Gold Liquidity Sweep, Frame by Frame
Equal lows, a stop run below them, then displacement, a fair value gap and a clean return before the rally. One real example from the gold 1-hour chart, 5-6 October 2026.
Key points
Equal lows on 5 Oct: $4,152.3, $4,150.4 and $4,152.9.
Sweep, 6 Oct 02:00 GMT: low $4,130.7, about $20 under the lows, close back above at $4,157.4.
Displacement 06:00-08:00 GMT, leaving a fair value gap from $4,170.6 to $4,177.2.
The 14:00 GMT candle returned to $4,170.6, the bottom of the gap; the move then ran to $4,212.4.
The sweep alone is not a signal: displacement and the return are what confirm it.
Chart data: COMEX gold futures 1-hour candles, 5-6 Oct 2026, GMT. Education only, not a signal.
Read more: Liquidity Sweeps on XAUUSD: How Gold Stop Runs Work
Transcript
Gold hunted these stops. Then it did this.
By the end, you'll see it before it happens.
Monday, October 5th. Three lows, all near $4,150. Equal lows. That's where the stop losses sit.
Tuesday, 2 am GMT. Price stabs to $4,130, takes the stops, and closes back above. That's the sweep.
But here's the part most traders miss. The sweep is not the signal. Wait for displacement: one big candle that rips away.
It leaves a gap between candles. A fair value gap, from $4,171 to $4,177.
Six hours later, price comes back to $4,170.6. Right into the gap.
Then it runs through Monday's high, all the way to $4,212.
