Recently, many people ask me how to combine all these ICT trading concepts into something practical. FVG, market structure, price behavior — it all sounds complicated, but honestly, once you understand the fundamentals, everything clicks.

It starts with a daily bias that you build on the weekly chart. Here, you define IRL and ERL — meaning where the price should seek balance. It’s not magic, just basic market mechanics. Price always moves toward these zones, and every move on higher timeframes has its counterpart in the market maker model on lower timeframes.

What interested me in ICT trading is how simple it is in theory, but how many details can be overlooked. Candle deviation is key — observe how the price reacts to the previous candle. If a high or low is shifted and the candle is engulfed, a reversal is coming. That’s a signal worth paying attention to.

Then you move to the daily chart and repeat the same process. Ideally, weekly and daily charts align — then you have trades with the highest probability. If the daily isn’t clear, you wait. No rush.

Just before entering a position, you switch to H4 and H1 to confirm the intraday structure. This is your direct map for day trading. It’s also important to understand TBL — time-based liquidity. Maxima and minima from specific time ranges are places where the price always pauses.

On M15, you look for specific entries. You combine IRL/ERL with the reaction to TBL and the opening price. Here, three confirmations for entry come into play. First, a change in market structure on M15 — look for FVG on M1 to confirm your assumptions. Second, SMT divergence — when correlated assets break their correlation, a big move usually follows. Third, iFVG — if order flow isn’t respected at a key level, a reversal is imminent.

All of this together creates a coherent ICT trading strategy that works because it’s based on how the market actually behaves. There are no indicators or magic formulas here. Just structure, liquidity, and price psychology.

My advice? Take these concepts, apply them to your charts, and observe. Every market, every pair — the rules are the same. The more time you spend analyzing these patterns, the faster you’ll learn to recognize them. That’s the essence of ICT trading — simplicity combined with precision.