Reference
Visual Concepts
Interactive animations that break down the core concepts behind the way I read markets. Some things are easier to see in motion than to read in text. This page is that.
Initial drafts, in active development
AMD - Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution
The macro framework behind every session. Asia builds a range. London raids one side to trigger stops. New York delivers the real move. Watch one full AMD cycle unfold across three sessions.
How a Candlestick Forms
Every candle tells a story. Watch the price move in real time, setting the open, high, low, and close - then watch those four points become the candle you see on your chart.
Candlestick - Sweep of a Prior Extreme
After a candle closes, its high and low become resting liquidity. Watch price form a second candle that hunts one of those levels, triggers the stops sitting there, then reverses.
Liquidity Purge
Resting orders above swing highs are fuel. Watch how smart money drives price into buy stops to fill their positions, then reverses.
SMT Divergence
When correlated markets stop agreeing at key levels, smart money is showing its hand. One makes a higher high while the other refuses to confirm.
Order Block and Mitigation
The last opposing candle before a displacement move marks where institutional orders were placed. When price returns to that zone, those orders get filled.
CSD - Change in State of Delivery
The entry trigger. A displacement candle breaks through a key level and closes beyond it. Former resistance becomes support. Watch the shift happen in a single candle.
Market Maker Buy Model
The full cycle: accumulation in a range, manipulation through the lows to raid stop losses, then distribution higher through buy-side liquidity. Choose candles or line view before starting.
The Hidden Secret (ICT 2022)
The break that matters is the break paired with a Fair Value Gap. A swing point forms when price rebalances a prior FVG. When a displacement candle then shatters that swing point and creates a new gap, that gap becomes the entry.
The Hidden Secret - Full Sequence
The same setup traced across a real NQ1! 1H chart. Watch the path build from the first swing low through the liquidity raid, the displacement, and the FVG entry.
The Hidden Secret concept is from the ICT 2022 Mentorship. Source: ICT 2022 Mentorship on YouTube.