#Learning
#Core ICT Concepts
1. Market Structure
Focuses on swing highs/lows, higher highs and lower lows.
Understands when the market shifts direction (Market Structure Shift – MSS).
2. Liquidity
ICT traders believe institutions hunt for liquidity (stop losses).
Equal highs/lows, trendlines, and support/resistance are viewed as liquidity pools to be manipulated.
3. Fair Value Gaps (FVG)
Imbalances between buying and selling (seen as gaps between candles).
Smart money often returns to these zones to rebalance before moving again.
4. Order Blocks (OB)
Last bullish/bearish candle before a big institutional move.
Price often returns to these blocks for entry points or reversals.
5. Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)
Entry zone based on Fibonacci retracement (61.8%–79% range).
Found during a retracement before the continuation of the trend.
6. Breaker Blocks & Mitigation Blocks
More advanced levels of support/resistance used by smart money for entries or exits.
🧠 ICT Mindset
Price is manipulated.
Retail traders often lose because they chase obvious patterns.
ICT teaches how to trade like institutions, not against them.