This session covered core trading concepts, including phases of price delivery, swing formations, and how to combine these into actionable trading frameworks and models.
The speaker outlined practical steps for identifying and trading different market phases, using expansion, retracement, reversal, and continuation signatures.
Questions from attendees addressed clarifications on swing formations, entry timing, use of correlated assets, and session-specific profiles, with promises for more detailed coverage in future sessions.
Next streams will focus on profiling, narrative pairing with drivers, advanced entry techniques, and session-specific frameworks.
Action Items
T trades: Upload the session recording to the appropriate platform within the next 1-2 days.
Host: Consider uploading or sharing the slide PDFs via Google Docs or another platform, per attendee requests.
Host: Prepare detailed slides for the next stream covering daily and weekly profiles, invalidation signals, and session-specific frameworks.
Attendees: Repost any outstanding questions to the appropriate chat (journal or fract model chat) for follow-up in the next session.
Host: Begin creating and editing YouTube videos for further educational content as soon as new computer arrives.
Core Trading Concepts & Frameworks
The session grouped key trading concepts into three streams: phases of price delivery, swing formations, and open-high-low-close candle profiling.
Phases of Price Delivery:
Price moves from consolidation → expansion → (retracement, reversal, or further consolidation); never directly from consolidation to reversal/retracement.
Expansion signatures include shallow retracements, small wicks, and confirmation by opposing candles and fair value gaps.
Continuation signatures focus on consolidations; reversals never occur directly from consolidation.
Retracement signatures typically involve deep pullbacks and failure swings, and trading requires manipulation as a trigger.
Reversal signatures are V-shapes or sharp moves, confirmed by candle structure, SMT (smart money technique), and specific expansion triggers.
Swing Formations:
Candle 2 and Candle 3 closures define swing points; valid closures set up subsequent expansion trades.
Mechanical approaches use the mid-point (EQ) of wicks or candles to set invalidation levels and identify entry zones.
Application differs by timeframe: GXT model specific to 1-hour and 30-minute; for higher timeframes, confirm with lower-timeframe models.
Candle Structure and Profiling:
Ideal bullish candles open low, form the wick early, and close near the high; bearish candles open high and close near the low.
Reversal candles have specific open/close characteristics supporting expansion probabilities and target adjustment if not met.
All frameworks emphasize trading away from manipulation/protected swing points and using fair value gaps for confirmation.
Practical Examples & Market Application
Illustrated the frameworks with examples from gold and indices, applying the phases of price, swing points, and manipulation concepts in real trade scenarios.
Emphasized the use of SMT with specific asset pairs (e.g., gold/silver, NQ/YM/ES) to confirm signals, recognize lagging markets, and avoid false entries.
Discussed pairing high-impact economic event “drivers” (e.g., NFP, 9:30 US open) with technical setups for narrative confirmation and higher probability trades.
Stressed the importance of journaling and holding through high-probability trades, especially on significant news-driven days.
Q&A and Clarifications
Clarified identification and trading of swing points, differences between timeframes, and the use of candle 2/3 closures.
Addressed session-specific trading (London vs. New York), driver timing, correlation use, and SMT application.
Confirmed more in-depth sessions are planned on profiling, entry filtering, advanced SMT/correlation methods, and mechanical frameworks for London session.
Decisions
Next streams will cover profiling, driver-pairing, and entries — Responding to attendee demand for deeper dives into session profiles, invalidation, and execution mechanics.
PDF slides may be shared via Google Docs — Following attendee requests for access to educational materials.
Open Questions / Follow-Ups
Will the PDF slides be uploaded and shared for attendee access, and if so, where?
Will future streams include coverage of live trading sessions, full watchlist reviews, and deeper insights on multi-stage SMT/correlation methods?
Attendees requested a stream specifically on correlation and advanced SMT techniques (to be scheduled).