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Order Flow Shifts: MSS, CISD, ST

Which One Is The Best?

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An order flow shift is simply
price changing from bullish โ†’ bearish or bearish โ†’ bullish.

There are 3 popular ways to identify price shifting order flow: MSS, CISD, & ST.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ @ ๐—ฎ ๐—›๐—ง๐—™ ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”. Image
๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ (๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ)

A change in trend.

MSS focuses on the swing point where the trend changes.

We want to see displacement (FVG) through the swing point, confirming the shift in trend.

High probability MSS create FVG through the swing point. Image
๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† (๐—–๐—œ๐—ฆ๐——)

An order block.

CISD focuses on the order block that gets created when price shifts order flow.

Once the body closes past the opening price of the order block, the CISD is confirmed and should act as fair value. Image
๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป (๐—ฆ๐—ง)

A FVG in & FVG out.

We are waiting for clear displacement in and out of a HTF PDA to confirm price has shifted. Image
๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฉ๐—š ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€?

This is why I prefer to read the FVGโ€™s to confirm a shift in order flow.

They show the true intention of price and are extremely simple to spot. Image
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€:

- Wait for price to trade into HTF PDA

- Drop into aligned timeframe

- Look for a shift in order flow
(CISD/MSS/ST)

- Trade any stage of MMXM until DOL is taken Image
Proper understanding of narrative & draw on liquidity is the key to using order flow shifts correctly. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป. Image
There are only ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ I use as my HTF PDA:

- Fair Value Gaps
- Liquidity Pools

This is truly ALL YOU NEED. Image
Pick one of the 3 methods to spot an order flow shift, combine it with narrative, draw on liquidity and HTF PDAโ€ฆ BOOM. You have an extremely profitable model on your hands.

I personally just read the FVGโ€™s. I donโ€™t need anything else. Image
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