Trading the Clock: Copper Hunt for Session Liquidity Sweeps

Feb 18

Trading through time is the art of intraday trading when only 2 things matter - time and recent sessions extremums. Below setap for liquidity hunting on XCUUSD

Global Fundamentals:

- COPPER stockpiles across LME (London Metall Exchange), COMEX (New York Commodities Exchange), and ShFE (Shanghai Futures Exchange) have hit a 20-year high, creating massive overhead supply
- high prices are already dampening demand in China, the world’s top consumer, while rising inventories in London and New York continue to pressure the market
- the current Chinese New Year celebrations mean thin liquidity during Asian hours
- therefore expect the real volatility to kick in during the London and New York sessions

Local Technicals:

- on Tuesday, Feb 17, price tested the lower boundary of the [5.73, 6.14] horizontal channel, performing a minor (0.78%) stop run during the US pre-market before reclaiming the range
- it is common for price to sweep session liquidity by 1-2 pips before the main move starts
- there are three local liquidity pockets above the current price
- since Shanghai is closed, I am focusing on EU and NY liquidity as targets for a potential reversal
- these levels act as magnets before a downside continuation toward the NY and Shanghai liquidity pools sitting below the 5.68 support

Conclusion:

- session trading often involves lower-volume moves, but it provides extra price anchors for intraday entries and exit
- over the next two days, I am watching the reaction at the EU and Shanghai liquidity pockets for a short entry
- targets are the NY (TP1) and Shanghai (TP2) lows

- scenario is invalidated if two bars close above 5.86

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⚠️ Signal - Sell ⬇️
✅ Entry Point - 5.8115
🛑 SL - 5.8663
🤑 TP - 5.6383
⚙️ Risk/Reward - 1 : 3.17 👌
⌛️ Timeframe - 48 hours 🗓

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Good Luck! ☺️

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DISCLAIMER: Not financial advice. Everyone must make trading decisions at their own risk, guided only by their own criteria and strategy for opening or not opening a trade

Feb 18

Note

Liquidity above London / Frankfurt session highs (5.783) got swept away. Next possible target - 5.815

Feb 18

Trade active

Target 5.815 reached, opened short

Feb 18

Note

Price reached 3rd target for Liquidity Sweep (New York session) at 5.853

Feb 20

Note

P.S If you wonder why the trade is still active - the actual stop is always a little bit beyond the planed one because of situations like on this chart.
Current position on 20 Feb. 2026, 05.24 UTC+1:
Average filled price: 5.80583
Last price: 5.79583
Unrealized PnL: +0.16% (Asset price change, not margin)
Opening time: 2026-02-18 14:49:09 UTC+1

Feb 20

Trade closed: stop reached

Well, the price collected NY liquidity and went further. Catched the stop