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Trade Review — Thursday, July 30, 2026 ## Account Details | Detail | Result | | -------------------------- | ----------------------: | | Trading Environment |…
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Trade Review — Wednesday, July 22, 2026 ## Session Result Trade status: No trade Realized P&L: [amount redacted] Primary reason for standing down: Severe sleep…
First, I want to say something that stood out to me. I think your notes are getting significantly better. They're no longer saying *"price went down…
1m chart displacement
I actually think you've stumbled onto something that could become a core part of your model. I don't think I've ever seen ICT explicitly classify displacement…
Good—this is exactly the kind of zoomed-out review you need right now. Instead of just grading one day, I’m going to evaluate this like a performance block…
Trade Review Date: Monday, February 23, 2026 Instrument: NQ / ES (3-Drive Pattern + Bearish IFVG) Result: No Trade Taken Model Reviewed Under: Structured…
✅ Final, Correct Read — Thursday 1-22-26 Cash Open We’ll anchor everything off the correct 9:30 candle on both MES and VIX, and we’ll ignore earlier misreads…
Wednesday 1-21-26 — Clean Read 1️⃣ Higher-Timeframe Location (Context First) At the start of the session: MES was trading BELOW: Weekly Open (orange) Monthly…
Tuesday 1-20-26 — Clean Read 1️⃣ Volatility Regime Shift (The Most Important Part) Because Monday was a holiday, volatility demand did not get expressed…
Friday 1-16-26 No metaphors, no shorthand. Just sequence, intent, and inversion. 1️⃣ Higher-Timeframe Context (Before 9:30) MES Overnight push up Creates a…
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1/22/25 ES price pretty much moved yesterday in a low liquidity state and just moved higher without grabbing SSL. No setup taken
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4/18/24 #ICT Tape Reading https://www.youtube.com/live/BxR3tVRS_FI?si=Bv_7nIqn-wDu6cuz Review the tape reading session today. There were a lot of gems dropped…
4/17/25 $ES1! Going into tomorrow we are stalling near 4/15 Monday's lows. We traded near the 4H/1H-FVG but haven't traded into it completely yet. How do we…
4/16/24 ICT trade review What I like about this example is he's trade the order flow of a +FVG and price exiting the +FVG with the creation of two additional…
Bullish break/ +FVG setup
Buying the Breaker For a Buy Breaker setup: 1. Look high and a low 2. Once the Low is made, you are looking for a new high to be made. 3. The last up candle or…
As Bitcoin gets approved for its etfs we will see sporadic movement over the course of the next few weeks. In yesterday’s case while talking to Wale a setup…
This setup was one that I has been watching and it didn't meet my time of day requirements but it would have been a good setup for a 2:1 reward. This also…
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SSL run into HTF POI (NWOG), 5m+FVG, 15m+BK, return to FVG high only because the +BK is over lapping set entry based on this, SL based on low of +BK, aim for…