To be successful in ICT trading, one must understand how to identify liquidity areas by analyzing different time frames. First, analyze the daily chart to determine an overall bullish or bearish bias based on price structure. Then, look at the one-hour chart to find pools of liquidity to target intraday. Entries should occur when the market shifts structure after lacking displacement under an hourly liquidity area, while having a daily bias. Successful trades require meeting criteria like structure shifts during active sessions and using breaker blocks as entries.
To be successful in ICT trading, one must understand how to identify liquidity areas by analyzing different time frames. First, analyze the daily chart to determine an overall bullish or bearish bias based on price structure. Then, look at the one-hour chart to find pools of liquidity to target intraday. Entries should occur when the market shifts structure after lacking displacement under an hourly liquidity area, while having a daily bias. Successful trades require meeting criteria like structure shifts during active sessions and using breaker blocks as entries.
To be successful in ICT trading, one must understand how to identify liquidity areas by analyzing different time frames. First, analyze the daily chart to determine an overall bullish or bearish bias based on price structure. Then, look at the one-hour chart to find pools of liquidity to target intraday. Entries should occur when the market shifts structure after lacking displacement under an hourly liquidity area, while having a daily bias. Successful trades require meeting criteria like structure shifts during active sessions and using breaker blocks as entries.
To be a successful ICT trader, it's important to think like a market maker and align with the algorithm that seeks out liquidity.
Determine your bias
Analyze the daily chart to identify the market direction and build a bullish or bearish bias based on the structure and displacements.
Identifying liquidity areas for intraday targeting
Look at the one-hour and identify areas of liquidity to establish which liquidity pools to target. DAILY BIAS DAILY BIAS LACK OF DISPLACEMENT = RAID LACK OF DISPLACEMENT = RAID LACK OF DISPLACEMENT = RAID In this example, I used a breaker block to enter after a M5 market structure shift that occurred after a lack of displacement under H1 liquidity when I had a bullish daily bias.
I then targeted the opposing
liquidity as shown in previous slides.
Stops under breaker
ENTRY CHECKLIST
Time Raid must occur during NY Session Killzone or London Session Killzone