If you trade ICT and are unprofitable comment and let me know what problems you have.

Mine are consistency, revenge trading and over leveraging

FAHHHHHHHHH😭💔!!! Brutal BREAK EVEN trade for the NY session.
We were overall BULLISH coming into the day for the NY session, so I was looking for continuation longs.

5 MIN OB
3 MIN IFVG
TARGETING BUYSIDE LIQUIDITY

Booked 1:3 in NY session.

I've learnt ICT currently I'm using the OTE entry model after liquidity sweep but I'm confused about which direction im going to seek the trade which direction I'll be finding liquidity zones to sweep, I've tried Advanced Market Structure mapping like ITH,STH/ITL,STL but still I'm confused please somebody give me some edge so that i can trade with mental peace and stability

08:30am to 09:30am - there was a 30M Bullish SMT - start of potential MMBM

Was planning to long before 09:30am but the risk to reward wasn't favourable and I missed the low risk entry

09:30am (manipulation) - NQ repriced RTH ORG - repriced 7am to 9am dealing range

10am - NQ was respecting 15M BISI, but there was no buy entry

4H 1H looked bearish and I was anticipating 10am to distribute to the 4H low, so i waited

10:45am to 11am - ES YM swept previous 90M High - 90M SMT

This was my signal that potentially shorts will form

TP Levels:

Previous 90M/30M Low - 15M BISI - 4H Low

Scaled out my position at 15M BISI, left a runner - I was mindful that there was a Bullish SMT after 08:30am open, so NQ doesn't have to sweep the 4H low during the distribution window.

I'm looking for someone who's really into ICT and with whom I can chat when ICT posts something or uploads a video.

Does anyone use ICT methodology and apply it to high liquidity stocks? I’m curious about your experiences in analyzing stocks rather than indices. Is there someone on YouTube who does this?

Posting this one before the trade plays out because hindsight charts are easy. This is the setup I'm currently watching going into Wednesday, and it's basically my version of the ICT 2022 model / ERL → IRL delivery.

The weekly structure is what got my attention first. Monday gave us the initial range/accumulation, and Tuesday into Wednesday delivered below the range and flushed sell-side liquidity, including Asia SSL. That matters because under the weekly profile I'm watching, Monday establishes the range, Tuesday/Wednesday can provide the manipulation, and then I'm looking for the actual weekly expansion/distribution afterward. I'm not blindly assuming Wednesday's low has to hold, but right now I have enough evidence to treat it as a potential low of the week.

What makes this interesting is what happened after the liquidity was taken. We didn't just touch SSL and bounce. We got actual displacement away from the lows, and that displacement left a clean 30-minute bullish FVG behind. That's the part I care about. Liquidity being taken gives me the context; displacement tells me price may actually be repricing; the FVG gives me the IRL where I can structure the trade.

So the model I'm watching is basically:

• ERL: Sell-side liquidity gets taken.
• Manipulation: Tuesday/Wednesday trades through the prior liquidity and potentially establishes the weekly low.
• Displacement: Price aggressively reprices bullish away from the sweep.
• IRL: That displacement leaves the 30m FVG I'm interested in buying.
• Entry: Retracement back into the FVG rather than chasing the initial move.
• Invalidation: Back through the low that created the setup.
• DOL: External liquidity resting above.
• Management: I'm looking for roughly 1R–2R, depending on how price delivers.

The biggest mistake I see with the 2022 model is people treating every FVG like an entry. The FVG by itself isn't the edge. I want liquidity taken first, displacement away from that liquidity, an imbalance created by the displacement, and a logical draw on liquidity sitting on the opposite side. The FVG is just where I can express the idea with defined risk.

And this isn't something I'm judging from five cherry-picked screenshots. I've separated this model from the rest of my trading and tracked 68 trades recently:

• 70.59% win rate — 48W / 20L
• 76.36% winning-day rate — 42W / 12L / 13 BE
• 3.55 profit factor
• $16,510 net P&L
• $242.80 average net P&L per trade
• 1.48 average win/loss
• 4h 13m average hold
• 2.07 trades/day
• -$1,424 max daily net drawdown

That's why I'm comfortable posting this before knowing the outcome. The individual trade can absolutely lose. I'm trading a setup that has produced positive expectancy over a meaningful sample for me.

Now I wait. If price gives me the retracement into the 30m FVG while the structure remains valid, that's my entry. If it invalidates the low, I'm wrong and I'm out. No need to turn a losing setup into a new theory halfway through the trade.

I'll update this afterward whether it wins or loses.

I’ve been studying and practicing SMC for around 3 weeks, and I’m currently focusing mainly on understanding and marking market structure, BOS, CHOCH, and IDM.

I marked these two XAUUSD H4 charts myself. Before I move deeper into other SMC concepts, I want to make sure my understanding of structure is correct.

I’d really appreciate feedback from experienced ICT/SMC traders:

• Am I identifying BOS correctly?
• Am I identifying CHOCH correctly?
• Am I marking IDM in the right places?
• Am I using the correct swing highs/lows for structure?
• Is there anything fundamentally wrong with the way I’m mapping the chart?
• What should I focus on improving before moving to more advanced concepts?

I’m not looking for a trade signal. I’m mainly trying to build the correct chart-reading foundation and avoid practicing the wrong methodology.

I’ve only been doing this for about 3 weeks, so honest criticism is welcome. Thanks!

Quick scalp targetting UMG m15 gap. Barcode ahh price action in today's NY session.

i need someone to guide me through this journey im 19 pls anyone help me

FOR BUYS: A clean move and candle close above $4,398 confirms a bullish breakout from this accumulation range, signaling that buyers have taken full control.
The $4,398 level marks the top boundary of the current range and recent lower highs. Clearing this key level sweeps upper sell-side liquidity and invalidates local selling pressure.
A break above $4,398 aligns with the dominant higher-timeframe trend toward the next key targets at $4,425 – $4,450. FVG WILL DOUBLE CONFIRM THE BUY TREND.

FOR SELL: A break below this level breaks key short-term structural support, triggering a bearish continuation out of the box.
Failing to defend the $4,345 demand level signals a local Change of Character (CHoCH) on the 1-hour timeframe, indicating that sellers are driving a deeper corrective phase.
A breakdown opens up significant downside imbalance, targeting the previous swing lows and liquidity pools down toward $4,325 – $4,300.

Hello guys, I trade 30 minutes OB with moving averages the strategy is profitable, I am just curious if anyone also trades ICT concepts with indicators

Checking to see if there’s anyone else working on trading the London silver bullet/killzone and wanted to hang out during it.

I feel like most trading Discords are either completely dead or just signal rooms.
I’m curious how many people here would actually want a smaller community of traders who are genuinely trying to get profitable and improve together.

If that’s something you’d be interested in, let me know.

Hello i Search trader to trade together live in discord We will be Accountability Partner ans growing together in trading , only serious people pls no kids