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Short, plain articles on the ICT concepts, Volume Spread Analysis and how to use ICC Charts.
Power of 3 (AMD): accumulation, manipulation and distribution in one day
ICT's Power of 3 splits a trading day or a candle into three parts: a quiet build-up, a fake move and the real move. How to read it and where traders look for entries.
Read → ICT modelsOptimal Trade Entry (OTE): ICT's Fibonacci retracement zone
The OTE is the 62% to 79% retracement of a strong move, with 70.5% in the middle. How to draw it on the right swing, combine it with a gap or order block, and set targets.
Read → ICT conceptsPremium and discount: buy cheap, sell expensive with the dealing range
Split any range in half: above 50% is premium, below is discount. Why ICT traders only buy in discount and sell in premium, and how to pick the right range.
Read → ICT modelsThe ICT Unicorn model: when a breaker block meets a fair value gap
The Unicorn is a setup where a breaker block and a fair value gap overlap after a liquidity sweep. How it forms, where to enter and why the overlap matters.
Read → ICT conceptsOrder blocks and breaker blocks: how to find the ones that matter
An order block is the last opposite candle before a strong move. How to tell a useful one from noise, what a breaker block is, and how both are used for entries.
Read → ICT modelsThe ICT Silver Bullet: a one-hour setup, step by step
The Silver Bullet looks for one clean trade inside three one-hour windows. The windows, the sweep, the fair value gap entry and the targets, explained in plain words.
Read → ICT modelsThe Judas swing and turtle soup: trading the fake move
Why the first move of a session is often the wrong one, how the Judas swing and turtle soup patterns form, and how to wait for confirmation instead of guessing the top.
Read → VSAWyckoff and VSA: reading accumulation and distribution with volume
How Wyckoff's phases of accumulation and distribution connect to Volume Spread Analysis: the climax, the test, the spring and the upthrust, and what volume tells you at each step.
Read → ICT conceptsFair Value Gap (FVG): what it is and how traders use it
A fair value gap is a three-candle imbalance where price moved so fast that one side was barely traded. How to spot one, what fills it and how ICC Charts marks it for you.
Read → ICT conceptsLiquidity in trading: buy-side, sell-side and the sweep
Where stop orders rest, why price runs old highs and lows before turning, and how to read a liquidity sweep instead of becoming part of one.
Read → ICT conceptsMarket structure: break of structure (BOS) vs market structure shift (MSS)
Swing highs and lows tell you the trend. The difference between a break of structure that continues it and a market structure shift that may end it, in plain words.
Read → VSAVolume Spread Analysis (VSA) basics: effort, result and no supply
VSA compares how much volume came into a candle with how far price moved. Stopping volume, no supply, no demand and climax bars explained simply.
Read → ICT conceptsICT killzones: the trading sessions that matter (New York time)
The Asian range, the London and New York killzones and the Silver Bullet hours, with their times in New York time and why they matter for timing entries.
Read → GuidesHow to use the ICC Charts model scanner and alerts
A step-by-step guide: open the scanner, read a setup's entry, stop, targets and grade, check it on the chart, and get new setups on your phone, Telegram or WhatsApp.
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