Time is Fractal:
1 year - 3,3,3,3 months.
1 month - 1,1,1,1 weeks.
1week - 1,2,3,4 days
1day - 4 sessions - Asia, London, NYAM, NYPM
Sessions:
ASIA
Q1 - 6PM - 7.30PM
Q2 - 7.30PM - 9PM
Q3 -9PM - 10:30PM
Q4 - 10:30PM - 12AM Midnight
London
Q1 - 12AM Midnight - 1:30AM
Q2 - 1:30AM - 3 AM
Q3 - 3 AM - 4.30 AM
Q4 - 4.30 AM - 6AM
NYAM
Q1 - 6AM - 7:30 AM
Q2 - 7:30AM - 9AM
Q3 - 9AM - 10:30AM
Q4 - 10:30AM - 12PM
NYPM
Q1 - 12PM - 1:30PM
Q2 - 1:30PM - 3PM
Q3 - 3PM - 4:30PM
Q4 - 4:30PM - 6PM
Q1 dictates the quarters which follow
If Q1 expands Q2 will likely consolidate
If Q1 consolidates, Q2 will expand
Specific openings of price Which serve as a time - based filter for gauging Judas Swings/Stop-hunts.
True Opens - are the beginning of Q2 of every cycle
If bullish - buy below its true open If bearish - sell above its true open
Key levels rest above/below true opens.
Every cycle has it's own True open
True Year Open is opening price of the first Monday on April
True Month open is opening price of the second Monday of the Month
True Week open is Monday at 6PM
True Day open is 12AM midnight
True Asia session open is 7.30PM
True London session open is 1.30AM
True NYAM session open is 7.30AM
True NYPM session open is 1.30PM
Q1. (A)ccumulation - consolidation
Q2. (M)anipulation - Judas Swing (Trade this)
Q3. (D)istribution - LRLR(Trade this)
Q4. (X) Continuation / Reversal of previous q.
Or
Q1. (X) (X) Continuation / Reversal of previous q.
Q2. (A)ccumulation - consolidation
Q3. (M)anipulation - Judas Swing (Trade this)
Q4. (D)istribution - LRLR(Trade this)
If trade 1min chart - 15min PDarray needed If trade 5min chart - 1Hour PDarray needed If trade 15min chart - 4Hour PDarray needed If trade 1hour chart - Daily PDarray needed If trade 4hour chart - Weekly PDarray needed
True opens are static, they never change. Opening price Q2 is true open.
~Daye.
@traderdaye
$EURUSD
When price action looks messy during a week with NFP, CPI, and Unemployment Rate, that’s your clue.
This isn’t a clean trending environment It’s positioning and Liquidity building, Range engineering.
Forcing a bias on EURUSD in weeks like this is how traders get chopped.
waiting for the data to reset the narrative.
A lot of traders make the mistake of taking a trade before the higher and lower timeframes match up
If the daily is bearish but the hourly chart is bullish, it’s not time to sell yet
You’ll save a lot of money by just waiting until both timeframes are aligned
Friendly Reminder:
When large range days form, AM Sessions the following day are typically low probability. Keep expectations realistic and risk light.
Have a pleasant day.
Be safe.
A proper trading edge is built on three core principles:
1. Detaching emotionally from your bias or narrative.
2. Adapting to price action instead of forcing expectations.
3. Waiting for confirmation, validation, and clear shifts in structure or behavior.
Read it again.
This is your key to success.
1. Identify the correct draw on liquidity.
2. Identify a candle range and key level.
3. Confirm your entry with an orderblock.
Validate it with SMT and key timing. (369)
Only 4 trades this month so far.
(I didn’t trade during the first two weeks because of winter vacation).
All of them were wins... and I documented every single one live, in front of my students.
Total: 12R, or around $12k in profit.
And this proves one important thing:
1. Quality over quantity: You don’t need to take hundreds of trades every month to be consistently profitable.
But to do that, you have to master one thing:
2. The art of not fucking up between trades: This is the most important skill... knowing what not to do, so you don’t mess up after a win or a loss, go on tilt, and start taking invalid trades because you feel greedy or you’re scared of missing out.
A lot of you take good trades… but then you fuck up in between, and that ruins everything.
If you want me to make a detailed YouTube video on this for free, get this to 1k ❤️.
"bro just follow your rules"
ok
but what if your rules are wrong?
watched a guy follow his rules PERFECTLY for 3 months
still lost money
his rules:
enter on 15m FVG
stop below swing low
target 2R
followed them robotically
still negative
the problem?
his rules had no CONTEXT filter
he was entering FVGs in consolidation
during news events
against the daily bias
"I followed my rules"
yeah you followed bad rules
rules without context are just structured gambling
before you follow rules, ask:
do these rules account for market conditions?
do they filter for high-probability environments?
do they align with HTF direction?
if no, your rules are broken
following broken rules perfectly = losing consistently
everyone's obsessed with the 9:30 open
that's the trap
the REAL move usually starts at 10am (if we do not manipulate prior to 9:30)
here's why:
9:30-10:00 is usually manipulation hour
it's designed to:
sweep overnight highs/lows
trigger early entries
stop out impatient traders
create liquidity for the real move
the 10am candle is when direction actually commits
I tracked 6 months of NQ data
9:30 candle predicted the day's direction: 41% of the time 10am candle predicted the day's direction: 67% of the time
you're trading the wrong candle
the framework:
9:30-10:00:
watch, don't trade.
mark what gets swept
10:00: observe the candle close.
which way is it committing?
10:05+: look for your entry in THAT direction
fractilize your 4H 10AM candle
is it gonna expand?
if you're getting stopped out between 9:30-10:00 constantly
it's not bad luck
it's bad timing
you're entering during the chaos window
the 10am candle is the market saying "okay, HERE'S where we're actually going"
wait for it
or keep donating to the guys who do
The BEST traders?
They don't rely on complex strategies or fancy indicators.
They master the BASICS.
They repeat them DAILY.
They NEVER deviate.
Simple rules + Relentless execution = Consistency.
But here's what MOST traders do instead...
They chase the "secret sauce."
They overcomplicate EVERYTHING.
They abandon their system after ONE bad day.
The market REWARDS discipline.
It PUNISHES complexity.
Which trader are YOU?
Life of a Trader
Year 1 – ✖️✖️✖️✖️✖️✖️💵
(confusion, losses, small hope)
Year 2 – 💵💵✖️✖️✖️✖️✖️✖️
(inconsistent wins, more lessons)
Year 3 – 💵💵💵✖️✖️✖️💵💵
(skill forming, discipline tested)
Year 4 – ✖️✖️✖️💵💵💵💵💵💵
(big setbacks, bigger comeback)
Year 5 – 💵💵💵💵💵💵💵✖️💵💵✖️
(consistency, confidence, control)
Survival + patience + mindset.
Most quit before Year 3.
Which year are you in right Now?
How To Study ICT? - IPDA University
1: Market Maker series: Introduction.
2: Core Content: The Language and the basis of IPDA Theory.
3: ICT 2022 Mentorship Year (41 mentorship videos + Commentaries)
4: ICT 2023 Mentorship: The most structured and detailed ICT mentorship.
Supplementary Content: ICT X Spaces (you can find them on Youtube or Spotify)
In 2022 and 2023, you will learn how to apply what is taught in the CC and you will learn new rules and conditions and specific models. Also you will learn about narrative, bias and draw.
These series are sufficient to understand ICT's work and to become an independent thinker. You will be able to build your own model and won't need anyone else.
You will be free. You will be a winner.
After this, if you want to go deeper, you can watch other playlists, but you have to master the important stuff first.
Schedule your study. Be consistent. 60min of content per day and deep work. Don't rush, this skillset is forever.
I recommend you Obsidian app for note taking. You can find deep tutorial on YT. It is so powerful
I'm going to leave you a wonderful website (first comment) from another ICT student to help you find all the videos in order.
I faced the man in the mirror.
I said to myself… Hypothetically speaking,
Let’s say I should give up now,
Then what?
What would my life look like?
How would I look to the few people who believed in me?
And this one burned the strongest..
How would I look to the people who underestimated/doubted me?
So then it became evident.
The pain of continuing was way easier to dealing with than the pain of giving up.
Now we’re here.
All praises to the Most High.