ICT 2024 Mentorship \ Lecture #15  August 23, 2024

ICT 2024 Mentorship \ Lecture #15 August 23, 2024

Challenges with OBS and Market Analysis

Introduction to the Session

  • The speaker expresses frustration with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) and its challenges during the session. They mention a desire for smoother operation while preparing to analyze the NASDAQ market.
  • Acknowledgment of the upcoming opening bell, indicating a focus on real-time market analysis.

Market Levels and Trading Strategy

  • Discussion of daily buy/sell signals, highlighting multiple higher highs in recent candles, suggesting bullish momentum. The speaker is monitoring potential price action towards specific levels.
  • Mention of a "rejection block" as part of their trading strategy, indicating an interest in observing how prices react at certain thresholds before making decisions.

Opening Range Gap Analysis

  • The speaker emphasizes the importance of setting up for regular trading hours and notes various price levels that will be critical once trading begins. They repeatedly stress the significance of these levels for future trades.
  • Analyzing gaps between candle highs and lows to identify potential trading opportunities; they refer to this as measuring quadrants within price movements. This indicates a methodical approach to understanding market dynamics.

Understanding Gaps in Trading

Opening Range Gaps Explained

  • The speaker identifies new opening gaps from previous days, emphasizing their relevance in current trading strategies and how they can influence market behavior today. They highlight both electronic and regular trading hour data's impact on gap analysis.
  • Clarification on Fairbag Gaps: The distinction between electronic trading hours versus regular hours is made clear, stressing that traders should be aware of different gap formations based on timeframes used for analysis.

Observations During Trading Hours

  • As the session progresses, there’s an acknowledgment of energy levels affecting performance; however, they remain focused on analyzing market reactions post-opening bell despite personal fatigue from previous engagements.
  • Noting a uniform opening session followed by sell-offs after initial rallies suggests volatility in market sentiment which traders need to navigate carefully during active sessions.

Market Dynamics and Personal Insights

Characterization of Online Persona

  • The speaker addresses misconceptions about their online persona, clarifying that any perceived anger is merely part of their character rather than genuine emotion; this highlights the performative aspect often present in online financial discussions.

Application Across Markets

  • Reference to experiences with other markets (e.g., German DAX) illustrates versatility in applying learned strategies across different financial instruments; this broadens understanding beyond just one index or asset class.

Current Market Status

  • Continuous emphasis on monitoring upper quadrants within charts indicates ongoing vigilance regarding price movements relative to established gaps; this reflects a disciplined approach toward risk management during volatile periods.

This structured summary captures key insights from the transcript while providing timestamps for easy reference back to specific moments in the discussion.

What is the Focus on the Upper Quadrant?

Repeated Emphasis on the Upper Quadrant

  • The speaker begins by stating their intention to "drop down to the upper quadrant," indicating a focus or shift in attention.
  • The phrase "I'm going to drop down to the upper quadrant" is repeated multiple times, suggesting a strong emphasis on this area of discussion or analysis.
  • Continuation of the repetition reinforces the importance of this concept, possibly indicating it as a key theme throughout the session.
  • The insistence on dropping down to this specific quadrant may imply that it holds significant relevance for understanding broader topics being discussed.
  • A slight variation occurs with "I'm going to take it all out," hinting at an exploration or extraction of information related to the upper quadrant.

Consistent Reference and Trust Issues

  • The repetitive nature continues, maintaining focus on dropping down to the upper quadrant without deviation from this central idea.
  • Introduction of doubt with "I'm not trusting in you this," which could indicate a moment of skepticism regarding previous discussions or assumptions about the upper quadrant.
  • The speaker expresses a desire not to prolong discussions today, yet maintains commitment to revisiting the upper quadrant repeatedly.
  • This ongoing reference suggests that despite any doubts, there remains an unwavering focus on understanding or analyzing what lies within this area.

Exploring the Upper Quadrant

Repeated Focus on the Upper Quadrant

  • The speaker emphasizes a repetitive action of "dropping down to the upper quadrant," indicating a significant focus or transition point in their discussion.
  • The repetition continues, reinforcing the importance of this upper quadrant in the context being discussed, though specifics are not provided.
  • A shift occurs as the speaker mentions observing "the lick constant curtion," suggesting an analytical observation related to this upper quadrant.
  • The phrase is reiterated again, maintaining emphasis on returning to or focusing on the upper quadrant without additional context.
Video description

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