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Sir Pickle Profile picture
@SirPickle_
Feb 16, 2023 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
ICT GEM💎

Understanding Intermediate Term Highs/Lows🧠⬇️

-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 structure👁️

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ITHs/ITLs have TWO classifications:

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

2⃣)Trades back up to an imbalance to rebalance
$ES 15m

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Jul 9
You see a Fair Value Gap.

You wait for price to retrace into it.

And then one of two things happens. Either price never comes back, or it comes back and blows straight through your entry.
Sound familiar?

The problem is that not all FVGs are equal, and nobody taught you how to tell them apart.Image
A Fair Value Gap, or FVG, is a price imbalance that appears in price action.

It forms over a three candle pattern.

The middle candle has an area where the wicks of the candles before and after it do not overlap.

This leaves behind a visible gap.

And that gap is a sign that one side of the market, either buyers or sellers, pushed price quickly and aggressively, leaving behind an imbalance.Image
The market is all about efficiency.

Efficient price action is when buyers and sellers are in balance. Both sides get to participate in the market.

But when price pushes in one direction and leaves an FVG behind, that move was one sided. Only buyers participated, or only sellers.

There was no fair value offered to the other side.

These FVGs create an inefficiency in the market. And the market does not like inefficiency.

A bullish FVG is a BISI, which stands for Buyside Imbalance Sellside Inefficiency.

A bearish FVG is a SIBI, Sellside Imbalance Buyside Inefficiency.Image
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Apr 16
You Lose Money Trading Against The Trend

I blew a lot of challenge accounts before I realized this brutal truth: You’ll make less money over time trading against the trend.

This is where understanding orderflow comes in. Finish this thread and orderflow will stop you from taking low probability trades against the trend.

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Picture this: You’re already several bucks away from passing that first challenge account.

You saw this reversal thinking it’s a very clear short. You drop down to your timeframe aligned entry, then boom. -1R. You then clinch your fist and trade some more. Emotions high. “No way, this has to turn.” You see another short. Trade it. Boom. Another -1R.

You keep repeating the same mistake until you blow your challenge account which should’ve been a funded account.

All because you were aggressively shorting… while the bigger picture was quietly bullish the whole time.Image
This is where Orderflow comes in.

To put it simply, Orderflow IS the trend. It’s that flow of orders indicating bullishness or bearishness in the market. We can view this visually with Fair Value Gaps (FVGs)

In bullish orderflow: Premium arrays (resistance) are being disrespected while Discount arrays (support) are being respected

In bearish orderflow: Premium arrays (resistance) are being respected while Discount arrays (support) are being disrespected

We can view respect/disrespect via candle stick logic (CSL)

So, next time, before thinking of shorting that fair value gap, look at the overall trend first.Image
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Mar 9
You’re doing TOO much. Analyzing TOO much. Thinking TOO much.

I used to do this to, until I realized you only need to guess ONE candle correctly.

This concept is called Candlestick Logic.

Finish this thread and you'll learn how to find Bias with 1 candle🧵 Image
Most traders treat every candle like it matters equally.

They end up with 17 conflicting signals and no conviction whether price is going higher or lower.

This is the main reason why they get wicked, stop-hunted, and chopped until their challenge accounts are blown.

This is why you should learn Candlestick Logic (CSL)

CSL could be simplified into one question: Will the next candle likely be bullish or bearish?Image
Before we dive in, here’s a quick refresher on what PD arrays I use.

1. Fair Value Gaps
2. Swing Points
3. Previous Candle High/Low
4. Fair Value Area

PD arrays are merely support/resistance points price can move to move from one place to another. Stop overcomplicating this. Image
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Dec 27, 2025
The First Concept EVERY Trader Must Understand…

This is LITERALLY the reason why the market moves the way it does.

If you dont know what and where liquidity is, you are the liquidity.

Read till the end of this thread to learn how to avoid getting stop hunted and instead trade like Smart Money

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First, You Must Understand What Liquidity Is…

Simply put, liquidity is created by all the buy and sell orders in the market.

Every single market participant places orders, and together, creates liquidity.

For any trade to happen, there must be a buyer for every seller, and a seller for every buyer.Image
Not All Markets Have Good Liquidity

Markets that are smooth, with lots of traders and clear price action typically means that it has high liquidity. An example of this is major Forex pairs like EUR/USD and stock indices like ES & NQ.

Opposite to this is low liquidity wherein the markets that are choppy, with sudden jumps and gaps because only a few people are trading them. Think of exotic Forex pairs like USD/MXN or tiny penny stocks.

You want to focus on high liquidity markets because this avoids massive spreads, manipulation, and slippage. Simply put: BAD PRICE ACTION.Image
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Nov 15, 2025
Most Traders Dont Understand FVGs,

so lets clear them up and take a deep dive.

Retweet + Comment "FVG" on this post and I'll DM you the FULL PDF Guide ⤵️ Image
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Nov 13, 2025
Most Traders Don’t Understand This About FVGs

Not all FVGs are created equal.

Read until the end and you’ll see EXACTLY why

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What Is A Fair Value Gap?

Simply put its a three candle pattern where the middle candle has an area where the wicks of the candles before and after it do not overlap.

This leaves behind a visible gap, a sign that one side of the market, either buyers or sellers, pushed price quickly and aggressively, leaving behind an imbalance.Image
The Market Is All About Efficiency

FVGs create an inefficiency in the market…

There are two types of FVGs:

1. Buyside Imbalance Sellside Inefficiency (BISI) - there’s an imbalance on the buyside because price is moving higher, leaving price inefficient in sellside.
2. Sellside Imbalance Buyside Inefficiency (SIBI) - there’s an imbalance on the sellside because price is moving lower, leaving price inefficient in buyside.

Don’t be confused. Remember that FVGs = Imbalances = Inefficiencies.Image
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