ICT and Smart Money

Sweep, shift, FVG (ICT 2022 model)

1m–5m entries, 15m–1H bias

The rules, in plain English. Ask Wicky “Is my setup here?” and it checks each one on your chart, says what’s still missing, and draws your levels.

The rules

Window: a killzone. London 2:00–5:00 or New York 7:00–10:00, New York time.
First: price takes a marked level: the previous day high or low, the Asia or London high or low, or equal highs or lows.
Then: a strong move the other way that closes past the last opposite swing (a market structure shift) and leaves a fair value gap.
Entry: when price pulls back into that FVG, ideally at its 50% (the consequent encroachment).
Stop: beyond the sweep's high or low.
Target: the liquidity on the other side (the next swing high or low, or the opposite session level). At least 2R.
On the chart: the levels that got swept, recent swings and the FVG.

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How Wicky checks it

Hold ⌃⌥ over your chart and ask. Wicky reads the chart on your screen, on any platform, and checks every rule above, starting with “Window: a killzone. London 2:00–5:00 or New York 7:00–10:00, New York time”. Then it answers out loud: not yet, and what you’re still waiting for, or your entry, stop and target with the risk-to-reward, drawn on your chart and locked to it as you scroll.

Trade it a little differently? Change any rule, or write your own in plain English. Wicky checks your version, not a textbook’s.

Wicky checks your own rules. It doesn’t tell you to buy or sell, doesn’t predict price and never places trades. Trading involves substantial risk of loss. ICT and Smart Money Concepts are named to describe setups; Wicky isn’t affiliated with their authors.