the coolest people are the ones deep in their own world. passion is attractive. knowledge is attractive. skill is attractive. not giving a fuck what people think of you and going after what’s yours is sexiest of all
Nothing humbles you like having to start from scratch. After the tears, the silence, the anxiety… you slowly come back to life. And when you do, protect that journey. It cost too much.
I let go of my trainer since I’m always traveling now and made this visual helper because I’m always flustered about what to do at the gym. I left the set and reps blank, so I can easily update it as I challenge myself more
ICT's Glossary of Terms:
OTE - Optimal Trade Entry
EQL - Equilibrium
BSL - Buyside Liquidity
SSL - Sellside Liquidity
PDAM - Premium/Discount Array Matrix
PA - Premium Array
DA - Discount Array
OB - Order Block
+OB - Bullish Order block
-OB - Bearish Order block
PB - Propulsion Block
VB - Vacuum Block
MB - Mitigation Block
BR - Breaker
+BR - Bullish Breaker
-BR - Bearish Breaker
IRB - Immediate Rebalance
BPR - Balanced Price Range
FVG - Fair Value Gap
BISI - Buyside Imbalance Sellside Inefficiency
SIBI - Sellside Imbalance Buyside Inefficiency
LP - Liquidity Pool
LV - Liquidity Void
RTO - Return to Order Block
RTB - Return to Breaker
MS - Market Structure
BMS - Break of Market Structure
SMS - Shift in Market Structure
OF - Order Flow
IOF - Institutional Order Flow
DOL - Draw On Liquidity
STD - Standard Deviation
PDH - Previous Daily High
PDL - Previous Daily Low
DH - Daily High
DL - Daily Low
MH - Monthly High
ML - Monthly Low
LOR - Low of Range
HOR - High of Range
CE - Consequent Encroachment
IPDA - Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm
IBDR - Interbank's Dealing Range
MTH - Mean Threshold
LO - London Open
NYO - New York Open
LKZ - London Open Kill Zone
LCKZ - London Close Kill Zone
NYKZ - New York Open Kill Zone
PO3 - Power Of 3
AMD - Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution
OHLC - Open,High,Low,Close
WDYS - What Do You See?
MMXM - Market Maker Buy/Sell Model
MMBM - Market Maker Buy Model
MMSM - Market Maker Sell Model
ITH - Intermediate Term High
ITL - Intermediate Term Low
STH - Short Term High
STL - Short Term Low
SH - Stop Hunt
SL - Stop Loss
SP - Stops Purged
TP - Take Profit
HTF - High Timeframe
LTF - Low Timeframe
1D - Daily Timeframe
1W - Weekly timeframe
1M - Monthly timeframe
ICT - Inner Circle Trader
A FRIEND doesn't encourage you to be messy, to fight, miss work, club every weekend, cheat etc. A TRUE friend is going to stay on you about accomplishing your life goals, getting your money, ignoring the foolishness, and enjoying life.
Personally, I think we should be okay with having a great conversation with a stranger and leaving it at that; exchanging contacts isn’t exactly necessary. It’s one of the beautiful things of life to remember a good conversation with a random person and move on
my father always told me: "if you want to go for a run, go for a run, don't look for company. sooner or later, on your fifth run or your twentieth, likeminded people will find you themselves." and only recently have I realized that this principle works everywhere.