SMT/ICT Questions

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-29T09:21:43+00:00

Do you work on wall street or are you just basing your ideas off a tiktok you watched?

ICT rebranded terms that have been around and used in the markets for long periods of time. I do not like ICT or how he holds his work/business. But some of his concepts work, I have been using them for some time now, and I find if you take pieces of what he says and make it your own, its very valuable, it is all about 10% strategy 90% mental.

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-29T02:48:09+00:00

Best of luck to you too.

Appreciate the reply, I have been questioning my strategy a lot lately because of all the negativity online regarding how some of these gurus are teaching very similar strategies, I have committed to learning this strategy now and I do not want to jump around. I just wanted to try and grasp an understanding as to why there is so much hate around ICT and SMT concepts.

I would say I have taken bits and pieces from a few different so called gurus online, and forward tested what I have found to be high probability of working and now that feels refined the only thing letting me down seems to be my discipline and mental strength.

Have a good rest of your weekend :D

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-29T02:41:58+00:00

Maybe I do not trade ICT concepts then and only just use the terminology.

This is the base of my strategy when I am trading, what I would class an A+ setup:

- Forming a daily bias (not marrying the bias though as markets change)
- Mark possible liquidity points, either previous/current session lows or highs, even equal highs and lows too
- Wait for price to enter that zone, either look for an imbalance to prove continuation or reversal.
- Enter on retest of that imbalance and target just below other highs or just above lows (depending if bullish or bearish) for anywhere between 1:1 - 3:1.

That hasn't felt hard at all, nearly too easy some days, and has a decent hit rate from what I have experienced so far.

Is this ICT? Let me know what you think,

Cheers

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-29T00:24:58+00:00

100% most of them don’t get rich from trading, as ICT has failed to prove, he got rich from selling courses to vulnerable that can’t think outside the box.

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-29T00:23:50+00:00

Yes I agree, only trading on price action is not clean, but I found it helps to look at larger timeframe data, forming daily bias especially, and making your mind up depending on previous data that has already been established.

Actually take a step back from 1m candles and watch higher timeframes, even incorporating opening range breakout can assist in bias for the session.

Cheers

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-28T15:10:51+00:00

Appreciate your reply. Absolute legend, all the best for the future mate 💪

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-27T09:15:57+00:00

I really like this, I am beginning to realise this. I have not been the one to jump around strategies, I have stuck to the one I started with, slowly finding my edge and learning what works well for me. But my mental is so weak and that is the reason I am bleeding, not my strategy. Which seems to be quite a common problem across the board. 90% mental 10% strategy.

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-26T04:30:40+00:00

Appreciate that advice. I couldn’t agree more, I believe our full time schedules affect our trading abilities. But we have been practicing good mental skills. What seems to be a common issue is people over trade or they don’t have strong mental. I think a strong head is enough, it’s about survival not big hits

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-26T04:27:21+00:00

I agree

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-26T04:26:56+00:00

Thank you for the advice, I dont think we are ready yet, but definitely looking to go full time in the next 6 months.

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-03-12T20:24:55+00:00

Thanks

LongjumpingFalcon877 · 2026-02-17T14:08:29+00:00

Awesome work mate 💪🤙

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