low. Both trades execute cleanly because all five elements were present and properly sequenced.