Apex Liquidity MATRIX
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Ilias Saoudi
I architect algorithmic solutions for high-volatility CFD and futures markets — with a focus on structural resilience, not theoretical backtests. My EAs and indicators undergo live-market stress testing against CPI shocks, flash crashes, and gold’s trend extremes. - Version: 5.51
- Activations: 5
Apex Liquidity Matrix MT5 — Institutional ICT & Smart Money Concepts Engine
Automated Session Liquidity Sweeps • Market Structure Shifts • Institutional Expansions • DualTarget Runner Engine • PropFirm Drawdown Guard
🏛️ The Institutional Edge
Retail traders often enter breakouts right at session highs or lows — only to be stopped out by institutional liquidity runs.
Apex Liquidity Matrix MT5 is an institutionalgrade trading system engineered around the proven principles of Inner Circle Trader (ICT) and Smart Money Concepts (SMC). Rather than chasing price, the algorithm identifies accumulated session liquidity pools, waits for large market makers to sweep buyside or sellside stops, and confirms true Market Structure Shifts (MSS) before executing high RisktoReward trades.
When decisive macro displacement occurs instead of a sweep, the engine shifts seamlessly to Institutional Expansion mode, capturing continuation runs on the mitigation order block retest.
⚡ Core Strategy Mechanisms
1. Session Liquidity Range Accumulation (02:00 – 09:30 AM NY Time)
Maps the definitive BuySide Liquidity (BSL) and SellSide Liquidity (SSL) prior to the highvolume New York Cash Open.
Visualizes realtime BSL, SSL, and Equilibrium (50% Fair Value) directly on your MT5 chart.
2. Precision Turtle Soup Sweeps & Market Structure Shift (MSS)
Detects false breakout liquidity sweeps (wick piercing the high/low without candle body displacement).
Waits for an immediate Market Structure Shift (MSS) on the execution timeframe to confirm that smart money has absorbed retail liquidity.
Targets the opposing liquidity pool or Equilibrium for an asymmetric Risk:Reward profile.
3. Institutional Expansion & Mitigation Retest
When highmomentum displacement pushes price beyond the session range, the system waits for an institutional candle body close past our displacement threshold.
Enters on the Mitigation Order Block Retest back into the broken liquidity level, preventing retail FOMO traps.
4. DualStage Profit Engine (Bank TP1 + Macro Runner TP2)
TP1 (Bank Target): Takes partial profit (e.g. 50%) at Equilibrium or 1.0x expansion to secure banked gains early.
Automated Breakeven Guard: Instantly moves Stop Loss to entry (+ commission buffer) the moment TP1 is booked.
TP2 (Macro Runner): Leaves the remainder of the position to ride massive macro trend expansions (up to 2.0x, 3.0x or trailing stop) 100% riskfree.
🛡️ PropFirm Capital Protection Suite
Engineered from the ground up for strict proprietary firm evaluation rules (FTMO, FundedNext, The Funded Trader, Topstep, etc.):
Daily Drawdown Circuit Breaker: Dynamically tracks daily equity. If your customizable daily risk limit (e.g. 4.0%) is reached, all positions and pending orders are instantly liquidated and trading is locked until the next day.
Strict Discipline Filter: Limits executions to a configurable maximum trades per day (default: 1 trade/day) to eliminate overtrading and revenge trading.
ServerSide Hard Stops: Every trade is transmitted to the broker with precalculated hard Stop Loss and Take Profit. No virtual or delayed stops that can fail during slippage.
Zero Toxic Mechanics: NO Martingale, NO Grid, NO Arbitrage, NO Averaging Down, NO Hedging.
📊 Recommended Setup & Specifications
Recommended Symbols:
Indices: NAS100 / USTEC / US100 (Primary Edge), US30, GER40 / DAX
Metals: XAUUSD / Gold
Forex: EURUSD, GBPUSD
Optimal Timeframes:
M2 (2Minute — Highly Recommended): The institutional sweetspot for NAS100; captures rapid MSS shifts earlier than M5 with significantly cleaner signals than M1.
M5: Classic ICT session execution. works best for gold
Account Type: Raw Spread / ECN with low commissions
Minimum Deposit: $200 (Cent or Micro accounts) | $1,000+ (Standard ECN accounts) | Compatible with any $10k–$200k PropFirm challenge
VPS: Recommended with <20ms latency to your broker server
🏆 Empirical Performance Profile (NAS100 • M2 Execution)
Verified in MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester with 100% Tick Quality:
Initial Deposit: $10,000.00
Total Net Profit: +$1,363.82 (+13.64%) in 1 Month
Profit Factor: 3.88 | Recovery Factor: 5.90 | Sharpe Ratio: 27.89
UltraLow Drawdown: Maximal Equity DD only 2.25% ($231.01) — Flawlessly stays within strict 4%–5% propfirm daily limits
Win Rate: 77.08% across 48 setups (Long Win Rate: 81.25% | Short Win Rate: 75.00%)
Execution Concentration: 90%+ of executions triggered precisely within the 09:30 – 11:00 AM NY Cash Open window, avoiding stagnant market consolidation and overnight rollover fees.
Dual TP Distribution: 48 executions with 96 deals reflecting the 50% Bank TP1 + Macro Breakeven Runner in action.
⚙️ Input Parameter Guide
1. Session & Timezone
Session Calculation Mode: Vantage Auto (Automatic GMT+3/GMT+2 calculation), Broker GMT Offset, or Manual Server Hours.
AutoDetect Live GMT: Automatically calculates daylight saving shifts between New York and your broker clock.
Force Close at Cutoff: Closes any active runner before session close if overnight rollover risk is undesirable.
2. Liquidity Sweep & MSS Settings
Allowed Setups: Trade Sweeps only, Institutional Expansions only, or Both.
Execution Mode: Market Execution (instant on bar close) or Limit Order at key retest levels.
MSS Shift Trigger: Sweep Candle Extreme (Fastest execution), 3Bar Structural Swing, or NBar Lookback.
Stop Buffer / TP Buffer: Customizable buffers in symbol points.
3. Institutional Expansion & Mitigation Retest
Displacement Offset Points: Minimum candle close distance beyond the liquidity level required to confirm a genuine expansion.
Retest Touch Tolerance: Tolerance buffer for order fill during mitigation retest.
Max Bars to Wait: Maximum bars allowed before canceling an unfilled mitigation setup.
4. Dual Target (TP1 + Macro Runner)
Enable Dual Targets: Toggle position splitting on or off.
Runner Position Size (%): Percentage allocated to TP2 runner (default: 50%).
Runner Target Mode: Opposite Range, 1x/2x/3x Expansion, or Dynamic Trailing Stop.
Move SL to Breakeven on TP1: Automated risk neutralization upon TP1 fill.
5. Risk & PropFirm Suite
Risk Per Trade (%): Dynamic lot calculation based on exact Stop Loss distance (e.g. 1.0% risk).
Max Trades Per Day: Hard cap on daily setups (1 trade per day standard).
Daily Drawdown Breaker (%): Hard account circuit breaker.
Order Comment Tag: Customizable execution tag printed on your broker trade tickets (default: `"Apex"`).
📈 Verification & Backtesting
For backtesting in MT5 Strategy Tester, select "Every tick based on real ticks".
Features a builtin custom optimization criterion (OnTester) designed to maximize Profit Factor and Recovery Factor while penalizing equity drawdowns greater than 10%.
⚠️ Risk Disclaimer
Trading foreign exchange, equities, and commodities on margin carries high risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Always evaluate strategies thoroughly on a demo account or simulated environment before deploying live capital.
