ICT Mentorship Core Content - Month 1 - Elements Of A Trade Setup

Notes

  • Ask yourself what characteristics you are trading in, and then you can build a framework.
  • In consolidation, you can say I will not do anything, and I’ll be waiting.
  • Michael refers to the consolidation phase as a holding pattern.
  • All the moves start from consolidation. That’s where the market makers build orders.
  • You need to know where the price is, where it is likely to go, and where it came from.
  • Expansion is also known as impulsive price swing.
  • We always wait for the first expansion.

Elements To A Trade Setup

A. Context or framework surrounding the idea

  1. Expansion.
  2. Retracement.
  3. Reversal.
  4. Consolidation.

B. Reference points in institutional order flow

  1. Orderblocks.
  2. Fair value gaps and liquidity voids.
  3. Liquidity pools and stop runs.
  4. Equilibrium.

Elements To A Trade Setup - Market Efficiency Paradigm

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Expansion

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Expansion Example

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Retracement

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Retracement Example

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Reversal

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Reversal Example

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Consolidation

Elements To A Trade Setup - Price Delivery Stages - Consolidation Example

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