Learn Time IPDA Data Ranges — 20/40/60 Day Lookbacks
IPDA Data Ranges — 20/40/60 Day Lookbacks
The algorithm "sees" the last 20, 40 and 60 trading days — their highs and lows are its reference frame.
ICT teaches that the Interbank Price Delivery Algorithm references rolling 20, 40 and 60 trading-day windows: the highest high and lowest low of each window form six institutional reference levels.
These extremes define the higher-timeframe dealing ranges and the draw-on-liquidity targets big moves reach for — old highs and lows inside these lookbacks are where campaigns begin and end.
The nearest unswept IPDA extreme above or below price is a standing candidate for the HTF draw, which is why the levels belong on the daily chart of every instrument you trade.
How to trade it
- Mark the 20/40/60-day highs and lows on the daily chart and anchor your directional bias to which extreme is being reached for.
- Use them as the outer bounds for premium/discount on the higher timeframe.
Pitfalls
- Setting intraday bias with no idea where price sits inside the IPDA ranges.
- Treating the levels as precise reversal ticks rather than zones of interest.
See IPDA Data Ranges — 20/40/60 Day Lookbacks detected live.
The workstation marks it on the chart the moment it prints.