Module 6
ICT Concepts
The Inner Circle Trader framework: fair value gaps, PD arrays, killzones, Power of 3 and the named models, organised into an order you can actually study.
- 1
ICT vs. SMC
Where the ICT framework came from and how it differs from the SMC that grew out of it.
- 2
Fair value gaps and inversion FVGs
The three-candle imbalance, how to trade a fill, and what an inverted gap means.
- 3
Balanced Price Range (BPR)
Overlapping opposite gaps and why traders treat them as strong zones.
- 4
PD arrays
Premium and discount arrays, and the order in which ICT ranks them.
- 5
Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)
The 62–79% retracement zone and how it is used for entries.
- 6
Killzones
The session windows ICT focuses on, in New York time and your own.
- 7
Power of 3 / AMD
Accumulation, manipulation and distribution inside a single day or week.
- 8
Judas Swing
The false move early in a session that runs liquidity before the true direction.
- 9
Silver Bullet
The one-hour time-based setup and the conditions it relies on.
- 10
Market Maker Models
The buy and sell models that describe a full move from consolidation to target.
- 11
Daily bias and HTF narrative
Deciding the likely direction for the day from the higher timeframes.
- 12
SMT divergence
Reading disagreement between correlated markets, such as ES and NQ or EURUSD and GBPUSD.
- 13
Weekly and daily profiles
Typical shapes a week or a day takes, and how to anticipate the high and low.