Pakhtoon111

Jalal Uddin's ICT Trading Journey (Step-by-Step from 0 to 9)
0. BACKGROUND & START:
Belongs to a middle-class family.
Trader with one year experience initially based on retail concepts (e.g., indicators like Ichimoku, Bollinger Bands, pivot points, candlestick patterns, Elliott Wave, etc.).
Failed multiple times using retail concepts.
Two months ago started learning Smart Money Concepts (SMC) and ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts seriously.
Self-taught; no face-to-face mentor. All knowledge from online classes and personal effort.
1. CORE ICT UNDERSTANDING MASTERED:
Liquidity concepts: external & internal liquidity
POI (Point of Interest): FVG, OB, BPR, SIBI & BISI, volume imbalance
MSS (Market Structure Shift): real/fake, minor/actual
Swing highs/lows, session-based liquidity, previous day high/low liquidity
Judas Swing
4-Candle Expansion Day (used for confirmation of strong market intention)
Daily Templates & OHLC structure
Daily/Weekly Bias
Time & Price Theory, Silver Bullet entry method
IPDA (Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm)
2. ALGORITHM: “OTE with Asian Swings”
Combines concepts of:
Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)
Session-based POIs
Power of 3 (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution)
CDR (Daily Range Templates)
Market Maker Buy/Sell Models (MMBM, MMSM)
Judas Swings within session timings
BPR + Volume Imbalance + FVG stacked confluences
Manual but highly structured with fixed checklist and step-wise entry planning
Tailored for gold (XAUUSD), EURUSD, and BTCUSD
3. ENTRY CHECKLIST (USED DAILY):
Confirm Bias (Daily/Weekly)
Watch for 4-Candle Expansion
Asian Session Structure & POI
London Session Reaction
NY Session Confirmation: Displacement or Judas
Entry at OB/FVG/BPR within bias
Proper RR targeting (1:2 or more)
Trade Revision + Mistake Refinement at Night
Intraday only; do not rely solely on higher TF structure
Respect previous day H/L liquidity for confirmation
4. LIVE TRADING BEHAVIOR:
Executes only when checklist fully aligns
Avoids forced trades (e.g., when no interest shown by price)
Uses MSS as trigger confirmation
Looks for liquidity sweeps as entry validation
Journals entries, POIs, and reasons for skipping
5. DAILY/WEEKLY ROUTINE:
12-hour study plan per day (5 days/week)
Weekly plan structured over 6 weeks
Breakdown:
5-7 AM: Bias & market behavior study
8 AM-1 PM: Analyze Asian + London + BTC if no signal
4-7 PM: NY behavior
Night (at least 2 hrs): Journal + revision + mistake correction
Skipped days are ignored; the week counts only active days
6. PERFORMANCE TRACKING:
Live challenges observed on demo
Simulated passes of multiple setups
Recognizes NY news time traps & behavior around liquidity
Predictive analysis (e.g., inside bar -> expansion the next day)
Checklist evaluation after every session
7. VISUAL SETUP & ENVIRONMENT:
Sticky notes/post-its on wall with:
ICT Tools
Trading Psychology Tips
Setup Checklists & Session Templates
Organized trading setup: charting on laptop, secondary keyboard & mouse
Workout body transformation to stay disciplined mentally and physically
8. TRADING PSYCHOLOGY & WEAKNESSES:
Admitted lack of live experience
Working to improve:
Execution on live charts
Risk Management (e.g., portfolio split, 1:2 R:R minimum)
Emotional stability (journaling & self-review)
Practices solitude mindset: “Understand how you lead yourself alone.”
9. FINAL VISION:
Plan to take funded accounts (starting from small ones)
Currently financially limited but mentally strong
Wants to be first billionaire in the family
Quote: “Every trade revision and mistake refining are compulsory.”
No shortcuts, only strategy + vision + review.
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