From BOS to liquidity sweeps — clear explanations of the most misused core terms in the SMC and ICT frameworks.
A price break beyond a prior key high or low that confirms continuation of the current trend.
The first structural break in the opposite direction of the prevailing trend — an early signal of a potential reversal.
A three-candle price gap where the first and third candle's wicks don't overlap, indicating short-term supply/demand imbalance.
An entry model centered on the 61.8%–79% Fibonacci retracement zone, used to find better risk-reward entries during trend continuation.
Specific time windows in the ICT framework where institutional activity and high-quality volatility are statistically more likely to occur.
A market behavior model that breaks a trading session into accumulation, manipulation, and distribution phases.
The last opposite-direction candle before an impulsive move, viewed as a zone where institutional orders may be concentrated.
A price move that briefly pierces a prior high or low to trigger stop-losses and resting orders, then reverses sharply.