ICT Mentorship - Core Content - Month 02 - How Traders Make 10% Per Month
Traders Making 10% Per Month
In this section, the speaker discusses how traders can make 10% per month by using a case study on the Aussie dollar. They identify the 75.12 level on a daily chart and bring it down to an hourly chart.
Identifying Liquidity Pools
- There are buy stops above us, indicating liquidity pools resting above specific highs.
- A buy setup at 75.12 on the daily chart is identified, and everything that needs to be focused on in September is being identified in this specific case study.
- The stock could be in relative terms to the bullish order block, and three-to-one reward-to-risk ratios would unfold right below our first area of buy stops or the five-minute liquidity pool.
Risk Management
- Using a 15-minute time frame reduces risk compared to an hourly chart.
- Taking half of our two percent position off as we get three-to-one notice doesn't have to blow out the buy stops here; these buy stops don't even have to get blown out; this is three-to-one reward risk.
Trading with Institutional Overflow
- We are trading with higher-level institutional overflow relative to that daily order block from 75.12.
- Once we clear this buy stop, the area over here would be reached into as well, and we'd have 15r as well now this is the liquidity pool that we're resting around that same hourly basis I'm just viewing it in terms of the 15 minute chart you can see the expansion is available.
Framing Trades with Small Risk
In this section, the speaker discusses how framing trades with small risk can lead to multiple rewards.
Potential Rewards of Small Risk Trades
- Even if you don't get every pip of a potential range, framing trades with small risk can still pay out in handsome rewards.
- The potential range for a trade was about 100 pips from where they were looking at buying and where they thought the price would go. They only need to focus on the lines portion of the move, which is about 100 pips.
- You don't need to get every pip of every potential range you identify as potential profit. If you insist on it, you'll be frustrated. Instead, focus on getting half of the range or more for your reward.
Example Trade Scenario
- Assume that we had a $1,000 trading account and set up a trade originally with less than 10 pips stop loss using a five-minute chart. We rounded it to a 10-pip stop loss and got our three-to-one multiple when the market came up and allowed us to do so. In this trade, we would already have three percent paid to us.
- If we framed our trades with really small risk, it's easy to get multiples of three-to-one or more for your reward so your R levels are easy to get to when you start refining your risk. It's not having big risk that makes money; it's having small risk that makes money - that's the real secret!
Institutional Sponsorship Levels
In this section, the speaker emphasizes that institutional sponsorship levels are highly impactful in terms of price action and that traders should focus on framing their trades on these levels.
Importance of Institutional Sponsorship Levels
- The real orders are around monthly, weekly, and daily levels where institutional sponsorship is present. It has nothing to do with your indicators or supply and demand theory; it's where the orders are.
- Traders need to be able to frame their trades on levels that should see institutional sponsorship. These levels will drive price higher and lower relative to those levels because that's where the real orders are.
Key Takeaways
- Focus on framing trades with small risk for multiple rewards. You don't need to get every pip of every potential range you identify as potential profit. Instead, focus on getting half of the range or more for your reward.
- Institutional sponsorship levels are highly impactful in terms of price action, so traders should focus on framing their trades on these levels.
One Shot One Kill Trading Strategy
In this section, the speaker discusses a trading strategy that involves taking partial profits and letting the second portion of the trade run to reach higher time frame objectives.
One Shot One Kill Trading Strategy
- The strategy involves taking partial profits at three to one and letting the second portion of the trade run to reach higher time frame objectives.
- Greed should not be allowed to influence trading decisions.
- If you get the entire 100 pip range, you can make over 46% in one month. Continuously applying this strategy can lead to significant profits.
- Scaling off one percent at three to one is recommended once you know what you're doing. Wait for the second portion of the trade to reach higher time frame objectives.
Aiming for a Weekly Trade of a 100 Pip Range
In this section, the speaker discusses how aiming for a weekly trade of a 100 pip range can lead to significant profits.
Aiming for a Weekly Trade of a 100 Pip Range
- Aiming for a weekly trade of a 100 pip range can lead to significant profits even if you don't achieve it every week. It may require multiple trades or reducing your position size.
- Paying yourself initially and taking partial profits is important because you don't know if your trades will pay out in full. Demanding precision beyond personal efficiency is not recommended.
- Taking partial profits is not an impediment but rather an opportunity to make more money. Paying yourself when it's available is important.
Importance of Paying Yourself
In this section, the speaker emphasizes the importance of paying yourself and not being too rigid in profit taking.
Importance of Paying Yourself
- Not allowing yourself to take partial profits can lead to missed opportunities and frustration. It's important to pay yourself when it's available.
- Being too rigid in profit taking can be detrimental to trading success. Taking partial profits is not a weakness but rather an opportunity to make more money.
- The speaker has had instances where he did not allow himself to take partial profits and watched his profits turn into losses or get stopped out at a minus stop loss before running in his favor.
Making Money in Trading
In this section, the speaker talks about how to make money in trading by focusing on partial trades and letting the balance run.
Focusing on Partial Trades
- Placing a trade and paying yourself a modest 30 Pips move to the sidelines.
- Letting the partial run while focusing on trading like that 10 in one month on the back end of your trade.
- Doing Ultra short-term trades or trades like this can still yield handsome ten percent compounded over the year which is over 300 percent for the year.
Psychological Effects of Partial Trades
- Paying yourself something after your first profit and then letting the partial run.
- Watching your money better than anybody else and focusing on tripling your money every single year.
Comparison with Other Investment Options
- No fund manager is going to double your money in a year consistently.
- Tripling your money every single year with handsome returns is an astonishing number.