I'm right now looking at the markets, not having a clue of what is doing or where it's going. That gives me power, because I know I'm likely to hurt myself if I place a trade. Patience is key.
create a system in which your risk is in sync with the flow of high probability conditions and low probability conditions
the higher the probability → the more you can risk
as probability drops → risk decreases for maximum capital preservation
after discovering ICT, it took me:
1 month to know discount versus premium
2 months to start annotating order blocks correctly
3 months to incorporate high timeframe framework
4 months to consider the economic calendar
5 months to implement daily profiles
6 months begin projecting standard deviations
7 months to understand the weekly range
8 months to consistently gauge market conditions
9 months to anticipate expansion days
10 months to build my current trading plan
all of that after 2 prior years of trading
and now over a year later,
the refining process never ends
learning doesn't happen in an instant,
there is no single "clicking moment"
your understanding is a result of showing up every single day for an extended period of time
you will get what you are looking for,
it is genuinely only a matter of time
what a great week this was
monday -> no trades -> low probability
tuesday -> lesson -> large range overnight invalidated the potential for an expansion
wednesday -> textbook expansion
thursday -> no trades -> low probability
friday -> low probability -> scalps to get a slice