Entry model · v2.0
ICT 2022 Model
The flagship sequence: higher-timeframe draw on liquidity → liquidity sweep → market structure shift with displacement → entry on the retrace into the FVG.
- LONDON
- NY AM
- MIN R:R 3:1
- RISK 0.5%
Required
Every box checks or there is no trade
- HTF bias set — clear draw on liquidity above or below
- Old high/low or EQH/EQL swept (stop hunt happened)
- MSS: displacement candle closes through opposing structure
- Displacement leg left a fair value gap
- Entry inside the FVG (ideally at consequent encroachment)
- Stop beyond the sweep extreme, not inside the noise
Optional confluence
Not mandatory — each one adds weight
- Target = opposing liquidity pool (not a fixed number)
- Setup formed inside a kill zone
Warnings
If one of these fires, stand down
- High-impact news within 30 min
This checklist is an educational planning template. Workstation detection and backtest support are model-specific, so a checked list does not imply an automated or live signal.
Open this model in the workstation
ICT 2022 Model is loaded in the educational playbook. Automation support varies.
Discipline
The model is half the trade.
One quality trade beats ten impulsive ones
You are paid for waiting for your model, not for activity. If today gives no A+ setup, flat is a position — and it outperforms most accounts.
Define risk before entry, always
Entry, stop, target and size are decided while you are calm — never while in a trade. If you can't state where you're wrong, you don't have a trade.
Risk a fixed fraction (0.25–1%)
Small fixed risk per trade makes losing streaks survivable and keeps your judgement clean. Ten losses at 0.5% is a bruise; at 5% it's the account.