One of the most reliable patterns in liquid crypto markets is the liquidity sweep: price extends just beyond a technical level — a prior high, a swing low, a round number — triggering clustered stop orders, then reverses sharply. Retail traders call this a stop hunt. In structure-based trading, it is called a fractal sweep.
The Monetum Intelligence fractal scanner identifies these events in real time across BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP on the 4-hour timeframe.
A fractal high is a candle with a higher high than the two candles before and after it — a local peak in price structure. A fractal low is the inverse. These levels attract stop orders: longs stop-out below fractal lows, shorts stop-out above fractal highs.
A sweep occurs when price pierces a fractal level intrabar and closes back on the opposite side within the same candle or the next. The pattern signals:
The fractal sweep is not a trading signal by itself — it is a context signal. When the V8b system generates a directional signal and a recent fractal sweep exists at or near the entry level, conviction increases significantly. The sweep has cleared overhead (or underlying) liquidity, reducing the probability of an immediate re-test that would invalidate the setup.
The fractal alert feed shows:
A sweep that occurred within the last 4–8 hours on the same asset as an active signal is the most actionable configuration. Sweeps older than 24 hours are noted for context but carry less weight.