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Jalal Uddin's ICT Trading Journey (Step-by-Step from 0 to 9)

0. BACKGROUND & START:

Belongs to a middle-class family.

Trader with one year experience initially based on retail concepts (e.g., indicators like Ichimoku, Bollinger Bands, pivot points, candlestick patterns, Elliott Wave, etc.).

Failed multiple times using retail concepts.

Two months ago started learning Smart Money Concepts (SMC) and ICT (Inner Circle Trader) concepts seriously.

Self-taught; no face-to-face mentor. All knowledge from online classes and personal effort.

1. CORE ICT UNDERSTANDING MASTERED:

Liquidity concepts: external & internal liquidity

POI (Point of Interest): FVG, OB, BPR, SIBI & BISI, volume imbalance

MSS (Market Structure Shift): real/fake, minor/actual

Swing highs/lows, session-based liquidity, previous day high/low liquidity

Judas Swing

4-Candle Expansion Day (used for confirmation of strong market intention)

Daily Templates & OHLC structure

Daily/Weekly Bias

Time & Price Theory, Silver Bullet entry method

IPDA (Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm)

2. ALGORITHM: “OTE with Asian Swings”

Combines concepts of:

Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)

Session-based POIs

Power of 3 (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution)

CDR (Daily Range Templates)

Market Maker Buy/Sell Models (MMBM, MMSM)

Judas Swings within session timings

BPR + Volume Imbalance + FVG stacked confluences

Manual but highly structured with fixed checklist and step-wise entry planning

Tailored for gold (XAUUSD), EURUSD, and BTCUSD

3. ENTRY CHECKLIST (USED DAILY):

Confirm Bias (Daily/Weekly)

Watch for 4-Candle Expansion

Asian Session Structure & POI

London Session Reaction

NY Session Confirmation: Displacement or Judas

Entry at OB/FVG/BPR within bias

Proper RR targeting (1:2 or more)

Trade Revision + Mistake Refinement at Night

Intraday only; do not rely solely on higher TF structure

Respect previous day H/L liquidity for confirmation

4. LIVE TRADING BEHAVIOR:

Executes only when checklist fully aligns

Avoids forced trades (e.g., when no interest shown by price)

Uses MSS as trigger confirmation

Looks for liquidity sweeps as entry validation

Journals entries, POIs, and reasons for skipping

5. DAILY/WEEKLY ROUTINE:

12-hour study plan per day (5 days/week)

Weekly plan structured over 6 weeks

Breakdown:

5-7 AM: Bias & market behavior study

8 AM-1 PM: Analyze Asian + London + BTC if no signal

4-7 PM: NY behavior

Night (at least 2 hrs): Journal + revision + mistake correction

Skipped days are ignored; the week counts only active days

6. PERFORMANCE TRACKING:

Live challenges observed on demo

Simulated passes of multiple setups

Recognizes NY news time traps & behavior around liquidity

Predictive analysis (e.g., inside bar -> expansion the next day)

Checklist evaluation after every session

7. VISUAL SETUP & ENVIRONMENT:

Sticky notes/post-its on wall with:

ICT Tools

Trading Psychology Tips

Setup Checklists & Session Templates

Organized trading setup: charting on laptop, secondary keyboard & mouse

Workout body transformation to stay disciplined mentally and physically

8. TRADING PSYCHOLOGY & WEAKNESSES:

Admitted lack of live experience

Working to improve:

Execution on live charts

Risk Management (e.g., portfolio split, 1:2 R:R minimum)

Emotional stability (journaling & self-review)

Practices solitude mindset: “Understand how you lead yourself alone.”

9. FINAL VISION:

Plan to take funded accounts (starting from small ones)

Currently financially limited but mentally strong

Wants to be first billionaire in the family

Quote: “Every trade revision and mistake refining are compulsory.”

No shortcuts, only strategy + vision + review.

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