How to Approach the Markets During the Big 3 Events?
Big 3 Events:
• NFP (Non-Farm Payrolls)
• FOMC Rate Decision
• CPI (Consumer Price Index)
Why does ICT always recommend avoiding trading before major news?
• Large institutions often avoid building positions right before these events because the outcome is uncertain.
• As a result, the order book becomes thin and liquidity can dry up.
• Markets need aggressive buyers and sellers to create meaningful moves, and retail traders alone usually can't provide enough volume.
• This often leads to slow, choppy, and unpredictable price action before the release.
• Yes, there are days when the market is active before the news, but those are the exception, not the rule.
Today we have the FOMC Rate Decision at 2 PM ET. I'll be completely avoiding trading until the event passes.
Protect your capital, stay patient, and let the market reveal its direction after the news.
go pull up the 6AM candle on your chart right now
this one candle predicts the entire New York session direction
and almost nobody uses it
a guy in my discord called 14 out of 15 trading days correctly last month using only this
here's the exact system:
THE 6AM REVERSAL SIGNATURE:
at 6AM EST, institutions show their hand
they either:
- push price into a key level (reversal incoming)
- expand away from a level (continuation day)
the 6AM candle tells you WHICH
STEP 1: mark yesterday's high and low
STEP 2: at 6AM, watch where price trades relative to those levels
STEP 3: if 6AM sweeps a level but CLOSES back inside the range = reversal day
STEP 4: if 6AM expands and closes BEYOND the level = trend day
that's it.
EXAMPLES:
6AM sweeps yesterday's high, closes back below it → sell the rip at 9:30
6AM sweeps yesterday's low, closes back above it → buy the dip at 9:30
6AM breaks high and closes above with momentum → only look for longs
most traders show up at 9:30 with no bias
they're "reacting to price action"
aka gambling
smart traders showed up at 6AM
they already know the direction
the 9:30 open is just their entry window
THIS IS THE EDGE:
institutions set up the move between 6-9:30
retail shows up at 9:30 and provides the exit liquidity
you can either BE the liquidity
or you can TAKE the liquidity
the 6AM candle tells you which side you're on
go backtest it. 30 days. track the results.
you'll never trade blind again
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