Learn Models Power of Three (AMD) — Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution
Power of Three (AMD) — Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution
Most trending days follow one script: quiet open, fake move to run stops, then the real expansion.
The Power of Three reads every trending day (or session) as three acts around the daily open: Accumulation — a quiet range near the open; Manipulation — a false break AGAINST the eventual direction that sweeps liquidity; Distribution — the displacement expansion in the true direction.
On a bullish day, the low of day typically forms below the midnight open during the manipulation act, often in the London kill zone or early NY — that engineered dip is the entry, not the danger.
The model is why chasing the first move of a session is so costly: act two is designed to look like the trend.
How to trade it
- Anchor the day on the midnight open; with bullish bias, look for the manipulation dip below it and the reclaim with displacement.
- Enter during or just after the manipulation-to-distribution transition (MSS + FVG), targeting the expansion.
Pitfalls
- Trading the accumulation chop — the range around the open is positioning, not signal.
- Assuming every day delivers a clean AMD; consolidation days never leave act one.
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