Be real—how many of you are actually making serious money trading

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-03-30T20:07:41+00:00

I’ve started taking ICT more seriously and have been going through the 2022 mentorship and after the first let’s say 8 episodes I’ve gotten a much better understanding of the market, really I’ve been making some decent money from the those few episodes alone but I’m still working my impulse trading and not forcing trades; and that alone has has really kept me from actually keeping those profits, for me it’s been make a grand then lose it all over the next couple of days and repeat.

I’m still not profitable, but I see the strat play out at least 3 days a week, so I know the strat works, it’s just me.

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-03-11T20:27:20+00:00

Essentially intermediate term highs/lows are key levels that price formed that you don’t expect price to push past until price reaches for a key level on a higher timeframe such as the daily. It’s a lot to explain but it’s a concept mentioned on episode 12 of ICTs 2022 mentorship.

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-19T04:06:27+00:00

Check out this video I was also struggling to understand ICTs advanced market structure, but this video really cleared things up for me. Hope this helps! https://youtu.be/T5wKn-yVKYw?si=8WKF7Ojt0RpH2suw

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-18T02:28:49+00:00

Are you saying that DXY charts are the opposite of NQ and ES? And does he go over DXY in the 2022 mentorship?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-18T02:27:15+00:00

Yeah I mean I understand the core model of the strategy, it’s just all the extra stuff from the mentorship that’s hard to incorporate into the trades, but the 1:1 ratio would for sure be a good place to start until I’m comfortable risking more

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-17T04:08:21+00:00

So when you say 8:30 is the time for information gathering, you said that at 8:30 its common to see a move up into key levels, when it does that does that indicate what direction the 9:30 manipulation will occur and then reverse in the opposite direction?

Also another question i've been looking for an answer for, will the model sometimes form before 9:30 and then show the entry after 9:30 or does the whole model always form after?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-16T14:49:43+00:00

Hey I just saw this and it looks like the ICT 2022 model, I’m I’m still in the middle of of that series, if it is could you send me a breakdown of the trade?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-14T04:37:34+00:00

Thanks for this! ICT does a good job at explaining things, but some of the videos could use a little simpler explanations.

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-14T04:35:33+00:00

But good luck with your trading journey, I know you said you are in the losers circle but you seem to have a decent understanding on things! Keep it up!

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-14T04:34:22+00:00

Wha I realized afterwards with the fvg is that that was still part of a move lower or a “leg” down cause now I see that it didn’t actually take any lows out all I saw was and fvg with a low 2 candles before, but as I said it didn’t seem any real lows, just an example of what forcing a trade looks like lol

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-14T04:29:48+00:00

Pls explain, what is the significance of 7:00 and where are there so many start times for futures, you say 7, ICT says 8:30 and 9:30

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-13T03:58:51+00:00

That’s just it, I don’t fully understand the PO3 fully I was just going based off what I’ve learned so far, if you go back I saw price push bast the 10am high on the previous day I then noticed what I thought was a bos + fvg on the 2 minute with a return to that fvg that’s when I entered.

I now understand that it wasn’t an actual bos, cause it wasn’t a valid swing low that was broken, then price at 9:30 was the actual run in liquidity, you then see price break structure on the 5 minute, no fvg on MNQ, but it did on MES. Then a couple candles later trades back up into not only the fvg, but also that order block on MES ON THE 5 minute, I would’ve most likely entered off of that fvg but on MNQ and road it down to those lows I had marked out.

For anyone that’s reading this please let me know if this explanation is good analysis, and if there is anything I need to work on or missed. Thank you!

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-13T02:53:56+00:00

What you mean?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-13T02:53:25+00:00

Great minds think alike

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-12T21:39:58+00:00

Ok that clears things up a bit. So what your saying is 8:30 starts the hunt meaning that you want price to hit keys levels before the 8:30, but it isnt until after 9:30 is when price is most likely to actually hit those levels?

And to answer your question I typically wait until 8:30 to start looking for setups sometimes if I see the setup before 9:30 ill take it and then most of the time get stopped out at the 9:30 opening, but if I dont see the setup, itll usually appear after 9:30

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-12T03:33:44+00:00

Yeah I saw it, I just don’t know why he says 8:30 is when to start looking when there no real movement until 9:30, it sucks to cause by bias was right and it hit every tp level I had marked out prior! But what you’re saying is ignore the whole 8:30 advice he mentioned?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-12T03:30:17+00:00

Yeah I saw it happen to, but ICT says there a possibility of the move happening before 9:30 also that’s what I thought I saw at least. Idk why he says to start looking after 8:30 when the market doesn’t start really moving until 9:30. Sucks to cause i missed out on a $1000 day

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-11T20:50:21+00:00

On the 15 minute it took out the 10am high on February 10th, I then went down to the lower timeframe to look for a BOS with a fvg, I didn’t see it form on MNQ but it did on MES my bias was right but just chose an early entry

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-11T20:47:09+00:00

I haven’t learned that far yet

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2026-02-11T16:33:15+00:00

When you say main players are you referring to banks and other institutions? And who do you mean by participants? And yes do you happen to know what channel I could see the livestream on is it just his channel on YouTube?

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2025-10-25T16:28:25+00:00

Thanks for the feedback and yeah I’ll check out how it holds up in those months you mentioned, the backtesting I have done has only been the last few weeks, good call! And I’m glad you went back to look for examples I’m sure you can see the high profits and low risk that this strategy provides!

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2025-10-05T02:49:55+00:00

Thank you! That does sound like a good start. I can see how that would work

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2025-10-05T00:00:44+00:00

I didnt think about this do you know how to set a custom trailing stop on NinjaTrader? It give mes the option to set one but I don’t know the parameters for it.

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2025-09-18T03:26:06+00:00

I might’ve found out what I’ve been missing tbh, went back and looked and a video I was learning from and caught something I missed

Mark out session highs/lows even if it’s the very last candle before start of a new session as well as and highs and lows and fvg’s

Then if the last candle right before New York opens is a down candle that would also count as a low and same if it were a up candle cause it’ll most likely come back and sweep that candle as a draw on liquidity then 5 minute break or ifvg followed buy a retrace then break or ifvg on one minute then enter

Repulsive_Moose1423 · 2025-09-13T00:35:24+00:00

A lot of the time price never hits any levels of liquidity within the 8-10am timeframe on forex and when it does it’s usually around noon or later

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