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Overview of ICT Trading Strategies

May 19, 2025

ICT Trading Course Summary

Introduction

  • Presenter: Jesse
  • Transition from losing to making over $100,000/month.
  • Simplified course on ICT (Inner Circle Trader) strategies.
  • Focus on practical methods rather than overcomplicated jargon.

Key Topics Covered

  1. Market Structure

    • Highs and lows selection.
    • Importance as the foundation of analysis.
    • Manipulation and displacement concepts.

  2. Trade with Smart Money

    • Identifying smart money manipulation.
    • Liquidity areas and manipulation.

  3. Implied Volatility and Fair Value Gaps

    • Displacement and fair value gaps.
    • Market movement from internal range liquidity to external range liquidity.

  4. Impulse Structure

    • Not all structures are equal.
    • Differentiating between manipulation and displacement.
    • Using higher and lower time frames for trading context.

  5. Premium and Discount Concept

    • Buying at discounts and selling at premiums.
    • Use of FIB tool to mark premium and discount zones.

  6. Order Blocks and Manipulation Blocks

    • Defining and using order blocks.
    • Jesse’s concept of manipulation blocks.

  7. Breaker Blocks

    • Identification before raids on liquidity.
    • Engulfing technique and unicorn models.

  8. Time and Price Analysis

    • Understanding the market cycle: accumulation, manipulation, distribution.
    • Using time to predict market behavior.

  9. Daily Bias and SMT Divergence

    • Determining daily bias through displacement and market relationships.
    • SMT Divergence as a tool for confirming market direction.

  10. Market Maker Models

    • Visualizing retracements and expansions.
    • Identifying market side curves and confirming biases.

Trading Plan and Execution

  • Developing a bias checklist.
  • Weekly and daily analysis for bias.
  • Importance of economic calendar.
  • Entry checklist: market structure shift, SMT divergence, inverted fair value gaps.
  • Risk management strategies.

Conclusion

  • Importance of continuous learning and practice.
  • Free resources and community support offered by Jesse.
  • Encouragement to understand and apply concepts for profitable trading.

These notes capture the main ideas and strategies discussed in Jesse's ICT trading course, providing a comprehensive yet simplified guide to understanding and applying ICT strategies in trading.

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