6E Market Structure Patterns New Traders Always Miss
6E doesn’t move in random waves. It moves in repeatable market structure patterns that new traders ignore because they’re too busy drawing indicators. If you learn these patterns, you stop taking dumb breakout trades and start trading with the flow instead of against it.
Liquidity Sweeps at Session Highs and Lows
6E loves to sweep the high or low of Asia, London or New York before making the real move. This is because institutions grab liquidity before pushing price.
- Asia high → swept during London open → real move starts
- London low → swept during NY open → continuation move follows
This ties to the session timing behavior you saw in best times to trade 6E.
Break → Retest → Reclaim (BRR Pattern)
Most new traders get faked out here. A level breaks, price retests it, and then reclaims it back inside the range. That reclaim is the real signal—not the breakout.
Watch for:
- Fake breakout through a high
- Immediate rejection
- Reclaim back inside structure
That reclaim is where smart traders enter. Everyone else gets trapped.
The “Killzone Pullback” After News Events
CPI, NFP, and ECB events (explained in the volatility guide) often produce a massive spike followed by a clean pullback into unfilled imbalance zones.
The pattern:
- News spike
- Liquidity sweep
- Pullback into imbalance
- Trend continuation
If you only trade the initial spike, you're gambling. If you wait for the pullback, you’re trading structure.
Equal Highs and Equal Lows (Liquidity Targets)
Perfect double tops or double bottoms are not “strong resistance.” They’re stop clusters. 6E uses them as fuel.
- Equal highs → target for upward sweep
- Equal lows → target for downward sweep
Once swept, 6E often reverses instantly—that’s your trade.
Failed Higher High / Failed Lower Low
When 6E attempts to break structure and fails immediately, that’s institutional exhaustion. It usually leads to strong reversals if confirmed by delta or imbalance signals from order flow.
Example:
- Price attempts a higher high
- Volume dries up
- Price slams back into the range
That’s your early reversal cue.
Imbalance Zones Acting as Future Targets
Imbalances—big ask/bid volume gaps—act as magnets on 6E. Price tends to revisit them, especially during trend legs.
Don’t ignore these zones. They set your future targets and help you avoid holding into reversals.
Final Thoughts
Market structure is the backbone of 6E. If you understand sweeps, reclaim setups, failed structure and key session levels, you start trading like someone who knows how 6E actually moves—not like someone reacting to candles with fear and hope.