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Concepts

Trading concepts, explained on real charts

Smart Money Concepts and the other ideas traders talk about: what they mean, how to spot them on a chart, and what happened when we tested them.

Market structure

01Market structure: swing highs, swing lows and trendHow to read a trend from swing points: higher highs and higher lows, or lower highs and lower lows.Beginner · 4 min read02Break of structure (BOS) and change of character (CHoCH)A close through the last swing: with the trend it is a BOS, against the trend it is a CHoCH.Beginner · 3 min read

Liquidity

03Liquidity sweeps: why price pokes through highs and lowsStops pile up beyond swing highs and lows. A sweep takes them with a wick and closes back inside.Beginner · 3 min read

Zones

04Fair value gap (FVG): the gap a big candle leavesThree candles, one big middle candle, and a price zone that never traded. What an FVG is and how to spot one.Beginner · 3 min read05Order blocks: the last candle before the moveThe last opposite candle before a break of structure, and why SMC traders wait for price to return to it.Intermediate · 3 min read06Premium, discount and the OTE zoneCut a price leg in half: above is premium, below is discount, and 62 to 79% back is the 'optimal trade entry'.Intermediate · 3 min read

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