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🎙Journal of a Trader podcast - ICT Charter | MPharm.S - @The_ICT_Academy

FREE e-Book (The ICT Bible) ⏬️
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The ICT Bible - Volume 1. Now available to download. Please visit:
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I've had alot of messages over this, and I've been working hard to get it finished. Just adding the final touches now.. I'm hoping to have it available for download this weekend. For FREE. And it's GOLD. I've made it concise and as easy to read as possible. Follow for updates 🙏🏼.
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The ICT Bible is done. I will be dropping the download link here tonight at around 7pm UK time. You will need your email address. Turn notifications on.
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Trading is the best career in the world once it clicks. Just don't give up until it does.
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ICT Tip 💡: 1. Liquidity → (Higher TF) 2. OB → (Mid TF) 3. FVG → (Lower TF)
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Liquidity → Liquidity FVG → FVG Breaker → Breaker OrderBlock → OrderBlock Premium → Discount This is how price is booked.
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I'm almost done with the advanced market maker series. 5 long years of study to create this. I'm almost jealous that I didn't have this myself years back, lol. This is by far my best work. I need a couple more weeks to finish it off, but I promise, it will be worth the wait.
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Monthly high/fvg → Daily MMSM Weekly high/fvg → 4h MMSM Daily high/fvg → 1h MMSM 4h high/fvg → 15m MMSM
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ICT Tip 💡: The best setups will form after a run on stops in the opposite direction to the HTF draw. They will occur around key liquidity pools such as: 🔸️Session highs/lows 🔸️Daily highs/lows 🔸️Previous 3 days high/low 🔸️Weekly high/lows
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OrderBlock Theory: (Bullish) Not every down close candle is a bullish orderblock. There has to be criteria and a reason for that down close candle to act as an orderblock in the first place. They are created at specific areas within a buy/sell program, are time sensitive, and…
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I've been working on this for the past few months. It will be one of the best FREE ICT resources once it's finished. I promise.. It will be easy to digest and will help answer a lot of the questions I get asked. Keep an eye on my page for an update 🙏.
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ICT Tip 💡: 🔸️High Probability FVG🔸️ A high probability FVG will form inside of a higher timeframe Orderblock.
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1 market 1 model 1 session This is all you need.
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Praying for your family. Sorry for your loss 🙏🏼. @I_Am_The_ICT
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If you day trade, focus your attention on: 1. The previous session high and low 2. The previous day high and low. 3. The high and low within the past 3 days. 4. The previous week high and low.
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People are very sensitive around the topic of ICT on this app. You have the extreme cult on 1 side, who are cringe af. And the clueless haters on the other side who don't know shit. Michael isn't a Saint. He's narcissistic, has a huge ego, and loves the sound of his own voice.…
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ICT Tip 💡: A high probability Market Structure Shift: Is defined by the presence of a FVG inside of the expansion leg that violated the swing low, within the current buy/sell program. _
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ICT tip 💡: Keep your weekly and daily levels on your charts. Look for confluence around these levels on the lower timeframes. When time aligns with these levels, this is where your highest probability setups will form.
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I didn't care if it took me 10 years to learn how to trade. It was better having a goal than to be stuck in a job with no light at the end of the tunnel.
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ICT tip: The first FVG inside of a session is important. Often, it will act as a breakaway gap or an inverse gap that will be traded to later. Time dictates the importance of a FVG within a hierarchy.
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ICT Tip 💡: If price breaks below a bullish breaker, where we expect to find support, that breaker will become an inverse level and act as a reclaimed orderblock. The best shorts would be taken in the lower 50% of that breaker if price returns back to it. #icttips
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ICT Tip 💡: A volume imbalance (V.I) is a stronger magnet for price than a FVG.
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You're close. Remove the doubts and focus. The hard work and long hours will soon be worth it.
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At first, everything is hard. When I started learning ICT, I could never have imagined that I would be able to read price the way I can read it now. When you're consistent in learning something, it will eventually click, no matter how hard it seems at first. Never give up.
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ICT Tip 💡: Forex SBT (Silver Bullet Time) 🔸️London KZ → 3am - 4am 🔸️New York KZ → 8am - 9am
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ICT Tip 💡: In a range bound market, grade the range into 4 equal quadrants from the highest high to the lowest low. The best shorts will form after a run on buystops in the highest quadrant. The best longs will form after a run on sellstops in the lowest quadrant. _
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ICT Tip 💡: The last up/down close candle that rebalances a FVG, is a high probability orderblock.
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A run on liquidity gives us the green light to start looking for setups. If we are bearish, look for a run on: - Previous session high - Previous daily high - Previous 3 day high - Previous weekly high Then engage. #theictbible
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ICT tip: When is price NOT likely to return to an orderblock? Answer: If we have a balanced price range above/below it.
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It's getting there. I'm hoping to release it next month. Once done, it will be one of the best FREE trading resources out there. Anything you guys want me to include? Follow for updates 🙏🏼. #theictbible
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ICT Tip 💡: The best setups will occur around key liquidity pools such as: 🔸️Session highs/lows 🔸️Daily highs/lows 🔸️Previous 3 days high/low 🔸️Weekly high/lows Look for manipulation around these areas.
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After 6 years of DEEP ICT study, there is little I don't know. I can use every tool fluently from COT to reapers, artemis, and hidden FVGs Despite all of this knowledge, there are 4 things I use more than anything 1. Time 2. Liquidity 3. Inefficiencies 4. SMT Focus on these.
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ICT Tip 💡: ❓️Question: Which PDArray is the algorithm reaching for? ❗️Answer: The one that overlaps with a FVG
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ICT Tip 💡: LOW PROBABILITY TRADING DAYS: 🔸️50/50 on Daily bias (when you can make the argument for both sides of the market) 🔸️ If the previous day was an overextended large range day 🔸️ NFP, FOMC, and CPI days (and day prior) 🔸️ During a High Resistance Liquidity…
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When friends and family ask what I do.. and I tell them I'm a trader.. they ask me to teach them. I refer them to baby pips first... and they never get back to me, lol. Imagine I told them to start with ICT. Only the strong will survive.
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It's not your lack of knowledge. You know more than enough to become profitable. It's your lack of discipline that lets you down. Work on being patient.
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@I_Am_The_ICT I used to get frustrated with your teaching years back when I first joined your mentorship... I used to think, get to the point Michael 😂.. but now I'm so grateful that you never spoon-fed us. I can now recognise Jade like the back of my hand.
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If you are bullish, before taking an entry: 1. Wait for sellside liquidity to be taken below old lows. 2. And/or wait for a FVG below market price to be tapped. 3. Wait for market structure break/shift on LTF. 4. Assess R:R and stop placement. Reverse this if you are bearish.
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Chart time is what you're missing. Even if you don't see a setup, tape read and take notes. Treat it like a career and not a hobby.
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MMXM (The Market Maker Model) encapsulates everything. AMD Po3 TS 2022 model Silver bullet SMT STDV Range grades Gap theory This is why it's ICTs favourite model.
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ICT Tip 💡: EARLY STRUCTURE BREAK: If price rejects a HTF key level and runs through a FVG in the opposite direction (inside of manipulation swing) we can class this as a break in (algorithmic) structure, even before we have seen price break the swing high/low.
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ICT Tip 💡: 'We aim to trade in the direction of the weekly expansion' - ICT 1) Weekly tf is trending lower 2) Refer to economic calander for manipulation event 3) Wait for price to return higher into a key level on weekly tf 4) Look for setups to go short on a tf lower
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ICT tip: 💡 Which FVG/OB is the highest in probability? Answer: The one that forms inside of a killzone at a specific time.
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The hard work and long hours will pay off. It was never meant to be easy. Every successful trader has gone through the same journey. Don't give up.
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1 year 1 market 1 model This is all you need to change your life if you commit yourself.
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ICT Tip 💡: High probability OrderBlocks & high probability FVGs will often form around equilibrium (50%) of a dealing range.
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ICT Tip 💡: The first FVG created inside of a session is important. Utilise it the way you would utilise the opening price in Po3.
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ICT Tip 💡: The draw on liquidity is the most important thing to understand. Without this, there is no narrative behind a trade idea. Most of your time should be spent studying the higher timeframes.
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ICT Tip 💡: 🔸️The best short setups will form above 50% of the range. (PREMIUM) 🔸️The best long setups will form below 50% of the range. (DISCOUNT) 🔸️Look for FVGs / Stops inside of these areas. Using this as a filter in your model will save you many unnecessary losses.
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Look for areas of liquidity Look for areas of inefficiency Apply time Everything fits inside of this framework
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Never rush your trading. If you miss a move, then you miss a move. You wait for the next one. Most losses come from being impulsive.
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Unless you are speaking to another trader, it's very difficult for others to understand the emotional drawdown you can face as you're going through your development. To everyone else, it looks like a gambling problem. This is why it's better to stay quiet whilst you're learning.…
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ICT Tip 💡: A FVG is less likely to be completely rebalanced if it overlaps with another FVG. IOFED is best used as entry in these conditions.
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My father drove a taxi. My mother was unemployed. I have adhd and most of my friends sold drugs. Society had already decided that I wasn't supposed to make it.. I gave it the finger and did it anyway. Never stop believing in yourself. Even when others don't.
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Your future self is going to thank you for the work that you've put in today. Don't give up.
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Trading is the best career in the world once it clicks. There are many ways to make money in the markets, but 1 thing remains constant.. Everyone who became a successful trader never gave up.
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The basic framework of an ICT model: 1. Time ↓ 2. Inefficiency ↓ 3. Liquidity Add whatever you want to this.
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ICT Tip 💡: The price delivery algorithm will seek to fulfil 3 primary functions inside of a dealing range. 🔸️1) Seek internal range liquidity in the form of old highs and old lows. 🔸️2) Seek internal range inefficiencies in the form of FVGs and liquidity voids (areas…
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For those of you who need reminding, nothing in life is free. You're paying with your time to learn this.
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The moment that you feel like moving your stop because the trade is going against you, or moving your TP because you're in profit, close the position. You've already given into greed. This is how you train yourself to build discipline in your trading.
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ICT Tip 💡: The best setups on the lower timeframes will form around the higher timeframe weekly/daily levels.
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ICT Tip 💡: ❓️ Which liquidity pool is the algorithm reaching for? (Daytrade) ❗️The one formed inside of a previous session.
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ICT tip: The first swing after 1.30pm is important. We want to see a violation of this to start a buy or sell program. Especially if we are bullish and the am session has seen a consolidation, the first swing low ran after 1.30pm will start the buy program.
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It took me 5 years to train as a pharmacist. I was mad broke as a student during those years, but submitted to the time it took. Trading is no different. Learning a skill and not earning from it for years is a part of the process. Don't give up.
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ICT Tip 💡: 🔸️A new dealing range is formed when: 1. Price sweeps below an old swing low 2. Then sweeps above an old swing high 3. Then runs back through the newly formed swing low. 🔸️The highest high and lowest low is the dealing range. Reverse for opposite direction
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ICT Tip 💡: Price will move from external range liquidity to either: 🔸️Internal Range Liquidity (Old low/high inside of range) 🔸️Internal Range Inefficiency (FVG inside of range)
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ICT Tip 💡: A wick is treated as a gap. If this wick overlaps with a FVG, this area can be treated as a balanced price range.
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Every successful trader once started as a complete beginner. Right now, you are somewhere on your own timeline to success. Don't give up.
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When ICT said treat the hourly chart like the daily chart, a whole new world opens up. Factor in time distortion and macro cycles within killzones. Then cross reference intermarket analysis with time and price theory and algorithmic order flow... When I said tip of the iceberg...
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Quality over quantity. Reduce your trade frequency and select the best quality setups only. 2-3 trades a week is more than enough.
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You become a real trader when trading gets boring. Same shit. Different day. Lots of doing nothing.
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TIME MACROS: AM SESSION: 🔸️9:50 - 10:10 🔸️10:50 - 11:10 LUNCH: 🔸️11:50 - 12:10 PM SESSION: 🔸️13:10 - 13:40 🔸️15:15 - 15:45
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Treat the hourly range like the daily range. 15min Stage 5min Setup 1min/30s Entry Timeframes are linked through a sequence. The bodies tell the story.
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ICT Tip 💡: The candle(s) that runs into a higher timeframe FVG is a high probability orderblock.
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I was around 80% accurate in my directional bias last month, but had my worst month for a long time. Sloppy entries, breaking rules and doing dumb shit. I'm not immune. I still have work to do.
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Every successful trader I know has been close to giving up in the past. That is the reality of trading. You are struggling right now, but oneday you won't be.
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To develop discipline in your trading, you have to develop discipline in your life. Until you do that, you're going to keep placing trades just to 'see what happens'. You have the skills, but you lack the discipline to make them work.
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The DOL (Draw on Liquidity) is usually going to be 1 of 3 things: - Buyside/Sellside liquidity above old highs/lows - FVGs and imbalances above/below market price - Equilibrium (50%) of the current dealing range
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It's not meant to be easy. It often gets the hardest when you're close to reaching your goals. If you give up now, all the hard work and stress will be for nothing. Stop doubting yourself.
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Most traders don't make it past the first 6 months. If you're still going, well done. You're already doing better than most.
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ICT tip 💡: The algorithm seeks to fulfil 2 main conditions. 1) To rebalance inefficiencies in price 2) To reprice above old highs and below old lows If we have both conditions within close proximity, this will act as a strong magnet to draw price. Look for these areas first.
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I haven't seen eye to eye with everything @I_Am_The_ICT says. But the man is a monster in these markets. By the end of this year, you'll have no choice but to put some respect on his name.
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You've come too far to give up now. Work on your discipline outside of your trading and don't chase the money. It will come eventually.
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HTF levels Liquidity Algorithmic orderflow Time This is all you need.
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I love seeing people win in this industry, especially when the odds are so stacked against us. I have alot of respect for anyone trying to pursue trading as a career. I know people around you won't get it, but I'm routing for you 👍.
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ICT Tip 💡: A high probability FVG occurs after a stop raid.
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ICT leaves clues everywhere. Hidden amongst the 'fluff' will be a gem, and the words he chooses to describe it will be cryptic. If that wasn't bad enough, he will spread the details out over several commentary videos, years apart. Genius or annoying?
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ICT Tip 💡: The opening price of every hourly candle can be used in the po3 concept. If you are expecting higher prices, look for key levels BELOW the opening price for entry.
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My first YouTube video. 'The Journal of a Trader' EP1 Gotta start somewhere, right? 😂 I will be giving 3 people FREE access to all of my courses to celebrate the launch. To win: 1. Like and repost this tweet 2. Like and subscribe to the channel.
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ICT teaches us to predicit the direction of the weekly expansion. Your highest probability trades are going to be in that direction. If the bias is clearly one-sided, i.e. bullish, WAIT for price to run into: 1) A key level/area of liquidity on a lower timeframe in the opposite…
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ICT Tip 💡: A high probability structure break (bearish) is when the low of the final stage of accumulation is violated.
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For students who have my Advanced Market Maker Course, listen to this and refer back to the D-Block Model, and Lesson 6 (Accumulation/Distribution blocks).
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Once you have trained your eyes and know what you are looking for, you can keep your charts clean. Weekly and Daily levels only. Look for lower timeframe arrays around these levels to key off within the context of higher timeframe orderflow.
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Your trading should be relaxed. If you feel anxious to enter a trade because you fear missing the move, then you're already too late. Set ups are like busses. The next one will arrive on a timing schedule. Never chase price.
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There is a huge difference between being able to read price and being able to trade. Reading price can be learnt. Being able to trade comes by way of experience. If you're not actively trading, no amount of price action knowledge is going to help you become profitable.
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Saturday nights used to be lads night. Now it's a study night. Realised a while ago that I was done wasting time on bullshit. Today, they ask me to teach them what I do and to help them quit their jobs. They want my lifestyle and are keen until they see the work that I've put in…
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Your trading should be relaxed. If you're anxious or fearful, then you need to reduce your risk and backtest more. Confidence in your trading comes through confidence in your model.
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Learning ICT is like peeling an onion. There are several layers to it. At the same time, you can't help but cry 🥲.
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⛔️ FREE GIVEAWAY ⛔️ I'm giving away my complete mentorship archive and access to my private community to 1 lucky winner. To enter: 1. Like 2. Repost 3. Like YT video GLGT
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