(1) Not every underlying is "options liquid." (2) Avoid trading "options illiquid" underlyings with options. (3) Average share volume, the availability of both monthly and weekly expiries, the availability of one-half to dollar-wide strikes, and the tightness of markets are all indicators of option liquidity. (a) Average Share Volume. Look for underlyings...
Call me a conspiracy theorist all you want but the fact is price look for liquidity. Liquidity exists in price zones that have a lot of participation. Obvious levels and obvious patterns are liquidity pool haven. No, I do not have a "solution" or steps to avoid this phenomenon. I have my own personal ways to navigate it. Is it the best? It is the best for me...
This is not a trading strategy nor claiming this concept happens 100% of the time, but this is a repetitive pattern and I personally believe it could help you to navigate the market (particularly if you are an intraday trader) more efficiently. I generally would see this in 1-Hour timeframe but for the sake of being able to show you with more examples in one...
In this tutorial, I give a brief description on how to determine high probability orderblocks using the knowledge of liquidity voids. By the end of this video, you should be able to pin point a bullish or a bearish orderblock which has a very high probability of holding support or resistance respectively. You will also be able to mark out inefficiencies in the...
The Judas swing term was named by ICT, he dubbed this swing concept and utilizes it upon the London Open. The idea is, the market makers will rally or sell price, normally just above or below the Asian session high or low (depending on institutional order flow bias) tricking buyers or sellers into the market to follow its direction. As the Judas swing high or low...
The Judas swing term was named by ICT, he dubbed this swing concept and utilizes it upon the London Open. The idea is, the market makers will rally or sell price, normally just above or below the Asian session high or low (depending on institutional order flow bias) tricking buyers or sellers into the market to follow its direction. As the Judas swing high or low...
SELF DEVELOPMENT/METHODOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY BENEFITS AND RISKS OF TRADING 101 a) Market Action Market Action is determined as the summary of data showing the trading activities in the market, which determines the differentiation between the price of the currency on which profit or loss can be generated. The rate of change in profit and loss is provided in...
Before playing that video, be aware that I'm a very agressive trader, which means high level of risk into trying to copy my trades. The quality in those videos comes out of their content, not just following blindly. I'll be trading this with low leverage as this is highly speculative. So please don't just follow blindly but just take the educational content out of...
A little cluttered but shows how whales/MM create liquidity for large positions. This method works very similarly in Forex. EURUSD is a great example.