How Do You Use LiquidityScan?
To use LiquidityScan, create a free account, set your market mode (Crypto or TradFi), open the Scanners hub, and pick one engine that matches your style. Study a detection in X-Ray to verify context, then enable push alerts on the setups you care about.
That is the short version. The rest of this guide walks each step in order, so a first-time user can go from sign-up to a working alert on a single pair without touching anything they do not yet understand.
LiquidityScan is a scanner for ICT and Smart Money Concepts patterns, not a signal service — so the goal is to get you reading detections, not blindly following them.
Step by Step: How to Use LiquidityScan From Sign-Up to Your First Alert
Work through these seven steps in sequence. Steps one through four are fully free — enough to evaluate whether the tool fits how you trade. Alerts in Step 5 are where most people move to the entry paid tier, since the free plan includes no alert pairs.
1. Sign Up on the Free Tier
Start here. Registration is a short email-and-password flow with a verification code, and every tier — including Free — scans all pairs and all base strategies. You are not paywalled out of the detection engine. The free tier exists so you can explore the scanners, the per-coin dossiers, and the confluence feeds before deciding anything about money.
Resist the urge to upgrade on day one. You cannot know which paid surface you need until you have used the product. The paid tiers unlock things like intraday timeframes and alert pair counts, and none of that matters until you have picked a scanner and a session to focus on.
2. Set Your Market Mode and Get Oriented to the Scanners Hub
LiquidityScan splits markets into two global modes: Crypto (USDT-margined Binance Futures perpetuals) and TradFi (stocks, metals, energy, and index markets from Binance and Hyperliquid). Choose the one you actually trade. If you trade Bitcoin and altcoin perps, stay in Crypto; if you trade indices or metals, switch to TradFi. The signal lists change accordingly.
Then open the Scanners hub. This is the overview page that shows every detection engine as a card — Super Engulfing, ICT Bias, CRT, OB+, FVG, Market Structure, Liquidity Sweep, and the rest.
Do not try to read all of them. Skim the cards, note which names you recognize from your own study, and move on. The hub is your home base; you will return to it constantly.
3. Pick One Scanner That Fits Your Style
This is the most important decision, and it should be driven by the concept you already trade — not by which card looks busiest. Match the engine to your method:
- Order-block traders: use OB+ / OB++, which surfaces a liquidity-confirmed Order Block — the last opposite candle before an impulse that takes a prior swing high or low. It shows fresh, unmitigated zones and alerts on the retest, not the formation.
- Structure traders: use Market Structure (BOS / CHoCH), a faithful port of an SMC indicator that flags a Break of Structure (continuation) or a Change of Character (reversal) at major and minor resolution.
- Reversal and stop-hunt traders: use CRT (Candle Range Theory), which finds a Liquidity Sweep where a candle wicks past the prior range and closes its body back inside — a classic failed-sweep signature.
Pick exactly one. A single engine on a single asset class gives you a clean, readable feed. You can add more later, but starting with one is how you avoid drowning in signals you cannot yet judge.
4. Read a Detection Properly With X-Ray
A detection on a feed card is a candidate, not a verdict. To read it properly, open X-Ray on the coin — type the symbol and you get a live per-coin dossier that aggregates everything the platform knows about that one pair in one place. This is where you verify context yourself instead of reacting to a card.
Inside X-Ray, check three things before you care about the setup: the Verdict & Bias card (a LONG/SHORT/NEUTRAL read with macro, mid, and micro alignment), the per-timeframe bias reads, and the interactive chart where the setup's real geometry is painted.
If the scanner flagged a bullish order block but the higher-timeframe bias is bearish and unaligned, that is context you need. Every scanner detects on confirmed, closed candles, so the geometry will not repaint — but alignment is still your job to confirm.
5. Enable Alerts
Once you trust one scanner on one asset class, turn on alerts so you stop babysitting the screen. Alert pairs start on the paid Starter tier — the free plan includes zero — so this is the usual moment to upgrade.
LiquidityScan delivers alerts by browser Web Push, native Android push, and an in-app bell and toast; there is no Telegram signal delivery. Grant the push permission when prompted and add your chosen pairs.
The alert worth understanding is the pre-arrival proximity alert on zone scanners like OB+ and FVG. Instead of pinging you only after price hits a zone, a roughly five-minute proximity loop fires as price approaches, then taps, the level — formed, approaching, touched.
That lead time is what lets you get to the chart before the retest, rather than after it. Alert pair counts scale by plan, so pick your highest-conviction pairs first rather than spreading attention thin.
6. Build Your Routine
Now assemble the pieces into a repeatable loop. A sound order of operations is: establish higher-timeframe bias first (use ICT Bias or the Core-Layer confluence view to see which direction the weekly and daily favor).
Then wait for an alert to fire inside your kill zone, and run your own entry checklist before acting. The platform surfaces the candidate; the checklist is yours.
Anchor the routine to time, not just price. If you trade the New York AM window, only act on alerts that arrive in that window and ignore the rest. A routine that says "bias, then wait for my alert in my session, then check my rules" keeps you from chasing every detection the scanner produces across 24 hours.
7. (Optional) Go Deeper
When the basic loop feels natural, layer in the aggregation surfaces. The Confluence catalog lists multi-timeframe setups that only fire when timeframes agree on one direction, including ordered Sequences where each leg must fire after the previous one.
War Room gives you a per-pair cockpit to work a single pair top-down from macro to micro with a lockable bias. The AI Agent lets you ask questions and pulls live scanner data to answer — it is tool-grounded and forbidden from inventing prices or signals, and access is gated per user.
Treat all three as optional depth, not day-one requirements.
Which Plan Should You Start On When Learning How to Use LiquidityScan?
Start on Free. Every tier scans all pairs and all base strategies, so the free account is a genuine evaluation environment, not a crippled demo. Upgrade only when you hit a specific wall that a paid surface removes — not before.
The paid tiers gate intraday timeframes (30m, 15m, 5m sit on the higher tiers), alert pair counts, watchlist capacity, Core-Layer and Confluence depth, Market-Structure sequence mode, custom-scan quota, and the AI Assistant.
The practical trigger to upgrade is when you need one of those: intraday timing for scalps, any alert pairs at all beyond the free plan's zero, or the AI Agent. Pricing was in transition through mid-2026, so check the live pricing page before committing to any number — do not assume a figure from a screenshot.
How to Avoid Overwhelm as a Beginner
The single biggest mistake new users make is turning on everything at once. Ten scanners across 400-plus pairs in both market modes produces a firehose of detections, and a beginner cannot judge them fast enough to learn anything. The fix is deliberate narrowing:
- One scanner. Pick the engine that matches your method and ignore the other cards for now.
- One session. Choose a single kill zone — London or New York AM — and only act on alerts inside it.
- One or two pairs. Watch instruments you already understand rather than the whole board.
With that constraint you get a feed slow enough to actually study. You will see the same setup type form, retest, and resolve dozens of times, which is how pattern recognition builds. Widen the aperture only after one scanner and one session feel automatic.
An Honest Note on What LiquidityScan Does and Does Not Do
LiquidityScan surfaces candidates. It detects ICT and SMC patterns on closed candles and shows them to you as signals, dossiers, and confluence stacks — but it does not tell you to buy or sell, and most engines do not even output an entry, stop, or target. It is an analysis tool, not a signal-selling service and not financial advice.
That means the learning is still on you. The scanner will point at an order block or a change of character faithfully, but whether that context is worth trading depends on judgment you build by studying the concepts themselves.
The best way to use LiquidityScan is to pair it with genuine ICT education — the tool accelerates finding and reading setups, it does not replace understanding them. Used that way, it is a coverage-and-attention multiplier; used as a magic-signal button, it will disappoint.
Your First-Week Plan for How to Use LiquidityScan
Here is a concrete week that turns the seven steps into a habit. Spend fifteen to thirty focused minutes a day; the point is repetition, not screen time.
| Day / Step | What to Do |
|---|---|
| Day 1 — Set up | Create the free account, verify email, choose Crypto or TradFi, and browse the Scanners hub. |
| Day 2 — Choose | Pick one scanner that matches your method (OB+, Market Structure, or CRT) and read its card descriptions. |
| Day 3 — Read | Open X-Ray on two coins that have a live detection; check Verdict & Bias and per-timeframe alignment. |
| Day 4 — Alert | Enable push on the Starter tier (Free has no alert pairs), add one to three pairs, and confirm a proximity alert arrives. |
| Day 5 — Bias | Establish higher-timeframe bias with ICT Bias / Core-Layer before looking at any lower-timeframe alert. |
| Day 6 — Routine | Wait for an alert inside your chosen kill zone, then run your own checklist end to end — paper only. |
| Day 7 — Review | Look back at the week's alerts, note which aligned with bias and which did not, and refine your one filter. |
By the end of week one you will have used every core surface at least once and, more importantly, you will have a repeatable loop instead of a dashboard you stare at. That loop — bias, alert, checklist — is the whole point of learning how to use LiquidityScan: it moves you from reacting to detections to deciding on them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to pay to use LiquidityScan?
No. The free tier scans all pairs and all base strategies, so you can evaluate the scanners, X-Ray dossiers, and confluence feeds without paying. Paid tiers add intraday timeframes, more alert pairs, deeper confluence, sequence mode, custom scans, and the AI Assistant. Upgrade only when you hit a specific limit, and check the live pricing page first.
How do alerts work?
Alerts are delivered by browser Web Push, native Android push, and an in-app bell and toast — there is no Telegram signal delivery. On zone scanners like OB+ and FVG, a proximity loop notifies you as price approaches and then taps the level, giving you lead time before the retest. The number of pairs you can alert on scales with your plan.
Where should a complete beginner start?
Start with the free sign-up, then narrow hard: one scanner that matches your method, one trading session, and one or two familiar pairs. Read detections in X-Ray to confirm bias and alignment before caring about any setup. Widen to more scanners and sessions only after that first loop feels automatic.
Does LiquidityScan tell me when to buy or sell?
No. It surfaces detected ICT and SMC patterns and aggregates context; it does not issue trade calls, and most engines output no entry, stop, or target. It is an analysis tool, not financial advice. You supply the checklist and the decision — which is why pairing it with real ICT study matters.
Related query paths
Follow these in order — understand the product, then how detection works, then how to build the routine and choose a plan around it.
- What is LiquidityScan? — the plain-English overview of what the platform is before you sign up.
- How the LiquidityScan Scanner Works — from raw candles to a detected setup, so you trust what the feed shows.
- Best ICT Timeframes: HTF Bias to LTF Entry Guide — pick the right timeframes for the bias-first routine in Step 6.
- The Professional ICT Trading Routine: A Daily Playbook — the daily loop your alerts should plug into.
- How to Learn ICT Trading: 5-Phase Roadmap — the concept study that turns candidates into decisions.
- LiquidityScan Pricing Explained — decide when a paid tier is actually worth it for you.
- Does LiquidityScan Give Buy/Sell Signals? Context Engine vs Signal Service — a related angle on does liquidityscan give signals.