Runs vs Sweeps: ICT for Futures Explained
TL;DR
Runs vs Sweeps — Continuation or reversal. Both break a level, but they mean opposite things.
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Where this fits in the Confluence Method
This lesson lives in the Stack step of the Confluence Method, where you confirm price action and structure and a key level before a setup qualifies as a trade. It also reinforces the risk and psychology that let the edge compound over many trades.
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2 sections0:00Welcome back. Liquidity runs versus sweeps — telling continuation from reversal. Both break a level, but they mean opposite things. A run closes through the level with intent. That's continuation. A sweep only wicks past, grabs the stops, and snaps back. That's reversal. Watching how price interacts with the level, not just that it touched it, is the whole game.
0:24A close-through is a run. A wick-and-reject is a sweep. Read which one you got.
