SMC
2 Simple modules to pass FTMO ChallengeThese are the two types of entry modules that can be used across any market to take low risk high rewards trade. Pay close attention to annotations made. First High / Low acts as a trap for early sellers or buyers as this point is used to create liquidity for the market makers. Market makers sweeps this liquidity and mitigates extreme POI like orderblocks etc. and thus finally the banks load their short orders/long orders to break the structure.
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Key to unlock the true market structure!!!Have you been struggling with marking market structure? You may have come across many Youtubers who aim to teach the market structure, but in a very wrong manner either by taking fibonacci tool or by discretion. This Video can be an eye opener for you all who are struggling in marking valid market structure.
Market structure is the backbone for every other SMC concepts. Without market structure there will be no orderblocks, breakers etc. Even if you are a beginner in market structure, that is much better since you won't be acquiring the wrong knowledge in the 1st hand.
So are you ready to uncover the real mechanical market structure?
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GBJPY Blending Smart Money Concepts with Long Money ConceptsSmart Money Concepts since its inception with ICT have polarized the trading community mostly in a positive way, and I think said concepts are more handy for traders who have experienced many cycles in the market and are looking to refine their edge
with the advancing technology and the transaction basis of today's exchanges based on a liquidity perspective.
ICT has pioneered a new way of understanding liquidity especially on the granular side of trading, but most traders, including myself, that don't have the edge which is tenure and experience, these concepts are too simple for a complex sport, and the play book of course
is tailored to the team's strength and weaknesses.
One thing I have noticed in the trading community is that since there is no barrier to entry, like any entry level job, without the experience you cannot expect to make much off trading in the beginning phases as a trader. You have to study theory, history, psychology, and just the environment around the ticker
and tape to really grasp the notion of the science. Yes, trading is a zero sum game, but let us not get lost in that saying because mostly everything in life is zero sum. Ying and Yang.
As of recently I stopped annotating things like break of structures to define trends, chochs, and unnecessary order blocks. Think about it. What really is a break of structure?
What is really a change of character?
Liquidity Sweep?
Imbalance?
Think about it all these terms coincide with events that in reality define a certain market personality. To my perspective, none of these terms actually exist on the chart.
If you go by the assumption that pricing has already accounted for the events in the then to now, then in reality, there is no real imbalance, liquidity sweep are just market fluctuations, and a choch is literally price curb tailing itself in the other direction, simply put.
But then you have to ask yourself the famous SMC question.
Where am I in structure?
That's where the SMC free trial ends, and the error begins, now you have to buy the course from your mentor.
One thing I'm learning is that in today's timeline, instant gratification is the reason why most traders give up.
This takes time. Trading isn't a game like they say. It's not a job either. It's an understanding.
It's a language.
SMC is very powerful yes, especially for intraday traders, but for me, it's not enough to draw an actual framework that can be fractalized, besides the order blocks, which are subjective.
The market moves with intentions, and regulated prices stop on the weekend, because guess what, it's the weekend and the market makers, liquidity providers, and large speculators have lives too.
But that doesn't the intentions aren't still there.
Frequency, tonality, personality, and modes are codified in the market just as any word coming out of your mouth. It's a language. And no fluent speaker learned to speak what they speak overnight.
It takes time. Fall in love with learning this new language.
Smart Money Manipulation 🥊Alkaline is back baby! 💣
As smart money concepts gain popularity, liquidity increases.
I have taken a month away from trading to study the new forms of market manipulation and have been pleasantly surprised by what I have found.
Here is my discovery:
1) The market is currently focusing on taking liquidity from breakeven positions over fixed stop losses.
This is because emotional traders put their stops to BE quickly to avoid pain, especially during indecisive markets.
2) Order blocks are the perfect manipulation areas.
If you take time out to backtest significant order blocks, you will notice price will tap and lure or simply sweep above/below the zone before going in the intended direction.
3) That tight stop loss you are using is doing more damage than good.
Scale into your positions, trust me when I say this will reduce your emotions and give you a more relaxed trading style.
4) Use your brain, even if you are in denial.
If the majority of traders lose money, and the majority of traders now use smart money concepts, do the maths.
It feels good to be back after a long month of studying, I have lots of new things to teach and share.
I will be taking on new students shortly, have a great weekend everyone 👋
Volume profile confirmationsWatch this clip to learn how the volume profile can be used as an extra confirmation when looking for optimal entry criteria.
Mini Course : Order Block Course Hi Trader's ,, How Are You Today ? Enjoy In Holiday ,, Buy Don't Forget To Learn Too In Holiday ..
Let,s Take A Very Fast And Mini Course For : Order Block ,,
First : What IS The Order Block Mean ?
Answer : There Are Many concepts For Order Block ,, But the Real And Easily concepts For It Is " Order Block it's The Area There Banks And Big Companies Take There Orders From it "
Second : How To Get It On Chart ?
Answer : We Have 2 Patterns For It ,, Bullish And Bearish As You Se On Chart ,,
In Bullish We Have 2 Way ,, In Down Trend We Get " Low ' High ' Lower High ' Higher High ' Lower High " Then Enter Our Trade
Or In Also Down Trend We Get " Low ' High ' Lower Low ' Higher High ' Lower High " Then Enter The Trade ..
In Bearish Pattern We Also Have 2 Way To Entry ,, In Up Trend We Get " High ' Low ' Higher Low ' Then Break Out The Low And Test It And Entry "
Stop Lose Be Above The Area With 20 - 40 Pips Only
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What to do when you do not have any good POIsWatch this video to learn how to adjust your thought process when the market does not give you any valid POIs to work with. I struggled with this for a long time.
BULLISH ENTRY EXAMPLE 🔥🔥🔥Usually, liquidity is calculated by taking the volume of trades or the volume of pending trades currently on the market. Liquidity is considered “high” when there is a significant level of trading activity and when there is both high supply and demand for an asset, as it is easier to find a buyer or seller.
Hope this example can help some people understand when trading.