The Market Maker Playbook: Signature Friday Payday Report

The Ultimate Market Maker Playbook: Signature Friday Payday Report
"Trade like a predator, not the prey."

Market Maker Psychology: The Puppet Master of Liquidity
The market maker isn’t here to "trade" like the rest of us. He’s here to manipulate, to hunt liquidity, and to profit off emotional traders. Think of him as the predator, while retail traders are the unwitting herd of prey.
Retail traders trade price; market makers trade liquidity.
The market maker knows where stop-loss orders are, where breakout chasers are piling in, and where fear is strongest. His only job is to push price into these traps, collect liquidity, and then reverse the market.
Whales and market makers are in sync.
Unlike retail, whales understand liquidity zones. They position smartly, wait for retail to get wiped out, and then ride the waves the market maker creates. The market maker aligns with whales at key levels, ensuring survival alongside the big players.



Friday Payday: The Juiciest Day for the Market Maker
It’s Friday, the day when everyone wants to cash in their weekly profits. For retail traders, this means rushed decisions, emotional trades, and trying to "end the week strong." For the market maker? It’s feeding time.
Today’s setup on XAU/USD (Gold) is textbook market maker manipulation. Here’s how it played out from Asia to NYC:


1. Asian Session: Planting the Seeds of Manipulation
The Asian session is the quiet before the storm, with lower volume and slower movements. But this is exactly when the market maker begins laying the groundwork for the day's liquidity grabs.
What the Market Maker Did:
The Fake Push to $2,724:
Price climbed steadily toward $2,724 (VAH), a key resistance level.
Retail traders saw this as a breakout in the making and started piling into long positions early.
The market maker built short positions here, knowing he’d flush these buyers later.
The Stalled Momentum:
At $2,724, price began to stall. Retail breakout traders got trapped, expecting a rally that never came.
The market quietly reversed back toward the POC ($2,711), shaking out weak longs and creating fear.
The Trapdoor Opens:
The market maker let price drift lower, hinting at weakness. Retail sellers started entering, convinced gold was heading down to $2,689 (VAL).



2. Pre-NYC Session: The Real Bait is Set
In the pre-NYC session, the market maker gets serious. This is when retail traders wake up and take positions, not realizing they’re stepping into well-laid traps.
What’s Happening Now:
Fakeout Above $2,724:
Expect the market maker to push price above $2,724, triggering breakout buy orders. Retail longs will enter aggressively, thinking the rally is real.
This creates a fresh liquidity pool for the market maker to sell into.
Reversal to $2,711 (POC):
After trapping longs, the market maker will reverse price sharply back toward the POC ($2,711).
Retail longs will panic, closing their positions at a loss.
Sweep Below $2,689 (Support):
The next stop is $2,689 (VAL). Retail shorts will flood in, convinced that gold is crashing. The market maker will use this liquidity to build long positions.



3. NYC Open: The Juicy Carnage
The NYC session is where the market maker delivers the final blow to retail traders. It’s fast, it’s volatile, and it’s perfectly designed to trap both buyers and sellers.
What the Market Maker Will Do:
The Liquidity Hunt Below $2,689:
Price will likely break below $2,689, triggering stop-losses for retail buyers and attracting new retail short sellers.
The market maker will quietly align with whales here, building long positions while retail shorts get too confident.
The Short Squeeze:
After accumulating longs below $2,689, the market maker will reverse price aggressively toward $2,724.
Retail shorts will scramble to close their positions, fueling a powerful rally back to resistance.
The Final Trap at $2,740:
As price approaches $2,740, retail traders will FOMO into long positions, convinced the rally is unstoppable.
The market maker will offload his long positions here, creating one last sharp pullback to end the day.


XAUMO Entry Plan: Trade Like a Market Maker
1. Short Entry (Pre-NYC Fakeout at Resistance)
Type: Sell Limit
Entry: $2,724
Stop Loss: $2,740
Take Profit:
TP1: $2,711 (POC)
TP2: $2,689 (VAL)
TP3: $2,670 (H4 SMA 50)
Trigger: Fake breakout above resistance with bearish candlestick patterns and volume divergence.
Confidence Level: 85%



2. Long Entry (Liquidity Trap at Support)
Type: Buy Limit
Entry: $2,689
Stop Loss: $2,680
Take Profit:
TP1: $2,711 (POC)
TP2: $2,724 (VAH)
TP3: $2,740 (Momentum Extension)
Trigger: Sweep below support at $2,689 with bullish RSI divergence and volume spike.
Confidence Level: 90%



3. Breakout Entry (Short Squeeze Above $2,724)
Type: Buy Stop
Entry: $2,726
Stop Loss: $2,711
Take Profit:
TP1: $2,740 (Liquidity Zone)
TP2: $2,750 (Breakout Target)
TP3: $2,760 (Extended Target)
Trigger: Bullish breakout above $2,724 with volume surge and MACD histogram expansion.
Confidence Level: 80%


4. Final Short Entry (NYC Euphoria Trap)
Type: Sell Limit
Entry: $2,740
Stop Loss: $2,752
Take Profit:
TP1: $2,724 (VAH Retest)
TP2: $2,711 (POC)
TP3: $2,689 (Full Reversal)
Trigger: Exhaustion candles near $2,740 with bearish divergence on RSI.
Confidence Level: 75%




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Market Maker’s Key Lessons
The Game is About Liquidity, Not Price:
The market moves to where liquidity is: above resistance and below support.
Retail traders lose because they chase price and trade emotionally.
Retail is the Food, Whales are the Allies:
Retail traders create liquidity through bad decisions.
Whales align with the market maker at key levels to dominate the game.
Patience Pays:
The market maker manipulates, traps, and profits. If you want to trade like them, wait for liquidity zones and confirmations.

💡 "Stop being prey. Start trading like the predator."