ICT Trading Concepts

Core ICT Principles

• Market Structure – Price moves in cycles of accumulation, manipulation, and distribution. Recognizing these stages is key.

• Liquidity Pools – Stop losses and pending orders cluster around highs and lows. Institutions often push price into these areas to collect liquidity before reversing.

• Order Blocks – Zones where big players placed orders that caused strong moves. These act as support/resistance and prime entry levels.

• Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) – Imbalances where price moved too quickly, leaving gaps that often get revisited.

• Optimal Trade Entry (OTE) – Using Fibonacci retracements (typically 62–79%) to find high-probability entries.

• Session Timing – The London and New York sessions deliver the most reliable setups; ICT emphasizes waiting for these windows.

ICT in Action: Example on Gold (XAUUSD)

1. Identify liquidity – Gold sweeps stops above a previous high.

2. Watch for displacement – A sharp move down confirms institutional order flow.

3. Mark the order block – A bearish candle before the drop often acts as a supply zone.

4. Entry & Management – Enter on a retest of that zone, set stops above the high, and target the next liquidity pool.

This approach filters out noise and lets traders follow the “footprints” of smart money.

Learn ICT With Us

Inside our Discord community, we break ICT down step by step:

• 🎥 Live market walkthroughs showing liquidity sweeps and order block setups.

• 📚 Guides & cheat sheets for understanding FVGs, OTE, and market structure.

• 🔍 Gold & Forex analysis applying ICT concepts in real time.

• 🤝 Mentorship & Q&A so you can master ICT without confusion.

By learning ICT, you shift from trading like the crowd to thinking like institutions — giving you an edge in Forex, Futures, and Gold markets.