This article will be continually updated with foundational tutorials on learning SMC order flow from scratch,
as well as daily short videos on advanced SMC concepts,
making it easy for everyone to jump to the content that suits their needs.
Learn SMC Order Flow from Scratch:
Learn SMC Order Flow from Scratch: Lesson 1
Learn SMC Order Flow from Scratch: Lesson 2
Advanced SMC Techniques:
Advanced SMC: When Does the Daily Bias Become Invalid? Use “Order Flow Confluence” to Decide Whether to Reverse
Advanced SMC: How to Trade Using Higher-Timeframe Liquidity Sweeps
Advanced SMC: After External Liquidity Is Swept, Is It a Pullback or a Reversal?
Advanced SMC: What should you do if an opposing FVG appears on your entry timeframe? The higher timeframe is key
Advanced SMC: The correct criteria for confirming a structural breakout
Advanced SMC: How to choose an entry when bullish and bearish FVGs both appear
Advanced SMC: How to choose an entry when consecutive FVGs appear
Advanced SMC: Which of the three types of FVG represents valid structure?
Advanced SMC: Would you go long or short on this structure?
Advanced SMC: What exactly is the difference between IRL and SMC?
Advanced SMC: After price breaks below support, how to use liquidity to identify a long entry
Advanced SMC: How to determine daily bias—understand the full process from a false breakout closing bearish to a retracement into internal range liquidity (IRL)
Advanced SMC: How to avoid false breakouts effectively
Advanced SMC: Always catching the bottom halfway down? Watch for this structure
Advanced SMC: The key to improving your win rate: align lower-timeframe order flow with the higher timeframe
Advanced SMC: How to use higher timeframes for direction and lower timeframes for entry points
Advanced SMC: If price takes off right after hitting your stop, your stop-loss logic may be flawed!
Advanced SMC: Does a long upper wick always mean you should short?
Advanced SMC: Which pullback pattern offers a higher probability of a successful entry?
Advanced SMC: How to distinguish real breakouts from false ones using a retest
Advanced SMC: Should you reverse your position immediately after a liquidity sweep? No—focus on support in the pullback zone
Advanced SMC: What does it actually mean to use higher timeframes for direction and lower timeframes for entries?
Advanced SMC: Three steps to taking a short: stop hunt ➔ breakdown ➔ retest
Advanced SMC: What should you do when the signals point in conflicting directions?
Advanced SMC: What should you do when a signal is ambiguous—trade or sit it out? This video has the answer
Advanced SMC: When the risk-reward ratio is poor, you can use this entry method—but be aware of the risks involved!
Advanced SMC: How to use the daily FVG to determine direction and find entries on the 5-minute timeframe
Advanced SMC: A signal of structural failure! A bullish FVG is breached while a bearish FVG holds—how to short in line with institutional order flow
Advanced SMC: Where should you place your stop loss when trading FVGs?
Advanced SMC: Why do the same structural breakouts lead to completely different price moves?
Advanced SMC: Counterintuitive! Trading support and resistance is more likely to lose you money!
Advanced SMC: How to use liquidity sweeps to choose the best short entry
Advanced SMC: A bear trap or a true reversal? Wait for this structure to confirm it
Advanced SMC: If a rejection pattern appears just before your take-profit, would you close the trade manually?
Advanced SMC: How to identify order blocks (OB) correctly—99% of people get it wrong
Advanced SMC: How to choose the best timeframe for a breakout strategy
Advanced SMC: Stop mistaking a pullback for a reversal! Understand SMC's CHoCH (Change of Character) to pinpoint trend reversals
Advanced SMC: Filter out 90% of false-breakout noise using candle-body closes and rejection at previous highs
Advanced SMC: Don't get dogmatic about trading—these SMC concepts deserve your attention
Advanced SMC: Should you short at resistance? Without this signal, your entry could be a loss
Advanced SMC: What should you do if price suddenly reverses just before reaching its target? Find out in today's video
Advanced SMC: What structure should you look for before entering a bull flag or bear flag?
Advanced SMC: A common beginner mistake with double bottoms: chasing the breakout immediately
Advanced SMC: Ditch traditional support-and-resistance entries—this alternative perspective on trading may surprise you!
Advanced SMC: Structural breakouts happen all the time—how professional traders use strong displacement to filter out bull traps
Advanced SMC: How to choose the right entry point in a triangle consolidation pattern
Advanced SMC: What's the first step when scalping? Watch now
Advanced SMC: How to combine lower-timeframe Market Structure Shifts (MSS) with bullish FVGs/order blocks for high-confidence entries
Advanced SMC: A wick through doesn't mean it's invalid! Do you really understand the candle-close confirmation logic for Fair Value Gaps (FVGs)?
Advanced SMC: How to find entry opportunities using multi-timeframe confluence—watch for liquidity sweeps!
Advanced SMC: Why does your head-and-shoulders pattern keep getting stopped out? Use SMC's “liquidity grab” to filter false-breakdown traps
Advanced SMC: Why do false breakouts happen so often, and what causes them?
Advanced SMC: Learn in 1 minute how to tell whether a V-shaped reversal is a valid entry
Advanced SMC: When a liquidity sweep meets an FVG failure, you get a high-probability, institution-grade reversal setup
Advanced SMC: How to filter out bull and bear traps
Advanced SMC: Don't mistake an ordinary false breakout for a reversal signal! Use a two-step “liquidity sweep + strong displacement” process to filter out low-quality setups
Advanced SMC: Why does the market seem to hunt your stop loss the moment you place one on a high-leverage contract?
Advanced SMC: How to identify FVG signals correctly—and which FVGs are valid entry points?
Advanced SMC: After a strong bullish candle, where will smart money choose to enter?
Advanced SMC: When an FVG is too large, how do you choose an entry to get the best risk-reward ratio?
Advanced SMC: How to tell whether to enter after consolidation ends
Advanced SMC: Why do you get trapped every time you chase a breakout to the upside? Pay attention to this detail
Advanced SMC: Why does price reverse as soon as you enter a trade? Ask yourself these three questions first
Advanced SMC: How to choose the right entry timing for short-term trades—don't ignore time cost
Advanced SMC: How to find a confluence-based short entry using long upper wicks at the end of a bullish move
Advanced SMC: Use “30-minute POI + lower-timeframe CHoCH” to gain an edge over reckless shorting
Advanced SMC: Why do you rush to buy as soon as price breaks the previous day's high? Don't get fooled!
Advanced SMC: Don't rush to cut your losses during a sharp sell-off—watch for a liquidity sweep
Advanced SMC: A structural break has one purpose: to clearly confirm trend direction. It is absolutely not an entry signal
Advanced SMC: Why do you keep getting hit from both sides? Because you lack a top-tier, multi-timeframe trading process
Advanced SMC: Why aren't you profitable even when you get the direction right? Your entry location is dragging down your risk-reward ratio
Advanced SMC: After a sideways range, is it a real breakout or just a stop hunt? This detail is crucial
Advanced SMC: Retail traders enter based on candle color—chasing big green candles and panic-selling big red ones—only to keep providing institutions with liquidity at their expense
Advanced SMC: An FVG is likely to fail after any of these three patterns appears!
Advanced SMC: Don't rush to cut your losses during a pullback—look for this pattern first!
Advanced SMC: A quick tip for entering at an order block
Advanced SMC: Why do you keep drawing lines and shorting at double-top resistance, only for price to plunge right after it stops you out?
Advanced SMC: 5-second quiz: A high-volume bullish candle is about to break through resistance—would you chase it?
Advanced SMC: ICT's smart-money formula—use higher timeframes for direction and lower timeframes for entries
Advanced SMC: Breaking down entry strategies for a variation of a triple bottom in a descending channel
Advanced SMC: Why can institutions pinpoint your stop loss and take it out, only to reverse immediately? Pay attention to this detail
Advanced SMC: Many retail traders lose money because they panic during a sustained market crash or rush into early countertrend entries to catch a falling knife—only to get crushed by relentless breakdowns!
Advanced SMC: Why do your attempts to pick a top keep failing when the market is surging? You don't understand right-side confirmation!
Advanced SMC: 90% of retail traders draw Fibonacci levels incorrectly, mixing up the start and end points of pullbacks and rallies—no wonder they can't make money!
