Jesse Rogers breaks down the ten core ICT trading concepts: fair value gaps, order blocks, liquidity sweeps, market structure, structure breaks, equal highs and lows, premium and discount zones, and displacement. Master these ten and you've got roughly 99% of what ICT trading requires.
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Here are the 10 most important ICT concepts in less than 60 seconds. Number one a fair value gap. When a candle leaves a gap between the one before it and the one after it, these levels act as support and resistance. Number two Inverted fair value gaps. When a fair value gap gets invalidated by a candle closing through it, this shows that the market is reversing. Number three is order blocks. The up close candle before a move down is a bearish order block and a down closed candle before a move up is a bullish order block. These act as support and resistance. Number four is time based liquidity which is just the highs and the lows of the previous week, day and the previous session. Number five is a liquidity sweep. When the market trades into a high or a low but fails to follow through, this shows that the market is reversing. Number six is market structure. Higher highs and higher lows is a bullish market. Lower highs and lower lows is a bearish market, simple but powerful. And number seven is a structure break. When price breaks through a previous low or a high with force and a fair value gap, this can tell us that the market is likely to continue moving in that direction. Number eight is equal highs and lows. Multiple touches at the same level create a lot of liquidity and price will tend to move to these areas. Number nine is premium and discount. The upper half of a trading range is expensive and better for shorts and the lower half of a trading range is cheap and it's better to buy there. Number 10 is displacement which is when price explodes through a level with a fair value gap. This shows that there's real force behind the move and that it's likely to Continue. Master these 10 concepts and you'll understand 99% of what you need in ICT. Comment below which ones you use the most.