Pivot Supply Range
A wick on a higher timeframe candle that represents an entire trading range on the lower timeframe — containing the liquidity sweep, reversal zone, and structural shift
When you see a significant wick on a daily candle, that wick isn't just a line — it's an entire price range on the lower timeframes. A long lower wick on the daily might contain 4-8 hours of price action on the 15-minute or 1-hour chart. Inside this range, you can find the liquidity sweep (the tip of the wick where stops were taken), the reversal zone (where buying or selling kicked in), and the change of character (where structure shifted). This range is called the pivot supply range because it's the pivot point where direction changed. When price returns to this range, the institutional interest that created the wick should still be present. To use pivot supply ranges: identify daily candles with significant wicks, drop to the 4H or 1H to map out what happened inside that wick, identify the zone and CHoCH within the range, and use these levels for future entries when price returns.
✓How to Recognize
- •Daily candle with a significant wick → drop to 4H/1H to map the range inside the wick
- •Find the liquidity sweep, reversal zone, and CHoCH within the pivot range
- •Use the mapped zone for entries when price returns to the range on future sessions
- •Pivot ranges from weekly candle wicks are even stronger than daily
⚡How to Avoid
- →Treating the entire wick range as a single zone — refine it on the lower timeframe
- →Ignoring the wick because it looks like "noise" on the higher timeframe — it contains valuable structure
- →Using the tip of the wick as your stop loss — the reversal zone inside the range is more accurate
- →Mapping pivot ranges without checking if the underlying zone has already been tested and broken