Alive Trader

Since 2001

[DexterLab @TraderDext3r]

First gas station: 2.0, 2.5 STDV

Final gas station: 3.5, 4.0 STDV

NWOG remained open. High-probability SMTs usually form inside the Terminus Area..

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

$NQ | A.M Session

• 1 Trade Closed in Profit

Managed to secure 70+ handles before higher resistance came into play.

"The goal isn't to catch every point. The goal is to consistently participate in the highest-probability portion of the move."

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

Repeat after me:

I can make a full time income from trading.

Where I am now doesn’t define me.

I don’t care what other people think.

[Alive Trader @AliveTrader]

Study this masterpiece

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

MASTERING The IRL ↔︎ ERL Framework:

A practical framework for identifying Bias, draw on liquidity, and market narrative.

A THREAD🧵

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

MASTERING The IRL ↔︎ ERL Framework:

A practical framework for identifying Bias, draw on liquidity, and market narrative.

A THREAD🧵

[A.K @Ali_Khan_ICT]

If you can make a case for both sides of the market, sit on your hands.

Wait for more information.

If the narrative isn’t clear, do nothing.

Preserve your capital.

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

There's only two types of traders that exist:

[Alive Trader @AliveTrader]

@TTrades_edu False

[TTrades🦍 @TTrades_edu]

How to confirm high or low of the day (daily candle wick)

CISD
- Asia (h1)
- London (h1/m30/m15)
- New York (m15/m5)

Candle Closures
- h4 closure
- h1 closure at POI

poi is more important on the h1 than it is on h4

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

Only traders will understand this feeling.

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

One of the simplest yet most effective ICT models.

🗒️
• Draw on Liquidity
• 09:30 Manipulation
• 9:50 Macro Time Window
• First Presented FVG Entry Model

The fewer variables your model has, the more repeatable execution becomes.

$ES / $NQ

[A.K @Ali_Khan_ICT]

SMT is confirmation.

Not a reason to enter.

If you’re using SMT alone,
you’re guessing.

Narrative comes first.

SMT confirms it.

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

"Trading is too risky bro"

Me:

[Casper @casper_smc]

If trading feels hard right now, watch this.

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

How Time Controls Price Delivery ?

Price delivery during New York session is heavily influenced by predefined time windows where liquidity is engineered, repriced, and expanded toward higher timeframe objectives.

Understanding these time elements changes how intraday price action is interpreted.

NY AM SESSION:

• 7:00 A.M. → NY Killzone begins
• 7:00–8:30 → Premarket Silver Bullet
• 8:30 → Early Open / News Embargo
• 9:30 → Equities Open
• 9:30–10:00 → Opening Range
• 10:00–11:00 → AM Silver Bullet

The 9:30 Opening Range is one of the most important intraday windows.

This is commonly where the market:
• Creates the high or low of the day
• Runs liquidity
• Rebalances inefficiencies
• Establishes directional delivery

If bullish, the algorithm often engineers sellside liquidity below short-term lows before expanding higher.

If bearish, the algorithm often engineers buyside liquidity above highs before delivering lower.

PM SESSION:

• 12:00–1:00 → P.M Lunch Hour
• 1:30 → PM Open Macro
• 2:00–3:00 → PM Silver Bullet
• 3:15–3:45 → Final Hour Macro
• 4:00 → True Day Close
• 4:30 → NY PM Close

After lunch hour, the market transitions into a different delivery phase.

By 1:30 PM:
• AM manipulation is usually complete
• Daily targets may already be reached
• The market prepares for either continuation or reversal

Between 2PM–3PM, the PM Silver Bullet window often delivers:
• Liquidity runs
• Inefficiency rebalancing
• Expansion setups
• Continuation or reversal delivery

Then comes the Final Hour Macro.

3:15–3:45 PM is one of the cleanest delivery windows of the day.

If higher timeframe liquidity remains unsatisfied, the market will often expand aggressively toward that objective before close.

Markets are programmed around liquidity and time.

If liquidity is engineered before the open, then continuation becomes more likely.

If liquidity remains untouched into key macro windows, then manipulation is more likely before expansion.

The objective is understanding how the algorithm shifts delivery based on current market conditions and liquidity positioning throughout the session.

[Drevax @Drevaxtrades]

MASTERING ICT "Dealing Ranges"

Understanding Algorithmic Price Delivery:

A Thread🧵

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

XAUUSD as soon as I click the short button

[Alive Trader @AliveTrader]

@matt_loeber Same trade. You copy me ?

[A.K @Ali_Khan_ICT]

When I stopped chasing price and started studying time…

everything changed.

It’s not just about where price is going.

It’s when.

That’s how you filter false breakouts and understand when price will reverse vs continue.

[Trader Theory @tradertheory]

Me trying to sleep after turning $150 into $4000 then back to $0