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Understanding Intermediate Term Highs/Lows๐Ÿง โฌ‡๏ธ

-Every single time price rebalances an old imbalance, that swing high or low should be immediately labeled as an ITH/ITL

-If we break beneath an ITH/ITL, we have a significant break in market structure๐Ÿ‘๏ธ

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ITHs/ITLs have TWO classifications:

1โƒฃ) ITH that has a lower STH to the left of it and lower STH to the right of it (flip logic around for ITL)

2โƒฃ)Trades back up to an imbalance to rebalance
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Jul 3
This is the best way to trade a FVG which failed to expand higher

It's called the โ€œPivot Contextโ€, and it opens up an alternative way to frame trades

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Before we proceed, you need to know about swing points.

There are two types of swing points:

1. ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต: A 3-candle pattern forming an inverted V. Buyside liquidity rests above it.
2. ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„: A 3-candle pattern forming a V. Sellside liquidity rests below it.

Swing points are important because these are where we find resting liquidities that acts as a magnet for price.Image
Pivot Context is the move fromย ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ โ†’ ๐—ฆ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜.

It's a continuation pattern. Price takes liquidity at an external range (a swing high/low) and then aggressively seeks the opposing external range liquidity.

It's a hunt for stops, followed by a reversalImage
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Jun 27
There are only two types of price legs: the ones that holdโ€ฆ and the ones that retrace.

Let me oversimplify โ€˜High-probability Price Legsโ€™ ๐Ÿงต๐Ÿ‘‡ Image
What's a Price Leg?

Simply, a swing high and a swing low.

But what makes a price leg ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†?

First, its the presence of a Fair Value Gap in that leg๐Ÿ’Ž Image
Second, magnet theory.

Having a price leg in context of the timeframe above it makes it higher probability.

This means that above the timeframe youโ€™re looking at, there are no FVGs to pull price higher or lower relative to the high-probability leg.

This is also why you should do a top-down analysis and start in the monthly first, looking at the most recent leg, going to the weekly, the daily, and the 4h.

This aligns you with the HTF orderflow of price.Image
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May 16
OVERSIMPLIFIED: Fair Value Gaps

Beginners, this oversimplified series is for you๐Ÿซต

Your eyes will be opened on how powerful fair value gaps are and how to pick the right ones.

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What is a Fair Value Gap?

There are two types of fair value gaps:

1. Bullish Fair Value Gaps
2. Bearish Fair Value Gaps

Both are a three-candle pattern, wherein the fair value gap is the gap between the first and third candles. Image
High-probability Fair Value Gaps

The best fair value gaps are created from previous fair value gaps.

Price respecting a fair value gap means we are in confirmed orderflow. Simply put, the trend is extremely strong and can be trusted to continue in that same direction. Image
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Apr 2
Your FVGs donโ€™t work because youโ€™re NOT trading within a killzone.

After reading this thread, youโ€™ll know EXACTLY how killzones affect your trading.

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What is a โ€œkillzoneโ€?

Killzone are specific times during the trading day where volatility is typically higher.

Volatility brings energy into the market creating high probability FVGs that we can trade off of.

This volatility will always be ideal for scalpers and intraday traders.Image
Killzones are typically aligned with Red Folder News releases.

This brings in the volatility needed for the price to seek liquidity or rebalance an imbalance.

Personally, I focus on the New York session, which is 8:30 AM to 12:00 PM EST.

You can also use 2:00 AM - 5:00 AM for the London session and 8:00 PM - 12:00 AM for the Asian session.Image
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Mar 15
๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ? ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ โ€” ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต.

You need to learn to ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ and not get caught on the outcomes of each individual trade.

Let the numbers play out!

Letโ€™s dive into those numbers in this thread๐ŸงตImage
๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€?๐Ÿ”ข

Itโ€™s a concept in probability theory which is a game-changer for traders.

LLN tells us that as you INCREASE the number of trades, your average OUTCOME gets CLOSER to your strategyโ€™s EXPECTED result.

Simply, the more you trade, the more your results will reflect your edge.Image
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€?๐Ÿช™

In just a few flips, you might see a streak of heads or tails PURELY by chance.

But after many flips, youโ€™ll land close to a 50/50 split.

The result will revert to the mean value in the long run.

This is the Law of Large Numbers in actionโ€”short-term randomness evens out in the long run.Image
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Mar 8
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐Ÿ“ˆ

(Read until the end and Iโ€™ll DM you the FULL guide that changed my trading forever!)

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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ (๐—›๐—ง๐—™) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€ฆ 1๏ธโƒฃ

Scan the monthly, weekly, and daily for context aligned with HTF orderflow.

In my Summit Model, if I donโ€™t see the context on one of those three timeframes, I move to another pair.

This filters out the low-probability movements that can occur for several pairs.Image
๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ.โŒ

You are blindsiding yourself by not looking at the bigger picture.

Iโ€™ve done that before and Iโ€™m telling you, it wonโ€™t end well.

So let me repeat the reminder again: STOP rushing to the lower timeframes! Take a moment to analyze the higher timeframes first!Image
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