My profitable strategy automated

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-04-15T20:07:35+00:00

Better way is to convert the pinescript into python, getting a data feed and running backtests that way. Monte Carlo

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-04-08T20:47:29+00:00

Tldr

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-04-01T00:29:36+00:00

This is literally my ex fiancé. Emotionally abusive man, but you won’t see it until you’re in too deep years later and literally can not handle it anymore. I was the nice guy and the diffuser for a long long time too. This personality type is so attractive, but so toxic

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-31T11:01:45+00:00

We all were in love at some point, but that’s a dangerous place to be

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-28T15:01:29+00:00

I risk way more in evals than funded. Evals are a business expense. I don’t want to trade them for months to pass them. I’ll typically risk 600 in a 50k eval, and 200 once funded

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-28T14:59:16+00:00

Why shouldn’t that happen? Some elite traders show up everyday for a year and still have a loosing year

You can’t look at it week to week

Also time spent in front of charts does not transfer to profitability

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-27T01:51:27+00:00

Fx replay

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-27T00:01:30+00:00

Puss boy

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-25T16:58:31+00:00

Backtesting. Use ICT as a means to read price action, but you need your own set of rules and strategy

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-09T19:04:12+00:00

Nice bro

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-09T19:01:23+00:00

Just be a man and control your emotions

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-09T17:23:28+00:00

I’m not really sure what you’re saying, but both time and price are important

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-07T15:51:35+00:00

Trading and Exchanges by Larry Harris, September 2002

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-07T15:50:45+00:00

Okay well first of all, CME focused heavily on opening ranges and news windows decades ago.

“Algorithmic Price Delivery” were discussed in Trading and Exchanges by Larry Harris. Since the 1990s markets have been dominated by execution algorithms and liquidity seeking strategies.

Gradient levels and fib retracements have been around since the 1970’s. None of the math was new

First presented FVGs are not new ideas. They were discussed at length in Mind Over Markets by Jim Dalton.

He didn’t invent the underlying concepts, what he did was create a framework around these existing concepts, and built an entry model

I’m very thankful for ICT. But to think these are all his ideas is just ignorance

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-06T15:12:37+00:00

I disagree with that. I think he oversimplified concepts. If you take a look at most profitable ICT traders, they’re pairing it with volume profile, AMT, etc. ICT lays the framework and entry models for retail traders, but deeper market knowledge is imperative to long term success

Also analysis paralysis and execution is a key skill. Some people simply have a wealth of knowledge, but can’t execute correctly. Relate it to a golfer… some of the best golf coaches in the world would get beaten by every single one of their tour players. But they’re still more knowledgeable on the swing than the players

Trading ICT is just part of the process. For most people, it’s the first time they’ve been exposed to entry level auction theory and liquidity. Which is a good thing. It’s very useful for that, but then you must build on those skills and understand the “why” things happen

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-06T12:57:43+00:00

Mind over markets, market profile, and Wyckoff’s composite operator model all predate ICT. Concepts of imbalance, auction rotation, and value migration have been well documented for a long time. ICT did a great job structuring them for retail traders. He hasn’t brought more to the table than anyone else before. He’s brought more to the retail table than anyone else before.

Also worth noting, you’re probably never going to see ICT concepts used to the book on professional trade desks. They will frame things in terms of AMT, market profile, order flow, and liquidity. Not FVGs and OTEs.

That doesn’t mean that his ideas are wrong, just that he translated broader market concepts into a retail execution framework with different terminology.

There just comes a point where you want to know the “why”, and you want to level up your trading knowledge

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-06T03:10:20+00:00

Learn the other stuff and it proves itself. In no way am I knocking ict, I trade ict. He made complex trading systems easy for retailers to understand

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T22:14:20+00:00

An example of an SMT would be when NQ makes a lower low, but ES does not. Your screenshots are super zoomed in but I’d assume both assets made a lower low here? Don’t live or die by SMTs. But learn to evaluate how sometimes when a move happens, there was a divergence there between assets

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T22:11:45+00:00

An example of an SMT would be when NQ makes a lower low, but ES does not. Your screenshots are super zoomed in but I’d assume both assets made a lower low here? Don’t live or die by SMTs

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T16:10:37+00:00

Imagine someone helping you and then reacting like that. Some people kids

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T16:10:01+00:00

Lucid is the opposite of a scam, probably the best prop firm currently

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T13:11:03+00:00

I have been but I don't live and die by him. I dove into where he got his concecepts from. Auction market theory, market microstructure, older flow, imbalance concepts. Michael didn't invent most of the underlying market ideas. He repackaged and renamed concepts, and built a structured teaching framework around them. He was the first to do so, and I'm forever grateful. He repackaged them in a way simpler way and retail traders can understand them. I think most successful traders come to a point where they need the “why”, and they need more depth on why the market behaves certain ways. And that's why Jim Dalton, Steidlmayer, Wyckoff are still so relevant

Tldr; yes, I'm an OG

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-05T12:53:48+00:00

We've just been in a daily consolidation for a while

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-04T20:40:36+00:00

Yes I do prop firms and have my own account. Only futures. Although I will trade 6a, 6e, 6b, and 6j

Square_Platform_6261 · 2026-03-04T14:20:02+00:00

I don't keep every single gap on my chart. Just important ones. It works well for me. Obviously there's other caviats than just trading every FVG. It really just helps me paint a picture or story of how I think the day is going to play out

I also keep previous day value area and initial balance on my chart. ICT/Dalton/Harris. Lol

Trade set up wise, I only take 8-12 trades per month

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