DEMYSTIFYING ICT:

WHAT EVERY
ICT TRADER…
STILL WANTS
TO KNOW
BY HOPIPLAKA
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0.
PROLOGUE

“IF ONLY YOU WOULD KNOW THE

MAGNIFICENCE OF THE 3, 6, AND 9, YOU
WOULD HAVE A KEY TO THE
UNIVERSE.”

NIKOLA TESLA

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 Dear reader,

Thank you for downloading our book on demystifying ICT,

short for innercircletrader.

We hope that you will nd value in the information and

insights contained within these pages.

It’s good to mention this is

my view - and my view only
- on how to map ict’s
teachings towards
mathematical concepts.

By no means this book

claims to solve enigma, imp,
or any other buzz word you
nd ying around on the
internet. Like ict says, we
can explore the wonderful
world of Goldbach and
Power of Three, but any
match to ict concepts is
pure coincidence.

But we will leave that

decision up to you after
reading the book.

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As you read through this book, we hope that you will come to
understand and appreciate the signi cance of power of three
numbers, and learn how to use them to your advantage,
using PO3 dealing ranges.

Whether you are a seasoned trader, a novice trader, or simply

someone seeking to improve your understanding of the
dealing ranges, we believe that using power of three in your
trade arsenal will be a valuable tool for you.

We will also delve into what we call the Goldbach levels, how
it relates to the PD areas and why the number 6 plays a
crucial role here.

Last but not least, we will unlock the secrets of the 20-40-60
look back period, where the number 9 will play a prominent
role.

Furthermore we will also discuss the look back partitions,

which is more of a broader or longer term if you will view on
the market.

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Your learning path

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 At rst this book might feel a little overwhelming. As a heads
up, there are 3 main topics we touch on:

Step 1: de ne your dealing range

Step 2: de ne the IPDA wireframe inside the dealing range
Step 3: Use AMD cycle and the look back periods

Step 1 and 2 make up your price levels, while step 3 will

de ne the time levels.

Those are the main topics you want to read. You will also see
that they are logically grouped.
We rst start discussing the number 3, next the number 6,
and nally number 9.

After that we will dig into the ICT logo, and its relation to AMD
time cycles.

There is also a chapter about the two di erent algorithms,

and this is something I mainly use for a longer term view,
based on a tweaked version of the Tesla Vortex.

Remember, ICT says banks trade from the Weekly and Daily
charts, so this is where the algorithms come into play.

As this book evolves, I will show you an example in the

‘Putting it all together” chapter, where you can see the
algorithm play out with the Market maker sell model and the
optimal trade entry.

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When you read the previous page, you might think by
yourself. Wait a minute, 3, 6, 9? Where did I see these before?

These are what we call the numbers that make up the Tesla
Vortex.

Not the car manufacturer, but Nikola Tesla, the inventor.

We will be using these numbers throughout the book, and

also a tweaked version of it.

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We will use for the PRICE part:

3 for PO3
6 for the IPDA levels.

And for the TIME part:

9 as seen in look back period.

Combine these together, and you have your time and price

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This book relies heavily on terminology that was originated
by Michael J Huddleston, aka The Inner Circle Trader, aka ICT.

At the end of the book you will nd references to his Twitter

and YouTube accounts, you de nitely need to check these
out, certainly if you don’t know what an order block or fair
value gap is.

We hope that you will nd the information and examples

provided in this book to be useful and inspiring, and that you
will apply what you learn to your own trading career.

Once again, thank you for downloading this book. We hope

that you will nd it to be a valuable resource, and that you will
join us in exploring the many wonders of the riddles ICT put
in his mentorship.

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 0. 2
PROLOGUE 2
PRICE 17
1. 18
Power of three numbers 18
Introduction to PO3 19
Calculating Powers Of Three 21
Your trading pro le / size 24
Determine Optimal PO3 Dealing Range size 26
How to determine 26
How to verify 29
Using PO3 dealing ranges 30
Examples 33
Fractal PO3 35
PO3 stop runs 38
PO3 liquidity 42
Range expansion and contraction 44
Getting to know PO3 Dealing Ranges 47
What you learned in this chapter 48
Cheat sheets 49
Calculating optimal PO3 size 49
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 Calculating Dealing range 50
When to do range expansion 51
2. 52
Huddleston levels 52
Where does it come from 53
IPDA = GOLDBACH 58
Consequent encroachment and mean threshold 61
External range demarkers 64
SMT and GoldBach 66
Market Symmetry 68
Support / Resistance 71
UNFULFILLED RANGE 72
Automate 73
How to use Goldbach 74
Long term or position trader 75
OSOK trader or short term trader 76
Day trader 77
scalper 78
What you learned in this chapter 79
Cheat sheets 80
Goldbach levels 80
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TIME 81
3. 82
20-40-60 LOOK BACK 82
Introduction 83
HIPPO 86
Examples 90
January 8th 91
Look for number 18 91
February 7th 92
Look for number 27 92
March 6th 93
Look for number 36 93
April 5th 94
Look for number 45 94
May 4th 95
Look for number 54 95
JUNE 3rd 96
Look for number 63 96
JULY 2nd 97
Look for number 72 97
AUGUST 1st 98
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Look for number 81 98
SEPTEMBER 9th 99
Look for number 90 - 99 99
OCTOBER 8th 100
Look for number 108 100
NOVEMBER 7th 101
Look for number 117 101
DECEMBER 6th 102
Look for number 126 102
What you learned in this chapter 103
Cheat sheets 104
Hippo 104
Determine look back period 105
4. 106
LOGO 106
Introduction 107
Fractal 114
How to use AMD 116
Distortion of time 117
Candle counting 118
What you learned in this chapter 119
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 Cheat sheets 120
AMD cycles 120
TIME AND PRICE 121
5. 122
Algorithms 122
6. 133
PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER 133
The MMxM, OTE and algo 134
Goldbach Time 139
What you learned in this chapter 142
TRADE PLANS 144
LOOK BACK TRADE PLAN 145
A monthly play for hundreds of pips 145
HIPPO POT A MUS 146
A trade plan for HIPPO's 146
OSOK Trade plan 147
Catch 50 to 75 pips once a week 147
MY PERSONAL TRADE PLAN 148
24 pips per week 148
The hidden OTE trade plan 149
Use OTE in between 2 Goldbach levels 149
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 GB - The OB Trade Plan 150
Use the Order block and exit at breaker 150
GB - The breaker Trade Plan 151
Use the breaker and exit at high/low 151
GB: The stop run Trade Plan 152
Use the dealing range stop run and aim for the
breaker 152
GB: The equilibrium Trade Plan 153
Use the mitigation block anD equilibrium 153
GB: The FVG Trade Plan 154
Use the FVG and propulsion block 154
GB: The Einstein Trade Plan 155
Use the OB, LV and FVG 155
GB: Trade plan Overview 157
Visualisation of the GB trade plans 157
MISCELLANEOUS 158
PO3 DR Shifting 159
THE END 161
Risk Management 162
Acronyms 163
In Closure 164
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 Become an a liate, ght Fraudulent copies 167
A liation 167
Purchasing Power Parity 169
JOINING DISCORD 170
DISCLAIMER 171

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PRICE

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1.
POWER OF THREE NUMBERS

“THREE GREAT FORCES RULE THE

WORLD: STUPIDITY, FEAR AND GREED."

ALBERT EINSTEIN

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 INTRODUCTION TO PO3
The power of three numbers is a concept that has fascinated
people for centuries. These numbers, often referred to as
"triplet numbers," are said to hold a special power and
signi cance, and have been revered by many cultures
throughout history.

But what are these mysterious numbers, and how can we use
them to unlock the secrets of the universe? We will learn how
to calculate and understand these special numbers.

First, let's start with a brief history of the power of three. The
concept of triplet numbers can be traced back to ancient
civilisations, where they were often associated with spiritual
or religious signi cance. In many cultures, three was seen as
a perfect number, representing balance and harmony.

The power of three was also prevalent in the mythology of

many ancient cultures. In Greek mythology, the number three
was associated with the goddess of wisdom, Athena, and the
god of war, Ares. In Hindu mythology, the number three was
considered sacred and represented the three worlds of
creation, preservation, and destruction.

But the power of three is not just limited to ancient history

and mythology. In modern times, the concept of triplet
numbers continues to be revered and studied by people all
over the world. From mathematics and science to art and
literature, the power of three can be found in many di erent
elds.

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Our focus will be on nance, where we are talking about
accumulation, manipulation, distribution1.

Now that we've learned a bit about the history and mythology
surrounding the power of three, let's delve into how to
calculate and understand these special numbers.

1 AMD cycle is a concept introduced by ICT

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 CALCULATING POWERS OF
THREE
In nance, dealing ranges are made of powers of the number
three.

In mathematics, a power of three is a number of the

form 3n where n is an integer – that is, the result
of exponentiation with number three as the base and
integer n as the exponent.

You can also calculate the result multiplying the number 3 x

times.

3 x 3 = 9

The result, 9, is the power of three for the integer 2, or written

as 32
We can continue this process for any number we choose. For
example, the powers of three for the integer 5 would be:

3 x 3 x 3 x 3 x 3 = 243

In excel, a powers of the number three is calculated using the

following formula:

power(3, integer)

Depending on your asset, the powers of three result you get

from your calculation is either expressed in pips or in points.

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For example, a xed dealing range for foreign exchange asset
(fx) EURUSD might be 243 pips (35), while a Nasdaq futures
symbol is expressed in points, for example 81 (34) points.

Once you’re settled with a powers of three number you’re

interested in, you can calculate the dealing range.

A dealing range is a piece of price action where we expect

swings to happen. It typically has a dealing range low and a
dealing range high.

Price tends to stay inside this dealing range, unless it breaks

out this dealing range, and goes to the next partition.

When we de ne a dealing range we’re interested in (in either

pips or points), we will use this number to de ne the
partitions, starting from base 0.0.

For example, when we identify that a stock moves around 27

points on average (we do this visually, it will jump o from the
chart), we de ne the partitions for it.

Partition 1 will run from 0 -> 27

Partition 2 will run from 27 -> 54
Partition 3 will run from 54 -> 81
…

If we calculate the partitions (more on that in next part), and

we see that price is aggressively trading through our levels,
we might consider doing a range expansion.

We have a part devoted to range expansion or contraction,

but basically, you take a larger PO3 number.

In our example above, the next PO3 number after 27 will be

81, and we’ll use 81 to de ne our PO3 partitions.

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When you’re only interested in the current PO3 partition,
because this is where current price action is taking place, go
to the next part, where we discuss the calculation of the
current PO3 partition.

Above you see a chart of Microsoft with all visible PO3

partitions for PO3 27 on it.
We start at base 0, this partition runs until 27, the next
partition runs from 27 towards 54, next from 54 to 81, …

Typically, as discussed, price tends to “stay in the range” for a

while. It can brie y leave the range, and go back into it, or it
can leave it, and move on to the next PO3 partition.

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YOUR TRADING PROFILE / SIZE
Every trader has a certain style. This is linked to your
personality, your (working) situation, …

Some people can only trade once per month and are looking
for a position trade. The other want to trade twice every
session, and scalp a certain amount of pips, while others
prefer a “one shot, one trade” per week.

Below you’ll nd an overview of a typical range (or number of

pips / handles they are looking for), and map it to the type of
trader you are. (Scalper, day trader, long term trader, …)

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 Number Swing Size Used For

31 3 Stop Runs

32 9 Stop Runs / Scalping

33 27 Intraday trader /
session trader

34 81 Daily Range

35 243 Weekly Range

36 729 Monthly Range

37 2187 Yearly Range

38 6561

39 19683

310 59049

311 177147

You’re looking at a swing of the “type of trader” size (eg. 9 for

a scalper), inside a PO3 dealing range we’re going to identify.

Read the next part determine optimal PO3 DR size on how

to calculate the most optimal dealing range you need to use.

Inside this optimal PO3 dealing range, you will look for the
swings you’re interested in.

So for example, we identify the most optimal PO3 dealing

range as 243 pips, and we - as a session trader - are looking
for 27 pips/handles inside this dealing range.

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DETERMINE OPTIMAL PO3
DEALING RANGE SIZE
HOW TO DETERMINE
Now the question is, how do I know what PO3 value to use
for the asset I’m currently trading.

I would suggest to open a 4 Hour chart, and look at the most

obvious swings.

They will most likely come in the form of a PO3 level, it will
jump straight from the chart, as you can see here on this 4H
EURUSD chart.

We see a lot of swings of 243 pips, so that’s the number

we’re going to use going forward for the dealing ranges.

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On top of that, I also use a chart with 1 PO3 level higher, so
that would be a 729 chart in this case. I use this to follow the
longer term picture, usually on a 4h or daily chart.

One can also opt to use a chart with a level lower than the
number we found, so this would be a 81 PO3 dealing range
chart in this case.

We can monitor this to see if we potentially need to do a

range expansion (use the larger PO3 number), or do a range
contraction (use the lower PO3 dealing range).

Another way to nd the most optimal PO3 dealing range is to

have a look at the Average Daily Range and Average Weekly
range.

If you want to day trade or scalp, you can use the ADR with a
setting of 20 days. Why 20 days? Because as you will see
later on in the book, this is where the 20-40-60 look back
days come into play.

If you are a “One shot, one kill” trader, or you want to play the
weekly range, you are the AWR with a setting of 12 weeks.
Why 12 weeks? Well, this accounts for 60 trading days, again
in line with the 20-40-60 look back period.

When you found the ADR/AWR, you take the closest PO3
number.

So let’s say the ADR is 61. The closes PO3 number is 81, so
you use this.
If your AWR is 162, the closest PO3 number would be 243, so
this is the PO3 DR you will use.
If it’s a draw - the PO3 lower is exactly the same as the PO3
higher - you can choose, but I opt to use the highest one.

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HOW TO VERIFY
You will know that you’re using the correct dealing range if
you see major swings happen around the dealing range
extremes (high/low or external range demarker) and
equilibrium.

To understand what the range extremes and ERD is, read

further, and later come back to re-read this with enhanced
knowledge.

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USING PO3 DEALING RANGES
In the previous part, we learned how to calculate the PO3
number. This number is now going to be used to de ne our
PO3 dealing ranges.

Remember from the previous part, we will use PO3 partitions

starting from base 0, so start at the 0 level.
This can be 0 for crypto, stocks, … or 0.0 for forex.

In order to calculate the dealing range partition we’re

currently in for our asset – be it fx, indices, crypto, … – we
need to have following variables:
current price
the most optimal power of three number. Read the part on
how to calculate the optimal PO3 dealing range,
previously discussed in the book

We’re going to draw a xed range, using 2 lines, which will

delineate our PO3 dealing range.

For the current price, we’re just going to open a chart, and
take the price that’s currently printing.

Now, we’re going to calculate the current PO3 dealing range

low and high.

For this, we take the current price, and remove the decimal
point, if there is one.

We are also only interested in the integer part for anything

not forex related.
For forex we use the rst 5 numbers, and ignore the decimal
point.

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 Asset Current Price Price to take

EURUSD 1.23459 12345

SP500 4032.8 4032

Bitcoin 23589.4 23589

DXY 124.456 12445

Gold 1921.78 1921

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 Now that we have our base price to use, all we need is the
power of three number we de ned as optimal (in the previous
part).

Use the following formula to calculate the low of the current

xed dealing range.

dealing range low = floor(current price /

optimal po3 number) * optimal po3 number

The oor function is of importance here. It will take only the

integer number, and disregard the fractional part.
If we don’t do this, we will end up with the same number as
we started with.

Eg. 12345 divided by 243 = 50,802469135802469

We are only interested in the number before the decimal
point, i.e. 50.

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 EXAMPLES
Using the oor function in for example excel, you take the
current price, divide it by the power of three number, and you
only take the integer part, ignoring the fractional part.

current po3 Result oor ( Dealing

price num current range
ber price / low
po3
number
)

12345 243 50,8024 50 50*243=

6913580 12150
25

4032 81 49,7777 49 49*81 =

7777777 3969
78

23589 2187 10,7860 10 2187 * 10

082304 =
527 21870

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Now that we have de ned our dealing range low, we can
calculate the dealing range high.

We just take the dealing range low and add the power of
three number we used in our formula above to it.

So let’s say we are calculating the dealing range high for our
EURUSD asset.

We determined above that the PO3 dealing range low for our
243 PO3 range was 12150.

We add the 243 PO3 number to it, and we get a dealing

range high of 12150+243 = 12393

dealing range high = dealing range low +

po3 number

The last step we need to do is to put back the decimal point,

at the position it originally was, if the asset was forex related.

In our EURUSD example, the decimal point was after the rst
position, so we get following dealing range low and high for
our 243 PO3 range

dealing range low = 1.2150

dealing range high = 1.2393

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FRACTAL PO3
Below you see a 243 PO3 dealing range, with equilibrium and
the 1/3 and 2/3 levels as well.

The nice thing of the PO3 ranges is that you can divide them
in 3 parts, and each of those 3 parts, will be a smaller PO3
range in itself.

So the above 243 PO3 consists out of 3 smaller 81 PO3

ranges.

You will have a premium part, a discount part and an

equilibrium part.

We will re ne the levels to be used inside the dealing range

later in this book.

If you can’t wait, read up on the Goldbach levels, aka

Huddleston levels (or IPDA).

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It’s good to emphasise that I use just the big range, here 243.

I don’t split these up into 3 81 pip ranges, but rather go for the
wireframe, i.e the Goldbach levels you’re about to read.

The 3 partitions here were just to highlight the fractional part

of PO3 numbers.

But that shouldn’t stop you from experimenting with the

fractal nature of PO3 ranges.
#friendo opi inception made some stunning screenshots to
highlight this fractal nature

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 PO3 STOP RUNS
Power of three stop runs can come into 2 shapes.

Either it’s a real stop run of the buy - or sell side liquidity.

You’ll typically see a stop run under an old low or above an

old high of 3, 9, 27, 81, 243 pips, depending on the time
frame.

Or price stops at a certain level, most likely a dealing range

high or low, and will create a wick of a PO3 size, so a wick of
3, 9, 27, 81, 243 long.

If this is the case, you now have a valid rejection block, and
the open or close of the rejection block can be used to enter
a trade.

Later in this book you can read some additional information

about PO3 stop runs. Have a look for the external range
demarker section.

I like to see PO3 stop runs within a PO3 dealing range of the
smaller number, like 3, 9, 27.
Certainly when there’s a short term high or low just resting
under a Goldbach level.

This is something I heavily use in my personal trade plan you

nd at the end of the book.

For PO3 stop runs outside of the current size PO3 dealing
range, I like to see a stop run of that PO3 - 2 level. So let’s say
we’re using a PO3 729 dealing range, I like to see a PO3 - 2 =
81 stop run.

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Reason for this is that the stop run level aligns with the next
or previous PO3 partition’s Order block level, where the fair
value will start (GB level 11 and 89).

Below is a 729 PO3 dealing range with the 81 stop run levels
marked in orange.

Use following settings to mark the PO3 dealing range stop

run levels.

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 A 27 PO3 stop run

Above you can see the 27 pip stop run on the sell side
liquidity.

Price rejects, breaks an old short term high, forms an OTE to

go long.

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 A wick of a PO3 number

Above you can see an up close (green) bar with a large wick.
This wick comes in the form of a 27 PO3 size.

This con rms our rejection block, and the next candle can be
used to enter a long position.

The trade closed the gap/traded into a breaker.

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PO3 LIQUIDITY
In part 2 of the book, you will learn about Goldbach levels,
aka Huddleston levels.
These are basically your IPDA levels as taught by ICT.

Now, you will very often see that we run short of the
Goldbach level, leaving liquidity.

I consider the Goldbach levels the “real” support and

resistance levels, and expect price to at least hit them.

So when you see price stops a PO3 number (typically 3 or 9

pips/handles) short of a Goldbach level, expect we will see a
PO3 stop run to clear this liquidity.

So we might have 3 pips liquidity short of a Goldbach level,

and a 9 pip stop run into the Goldbach level to clear this
liquidity.

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Here you can see price created a short term low, short of the
Goldbach level.

This is your PO3 liquidity. Price drove back up, to later drive
down, with a 9 pip PO3 stop run, into the Goldbach level,
clearing out the 3 pip PO3 liquidity.

So the paradigm here is:

1: We want to see a Goldbach level (more in Part 2 of the

book)
2: that is not traded to yet, and a short term low or high is
created above or below the level, of a certain PO3 size
3: and this liquidity is later run using a PO3 stop run

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RANGE EXPANSION AND
CONTRACTION
Range expansion and contraction is when the current PO3
dealing range is not su cient anymore.

This is a concept I use with stocks, or new assets like bitcoin

for instance.

Other than using a PO3 dealing range as seen above, which I

use for forex and indices, to see what current PO3 partition
we’re in, here we just use the real PO3 numbers.

We start with one of the smallest PO3 numbers, for example

9. If price moves out of this range we do a range expansion,
and we take the next PO3 number, which is 27.

If this range is breached to the upside, we will do another

range expansion, and we’ll take 81, 243, 729, …

If price retraces however, and we continue to make lower

prices, we do a range contraction.

Let’s say we were in the 243-729 price range, but price

moved below the 243 price range, we will now consider the
range 81-243 as our main dealing range.

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On this bitcoin chart, you can see price moved out of the 81
dealing range, and the range 81-243 was used.

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 Next, we see that the 243-729 was used. Price broke the 729
level, and did a PO3 stop run and went back into the range
de ned by 243-729.

Later on, the 2187 and 6561 were breached, and price had a
hard stop at exactly 19683.

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GETTING TO KNOW PO3
DEALING RANGES
Before you continue with the next chapter, it is a good idea to
get familiar with the PO3 dealing ranges.

One might want to create a chart with just a number of

dealing range partitions on it, for a given number.
So only with the high and lows on it, and see how order
blocks are getting created around these levels, and how gaps
are created in the middle of the partitions.

Above is a screenshot of EU with a number of 81 PO3 dealing

range partitions on it.
You can see the order blocks and gaps, and how they act as
support and resistance.

In the next part, we will de ne the IPDA levels inside these

partitions, in order to not get lost, focus on this part rst.
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WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
What are Power of three numbers
How to calculate PO3 dealing ranges and calculate the
most optimal ones to use for your trade plans
Understand PO3 partitions
What does it mean to stay in the range
What are PO3 stop runs and how they work in concert
with PO3 liquidity
What is range expansion and contraction
How this will be the building block which we will re ne
further

ICT:
I SEE T(HR)EE… EVERYWHERE

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CHEAT SHEETS
CALCULATING OPTIMAL PO3 SIZE
Remember: “big boys” trade with Daily and weekly chart
in mind
Check the W, D or 4H chart for the last couple of weeks
If you are a position trader, use the D or W charts. For
scalpers, day traders, use the 4H chart
Move the rectangles around,
Use a few PO3 sized rectangles: 81, 243, 729, … and see
what PO3 size the most obvious swings are, where the
most obvious reaction points are
Use this PO3 going forward
Do this every month to calibrate price with current action

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 CALCULATING DEALING RANGE
Your PO3 number you’re going to use is calculated in
previous cheat sheet
You determine the current price. Open a chart for your
asset and just take the price that currently prints
Don’t make it complex by using 00:00 EST open price,
Friday’s range, … Current price is enough
Determine your dealing range low using the formula
de ned above in the book using the PO3 number and the
current price
Now with the calculated dealing range low, add your PO3
number, this will be your dealing range high
Include a decimal point again if the formula said to remove
it, at the exact same place

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WHEN TO DO RANGE EXPANSION
If price goes out of your dealing range
And does a PO3 stop run regularly, (eg you have a 243
dealing range, with a 27 PO3 stop run)
This can indicate 2 things.
Either your dealing range is too small, and you need to
recalculate the most optimal dealing range
Or your dealing range is still in line with the optimal PO3
size, and price will move to the next partition
If price is consolidating, will see often PO3 stop runs, and
price goes back into the range
This might indicate you are in the middle part of a larger
PO3 range, eg a 243 PO3 dealing range, and you are in
the middle 81 PO3 partition

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2.
HUDDLESTON LEVELS

“NOW IF 6 TURNED OUT TO BE 9

I DON'T MIND, I DON'T MIND”

JIMI HENDRIX

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WHERE DOES IT COME FROM
In the past I talked a lot about the Huddleston levels, but
where does it come from?

Using my favourite tool wordhippo, I looked for the following

2 words:

Huddles: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-
for/huddles.html
-> Clusters

Ton: https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/another-word-for/
ton.html
-> 100

Now the length of name Michael is 7, and coincidently there

are also 7 archangels.

When we do a bit of magic, the puzzle we’re looking for

translates into:

7 CLUSTERS OF 100

This leads us to Goldbach clusters

Goldbach's conjecture is one of the oldest and best-

known unsolved problems in number theory and all
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of mathematics. It states that every even natural
number greater than 2 is the sum of two prime numbers.2

So what does this mean exactly? Well we’re looking for the 7
clusters of the number 100.

A cluster are 2 primes that when added them together give

the result of 100.

The number 100 is just the percentage of a range. A full

range is 100%, hence the number 100.

We can use a goldbach calculator to nd all pairs for a given

number for us.

An even number can have more than 1 Goldbach cluster, and

from Michaels name we understand that we need to look for
7 clusters.

2 Source: wikipedia
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form the number 100

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Cluster Discount Premium

1 0 100

2 3 97

3 11 89

4 17 83

5 29 71

6 41 59

7 47 53

You can see that for each cluster, the discount number and
the premium number add up to the number 100.

These clusters also explain market symmetry. The low

number together with the high number (for example 11 and
89) are symmetrical opposed to each other.

You can identify a discount number, and a premium number,

and map the prime numbers making up a Goldbach cluster
towards the IPDA levels taught by ICT, as seen in the next
part.

Apart from cluster 2 - which jumps with 8 steps - you will see
that most partitions are 6 steps apart from each other, where
the 5th and 6th cluster will jump 12 steps at once, which is
where the liquidity void and breaker will reside.

The partitions that are 12 steps will be divided in 2 as well, so

they form 2 partitions of 6 too. More on that later in the book.

When we stack PO3 dealing ranges on top of each other, you

will see that the partition 2 of the current dealing range -
which is 3 steps - combined together with partition 2 of the
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next dealing range - which is also 3 steps - will also create a
“block” of 6 steps.

So now we already have number 3 for the power of three

ranges and make up our dealing ranges, and number 6 which
separates the Goldbach clusters.

All that’s left to do is to de ne a b tool but with the below

prime numbers, de ning the Goldbach clusters.

We use this tool in the PO3 dealing range we de ned in

chapter 1.

Below you’ll nd a 243 PO3 dealing range of EURUSD, with

IPDA/Huddleston/Goldbach levels added.

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Goldbach number IPDA level

0 HIGH

3 REJECTION BLOCK

11 ORDER BLOCK

17 FAIR VALUE GAP

29 LIQUIDITY VOID

41 BREAKER

47 MITIGATION BLOCK

53 MITIGATION BLOCK

59 BREAKER

71 LIQUIDITY VOID

83 FAIR VALUE GAP

89 ORDER BLOCK

97 REJECTION BLOCK

100 LOW

We now identi ed the IPDA levels, which are Goldbach levels

we calculated for the number 100. The 7 pairs make up the
premium and discount levels.

You will also see that the levels are 6% apart from each other,
apart from the top and bottom.
Rejection block is only 3% apart from the high/low, and the
order block is 8% apart from the rejection block onwards.

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You will also notice that the array where the liquidity void is
(the 29/71 Goldbach cluster), the levels are 12% apart.

This is the nature of a liquidity void, as this is where there is

most of the time a large one direction move, which is what we
expect due to the 12%.

To map the levels to an ICT concept, like rejection block,

order block, we take the value of the level just below it until
the current value.
So for a rejection block, we take 0 -> 3 or 100 -> 97, for an
order block we take 97 -> 89 or 3 -> 11 and so on

When we map the Goldbach clusters to our PO3 dealing

ranges, we get the wireframe that makes up IPDA.

You can reference the screenshot above with all the

Goldbach values mapped out to their respective values.

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Below you can nd the values to put in your b tool

The 35/65 and 23/77 pairs are non Goldbach values, and I
don’t put them on the chart most of the time.

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ENCROACHMENT AND MEAN
THRESHOLD
There is a reason ICT gave these strange sounding names. It
was another piece of the puzzle.

E=MC2

E = M Times C Exponentiation

E = Equilibrium
MT = Mean Threshold
CE = Consequent Encroachment

You learned that Goldbach levels are typically 6% apart from

each other, but what about CE levels.

Well, CE levels are just in the middle of 2 Goldbach levels, so

typically every 3% we have a consequent encroachment.

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Typically you will see market structure shifts occur at the
consequent encroachment levels.

Above you can nd a screenshot of ICT twitter where he just

marked the CE level. This was exactly in the middle of a PO3
dealing range with Goldbach levels.

The order block levels, which starts from the rejection block
(3/97) towards the order block (11/89) is 8% in size.
The middle of 8% is 4%.
He needed a di erent name for it, hence called it Mean
Threshold.

Like ICT always says: "I want to see the MT of an order block
hold. If it breaches this, we will probably see lower prices.

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Consequent encroachment = the middle of a 6% block

Mean threshold = the middle of a 8% block

You will also see in the liquidity void levels, which are 12%,
that you can have non Goldbach levels.

These are no real Goldbach levels per se, as they are no

prime numbers, but in my testing I nd that the levels in
between the FVG->LV and the LV->BR also have a hidden 6%
level (and thus a CE level as well), so on my charts (when I
use a large enough PO3 dealing range, so my screen is not
cluttered with lines), I also draw following levels:

35 and 65
23 and 77

And I call these the non Goldbach levels.

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DEMARKERS
We de ned dealing ranges using PO3 values. This de nes
our range, and this comes both with internal range, where we
use our Goldbach IPDA levels, but there’s also external range.

External range is also de ned by PO3 levels, and this is

something we learned in the PO3 chapter, part about PO3
stop runs.

Basically what you do is add following b values to your

bonacci tool:

Range high: 1.111

Range low: -0.111

Using these b values is putting a PO3 (-2) level on the chart.

What this means is, it highlights stop runs of 2 lower PO3
numbers.

For example, if you’re currently using a 2187 PO3 dealing

range, it will put a stop run level of 2 PO3 lower, which is not
729, but 243.
For 243, it will be not 81, but 27, and so on.

This will give you an indication on where price will go to in

case it breaches the dealing range, for a brief moment of
time.

You’ll often see that a big move starts from an external range
demarker as well.
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SMT AND GOLDBACH
You can use Goldbach levels with 2 di erent assets (eg. EU
and GU) to identify SMT.

SMT is a method to determine divergence. Mostly used with 1

asset making a lower low or higher high, while the other asset
fails to make a lower low (this will be the strongest asset), or
fails to make a higher high (this will be the weakest asset).

We can use Goldbach levels to measure a di erent kind of

SMT and signal a potential reversal.

In the above example you can see EU is hitting a Goldbach

level (check the bodies as well), while GU fails to hit a
Goldbach level, but rather the CE is providing resistance. You
will see a large drop later on.

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might see SMT between Goldbach levels and non Goldbach
levels as well.

The chart you will use will have the same PO3 dealing range
on it for both assets.
In the example above, both EU and GU charts have the 729
PO3 DR on it.
You don’t want to mix 2 di erent dealing ranges to form t an
SMT.

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We already discussed market symmetry when we explained
the Goldbach clusters. To reiterate, clusters are 2 Goldbach
numbers (primes), and if we use the low number together
with the high number (for example 11 and 89), they add up to
an even number. We are using 100 here, based on the name
Huddleston.

But what does this symmetry represent? It actually means

price will be mirrored.

Take ICT’s logo for

instance.

If we cut the logo in 2

pieces exactly at the
middle (or equilibrium),
and we fold the 2 pieces
over each other, you will
see that the circles align.

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This means that if a price move starts at a certain Goldbach
level, it will most probably go to the opposite Goldbach level
which makes up the Goldbach cluster.

So we would get a price move from:

high to low or vice versa
From rejection block to rejection block
From order block to order block
From fair value to fair value
From liquidity void to liquidity void
From breaker to breaker

A price move starts with a consolidation. So if you see price is

hovering (or clustering) around a certain Goldbach level, and
you see it expand away, it will search for liquidity at its
opposite Goldbach level.

At the opposite Goldbach level (be it from discount to

premium or from premium to discount), a smart money
reversal will happen, and price will seek to go back to the
consolidation at the original Goldbach level.

A smart money reversal - when looking at the grey box on the

next page - is a speci c price pattern.

When you hit your reversal target, it will reject this level and
create a short term low/high.
This short term low/high will be raided, and you can enter
when price retrace into a gap or OTE.

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The left green box will be a discount Goldbach level, let’s

assume for the sake of the example this will be the fair
value discount level (17).
Price will seek the opposite premium Goldbach level (83)
and will do a smart money reversal (grey box)
It’s good to mention here that - if your PO3 dealing range
is too small - the reversal might be in the next partition(s).
Price will move below the Goldbach level that started the
complete move (the left green box), to complete the
MMxM (the right green box)

It’s good to mention that if price doesn’t do a smart money

reversal, it might just continue in the direction of the left side
of the MMxM. You will see that the Goldbach cluster will still
provide decent support/resistance.

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SUPPORT / RESISTANCE
I often consider the Goldbach levels the “real support
resistance” and you can witness this when you’re of the
larger timeframe, with the correct PO3 dealing range size.

You will see that the bodies will respect the Goldbach levels
most of the time pip perfect, although there can be a wick.

Remember, bodies tell the story, wicks do the damage and

evidence can be seen using the above setup.

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 UNFULFILLED RANGE
When you use the Goldbach levels as support/resistance
levels, you will often see that price didn’t quite hit the level
yet, and price will reverse.

The space in between the reversal point (a short term high or

low), and the Goldbach level is kind of a “gap”, which is
unful lled range.

This means price will come back, and tag the liquidity that
rests above/under these short term swing points, into the
Goldbach level.

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 AUTOMATE
If you nd it di cult to calculate the optimal power of three
dealing range, and add the Goldbach levels to it, there are
some #friendso opi members who created indicators for it.

Dmn’s indicator:
This is the one I personally use the most, it shows the AMD
cycles, PO3 DR, gb levels, is able to calculate the optimal
PO3 DR, and also includes an option for half shifting (later in
the book)
https://www.tradingview.com/v/AxFWFClY/
If you like this, consider buying him a co ee:
https://www.buymeaco ee.com/fxdmn

Market hitman:
I love this one to easily see the di erent algo’s at play
https://www.tradingview.com/v/pgUOyyaY/

Hoplaranges:
Easy to draw multiple stacked ranges on top of each other.
https://www.tradingview.com/v/HFg3FpTn/

Decodeman ADR/AWR:
Easy to use ADR/AWR calculation
https://www.tradingview.com/v/NvglLa1d/

Fx2020:
A lot of tools, not free
https://www.tradingview.com/v/9cvhJUaZ/

Also check the #indicators channel pinnend messages for

more goodies.

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Ok, so now you learned about PO3 dealing ranges to identify
a large enough range, and you learned how to draw the IPDA
levels inside this dealing range, using Goldbach levels.

Now, how to apply these?

Well, that depends entirely on what type of trader you are.

Are you interested in trading the levels from a wireframe

perspective, than you follow the story of price.

Each IPDA level will tell you what to look for. Are you inside
the OB range (3 -> 11 or 97 -> 89) you look for an order block
to form.
In the breaker block zone? Look for a breaker to form.

You either look at the left of the chart if price created the
IPDA block in the past, or you wait for price to create one for
you.

If you do not see the corresponding block to form in the zone

you are in, you probably have not a valid IPDA block.
No order block in the OB zone? No trade using a nonexistent
order block.

Now, this story of price ow is to be used with following trade

style:

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LONG TERM OR POSITION TRADER
You look for the look back partitions, you de ne your
yearly AMD cycles, and you wait to trade from an IPDA
block.
No IPDA block, no trade.
You will have to use a large enough PO3 range (2187,
6561, …)
Use the look back trade plan at the end of the book

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OSOK TRADER OR SHORT TERM TRADER
You de ne a dealing range of adequate size (for instance
243, 729), and you follow the story of price.
This means you will probably need to wait a couple of
hours or days before the setup forms.
Ideal setups form inside a manipulation cycle, either the
main one, or a fractal one. You also want to see a PO3 stop
run into a Goldbach level
Use the OSOK trade plan at the end of the book

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 DAY TRADER
You do not attach a story of price to the Goldbach levels,
but you just trade the levels as support and resistance.
The ow can go from Goldbach level to Goldbach level,
from Goldbach level to a non Goldbach level, or the other
way around, but never from a non Goldbach level to a non
Goldbach level, as there will always be the liquidity void
level in between 2 non gb levels
For further re nement, and to see what algorithm is in play,
you can draw a new Goldbach b in between the 2
Goldbach levels (one can be a non gb) of interest.
Ideal setups form inside a manipulation cycle, either the
main one, or a fractal one. You also want to see a PO3 stop
run into a Goldbach level
You enter at a Goldbach level and exit at the next
Goldbach level (one of which can be a non gb level)
You use the my personal trade plan at the end of the book

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You do not attach a story of price to the Goldbach levels,

but you just trade the levels as support and resistance.
You enter at a Goldbach level and you exit at a previous
swing
Step 1: Wait for price to hit a Goldbach level
Step 2: Wait for price to break a short term high/low
Step 3: Enter at a retrace at the Goldbach level. If it doesn’t
touch, no trade
Step 4: Exit at previous liquidity
Aim for 5 to 10 pips

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WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
Translate the name Michael J Huddleston
What are Goldbach clusters
How to map the Goldbach clusters to IPDA levels
What is consequence encroachment and mean
threshold and how do they relate to Goldbach
External range demarkers and where PO3 stop runs
come into play

ICT: I JUST GAVE YOU GOLD… BACH

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CHEAT SHEETS
GOLDBACH LEVELS
Goldbach levels are clusters of 2 primes that added
together form an even number
We use the number 100, as this is 100% of a range
There can be more than 1 Goldbach cluster for an even
natural number
We are looking for 7 Goldbach clusters, 1 for each IPDA
level de ned by ICT.
They come in pairs, so a premium and discount number
This de nes your market symmetry, balanced price, …
We use the standards Goldbach numbers and also 2 other
sets (with a premium and discount), we call the non
Goldbach numbers
“Order blocks” (not the IPDA one) and gaps will form
around the Goldbach numbers
Non gb numbers will see SIBI/BISI formed around them,
and there is one above and one below the liquidity void
level
Goldbach numbers are the basis for the 2 algorithms,
which we determined using a tweaked Tesla Vortex,
discussed in the Time and Price part of the book

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3.
20-40-60 LOOK BACK

“FROM THE CALM MORNING, THE END

WILL COME WHEN OF THE DANCING
HORSE THE NUMBER OF CIRCLES WILL
BE NINE.”

NOSTRADAMUS

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 INTRODUCTION
The 20-40-60 look back is where the number 9 comes into
play.

This is one of ICT’s riddles that triggered me to dig into this

price sequence.

We just use a sequence of the number 9 to de ne our

partitions that make up the look back anchor points, but we
ignore the rst number 9.

As to why we ignore the rst 9 (and another one later in the

sequence), this will become clear in a moment.

The sequence we will use is:

18-27-36-45-54-63-72-81-99-108-117-126

This sequence is to be used on the daily chart, and delineate

the partitions.

We will break the numbers of the sequence in 2 parts:

- the rst digit in case the complete number < 100, else we
take the rst 2 digits. This will make up the month
- The last digit. This will make up the day of that speci c
month

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Number Month Day

18 January 8

27 February 7

36 March 6

45 April 5

54 May 4

63 June 3

72 July 2

81 August 1

99 September 9

108 October 8

117 November 7

126 December 6

The days of the speci c month will make up our anchor

points, so it’s best to open a daily chart, and draw 12 lines for
the year, given the speci c day for the month.

Should a day fall on a weekend, you use the following trading

day, typically Monday following the weekend.
If for example you need to draw the vertical line for May the
4th, but this day falls on a Saturday, you would draw a vertical
line for Monday the 6th for that speci c year.

You’ll now understand why we don’t use the numbers 09 and

90, as there is no Month 0 with a day 9, and there is no day 0
in the 9th month.

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back periods, it’s time to put them in action.

At the start of the new partition, we look for a clue based on

the speci c number of that partition.

For example, if we started the partition for the month of

October, we will use the number 108.

With this number (108 in this case), we will look for a stop run
of 108 pips in any of the previous 3 partitions (the 20-40-60
look back).

What is also possible is that you don’t need to look for a stop
run, but that you’ll nd a FVG of this amount of pips
The last possibility is that there’s an order block in close
proximity, with this size (108 for October).

At the start of the new look back partition, you typically look
for the rst few trading days of the new partition to hit either
the liquidity, the fair value gap or the order block.

We expect price to aggressively trade away (reverse) from

this point, and we expect a PO3 stop run on the opposite
direction.

This PO3 stop run can be either a real liquidity stop run, or
when you see a PO3 size wick, it’s possible this wick is used
as a target.

When the PO3 stop run occurred, you’ll typically see that
price goes back into the trading range de ned for the current
partition.

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You’ll nd references to HIPPO in the following examples.

This is an “invention” of mine, to demonstrate that if you

understand the price levels (Huddleston/Goldbach), you can
create any trading system around it, give a concept a name of
your liking.

That’s why I came up with the HIPPO:

H: HIDDEN
I : INTERBANK
P: PRICE
P: POINT
O: OBJECTIVE

Basically, a HIPPO is a “hidden” order block, where you take

the wicks of 2 consecutive bars.

You do not take any 2 bars, but the bars should create a fair
value gap.

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 Above you can see 2 green candles. The second candle
didn’t ll in the rst gap, and the next candle (the red
indecision candle) also formed a gap.

When we attach the top of the wick of the rst candle to the
bottom of the wick of the second candle, you can see a
“hidden” order block forming.

You can also see that this HIPPO o ered support later on (and
also closed the top FVG.

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When studying HIPPO’s you will often nd that they are
created:

around CE levels. This will give a good indication a CE

level will hold in the future, or it will be re-used later on
Around the non Goldbach levels. Remember, non
Goldbach levels are created to “split” the liquidity void
zone into 6% blocks.
So there will be a non Goldbach level above, and one
below the liquidity void level (71/29).
Typically you will also see HIPPO’s form around these
levels.
An even more interesting observation you will make is that
these (potentially) 2 HIPPO’s will be the trigger for a break
away gap and a measuring gap.
This is also the area where SIBI and BISI will occur.

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HIPPO’s are just like order blocks, they can be reclaimed in
the future, or they can act as a reverse HIPPO, just like when
an order block becomes a mitigation block, when it is traded
through.

In below example you can see a HIPPO, which was rst

traded to, to create the high.
But later, when price was traded down, and went straight
through the HIPPO (both fair value gaps were breached),
price retraced back up, into the HIPPO sensitive point, which
is where the close of the rst candle matches the open of the
next candle that make up the HIPPO.

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All examples are for the year 2022, but will be updated when
time progresses.

The charts are printed in portrait mode, but to facilitate

printing and make annotations, there’s a separate document
in the discord forum.

Have a look at the #booko opi channel.

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JANUARY 8TH
LOOK FOR NUMBER 18
In January, which is the rst month of the year, we should
start at the 8th.

This is however a weekend day, so we will take the rst

Monday following this day, so we arrive at January the 10th.
We are still looking for either gaps or stop runs of 18 pips just
when the new partition starts.

4 trading days into the new partition, we can see a 18 pip gap
residing 2 partitions ago (40 day look back)

When we hit this level, price breaks down, and it does a 81

PO3 stop run, triggering the reversal in price.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 27
February, the second month of the year, we will start at the
7th.

We are looking for a 27 pip stop run or a gap.

On the 4th trading day, we see we hit the 27 pip stop run of
the previous partition.

Price breaks down, and does a 243 PO3 stop run, closing the
current partition, and be ready for the March partition.

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MARCH 6TH
LOOK FOR NUMBER 36
March, the 3rd month of the year, we look to start at the 6th.
Immediately out of the gate, we took out the previous
partitions low with 36 pips.

The draw on liquidity was the bearish order block of 81 pips ,

but before we reached there, we rst left a 36 pip gap.

The order block was later traded to just before the partition
closed.

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APRIL 5TH
LOOK FOR NUMBER 45
In the 4th month, we are looking for 45 pips, starting at the
5th of the month.

Price left at the start of the partition, creating a 45 pip gap,

which was tested multiple times.

Should you have look for a 45 pip sell side stop run, you
could see a nice +100pip reaction from it, but ultimately it
failed.

After the failed swing, you can witness a 243 PO3 stop run

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MAY 4TH
LOOK FOR NUMBER 54
May, the 5th month where we look for 54 pip stop runs or
gaps, is interesting.

We can see a nice gap of 54 pips but what’s interesting is

there is a HIPPO to it, which is used as the reaction point.

You can also witness the 54 pip gap below the HIPPO, so the
HIPPO is made out of 2 54 pip gaps.

When the HIPPO triggered the sell o , we did a 81 PO3 stop

run, where price reversed and headed to another 54 pip gap
in the previous partition.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 63
Here, on the 6th month, price traded into a 63 pip order block
created in the previous partition.

The rejection block was used to drive price down,

Should you not see this order block, and were looking for the
63 pip sell side stop run, you will have a failed swing (and
potential loss).

Price sold o into a PO3 rejection block (the wicks are 27

PO3 number), and price reversed.

It reversed into the HIPPO which was created at the top of

the failed 63 swing.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 72
The partition for the 7th month should start on the 2nd, but as
this was a weekend, we use the following trading day, which
was Monday 4th 2022.

If you missed to see the 72 pip order block which was

created at the end of the previous partition, you will face a
loss when the 72 stop run block was ran through.

A HIPPO was created at the bottom of the 72 pip stop run,

and we saw a 243 PO3 stop run straight from the HIPPO.

Price ran back into the HIPPO after the 243 PO3 stop run on
the sell side occurred.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 81
August, the 8th month was a beautiful setup.

We did the 81 pip stop run of the buy side liquidity of a swing
created in the previous partition.

Price sold o , and we did a 81 PO3 stop run of the sell side
liquidity of the previous partition.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 90 - 99
Now, the 9th month is something special. We should take day
0, but obviously there is no day 0, so we add 9 again, and
arrive at 99.

Here we saw a nice 99 pip stop run of a swing created in the

previous partition, and price sold o .

By now, you know the drill. You look for a PO3 stop run, which
came in as a 243 PO3 stop run.

Price returned back into a bearish order block.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 108
October, the 10th month we are looking for a 108 clue.

This one is a bit special, because we used a redelivered

rebalance gap.

Price was o ered to the buy side, and we did a 81 PO3 stop
run.

Price went back to the top of the 108 block.

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LOOK FOR NUMBER 117
Here, on the 11th month we used a 117 pip gap.

You could see price do an impulsive move just before we

start November’s partition, creating the gap.

We just fell short of a 243 PO3 stop run of the 60 day look
back ( 3 partitions ago ).

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DECEMBER 6TH
LOOK FOR NUMBER 126
The last month of the year is a bit special, as this is a
consolidation pro le most of the time.

We could see a nice 126 pip stop run on the highs of the
previous partition (20 day look back).

The PO3 stop run was under the current partition low, which
is a hallmark for the consolidation pro le.

Also note that the partition for December runs into the rst
trading days of the next year

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WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
What is a HIPPO
How to de ne the look back partitions using the
number 9
Map the look back partitions to the correct days and
months
How to look for clues that triggers range expansion
using the number 9, from the start of a new look back
partitions
How to anticipate reversals using PO3 stop runs

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HIPPO
A 2 bar pattern with 2 gaps
We attach the wicks of the 2 candles together, to reveal a
“hidden” order block
Ideal HIPPO’s should have a same size gap, preferably a
PO3 number on both sides
They are very strong support and resistance levels
They typically happen inside the Liquidity void zone, or in
the Smart money reversal of a MMxM

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DETERMINE LOOK BACK PERIOD
Calculate the year range by starting at the number 18
Add 9 each time until you reach 126
Number 90 will be skipped
These number represent 2 things
1: The Month + day a look back partition starts
2: The number you will need to use for this look back
partition
This is a longer term view, i.e. a month, and we can look
back multiple months (preferable maximum 3)
You can use this technique for position trades
It will de ne your bias for the current month
Step 1: You de ne your start and end of the partition, eg.
March 6th
If this days falls on a weekend, take next Monday
You can use AMD cycles in this range
Step 2: you know the number for the month, you de ned
this on the rst bullet points
Using this number, you will look for clues, in the beginning
of the partition (or the A cycle)
Clues are: gaps, order blocks, wicks, liquidity runs, HIPPO’s
of this number
This will be your trade entry point
Step 3: We look for an opposite PO3 stop run. So not using
the number of the month, but a 3, 9, 27, 81, … stop run
This can happen either in the look back partition M cycle,
or the fractal M cycle of the main D cycle

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LOGO

9-6-9, THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST

IRON MAIDEN (TWEAKED)

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INTRODUCTION
Everybody is looking at the logo as a small circle
accompanied by a large circle.

But this is the sleight of hand of ICT, it’s to mislead you.

What you are really looking for is a small circle with a bigger
circle to the left and right of it.

This represents your Accumulation, Manipulation and

Distribution cycle

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When we take our beloved PO3 numbers, and consider 1
trading year, we exactly end up with what ICT always hinted:

There are roughly 52 trading weeks in a year, with 5 trading

days per week (forget about crypto here).
This accounts for 260 trading days per year.

But we are interested in PO3 numbers, so this gives us

260 - 243 = 17

17 days is pretty much the amount of trading days of

December, and we learned from the tweet that December
“resets” the trading range.

This will give us for the yearly AMD range:

Accumulation: January to April (the left big circle)
Manipulation: April to May (the inner - smaller - circle)
Distribution: May to November (the right big circle)

Now, when you look closely, you can see that each circle is
made up out of 3 other AMD circles.
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their own AMD cycle in it.
Read more about this in the Fractal chapter.

You now also understand why ICT stands for inner circle
trader.
Most trades ICT does, is inside the manipulation phase, or the
inner circle.

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We can do the same like we did above to layout the yearly
expectations, but now for a given day.

Below is information for forex (and crypto) related settlement.

This is using concepts from the CLS settlement window, and
the timings are in CET, as this is the timeframe CLS operates
in.

For indices, I’m currently monitoring 18:45-18:45 EST, but this

book will be updated with the correct information in due time.

We are using the CLS timings for this, so a true day goes from
20:00-20:00 CET, which is 19:00-19:00 BST or 14:00-14:00
EST

You can see there that we have an accumulation phase

during the Asian session, the London session breaks out of
the Asian consolidation and retraces back into the
consolidation during the manipulation phase (and forms the
Judas), and price is being distributed during New York.

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The main manipulation session matches the London Open
session, and runs from 05:00 CET - 11:00 CET, which is 23:00
EST-05:00 EST.
You will notice this is a 6 hour window.

The asian session and the New York session are the
accumulation phase and distribution phase respectively, and
are 9 hours long, again a reference to the 3 (sessions) and 6
and 9 (hours).

So to summarise:

Accumulation (or A): Asian Range

Manipulation (or M): London Open
Distribution:
This is typically divided into 2 separate cycles:
D1: New York
D2: London Close

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Now, I told you that we can break each phase into smaller
AMD phases, as price is fractal.

So if we look for instance at the manipulation phase of the

above screenshot, we can ne tune it using the smaller AMD
cycle

You can see the accumulation phase, this is violated (market

structure shift) and retraced back into (to form an OTE).
After the retracement into the consolidation of the
accumulation phase, we expand into a pool of interest
(liquidity, fvg, …)

At this moment, we will reverse price. You will see that the
reversal will typically be in the middle of the distribution cycle.

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nger on it'...

Combine this with what we explained with the symmetry of

Goldbach clusters, or the mirroring, and you’ll have a nice
layout of price.

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So what is the fractal of the logo you asked. Everybody was
looking at bonacci numbers, geometric sequences, doubling
theory, while it’s just AMD cycles using following numbers.

In trading view you can use the b time zone tool.

The 0.81 is the middle of the distribution cycle and you’ll see
a retracement or reversal happening there very often

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cycle can be divided in their own AMD cycle, and this can
again be ne tuned into AMD cycles.

So per main cycle (A, M, D) you would potentially end up with

9 sub cycles.

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I like to remap the 3 main phases of the AMD cycle into the
following words:

A: Accumulation = Analyse
M: Manipulate = Mark
D = Distribute = Deliver or Deal with it

So in analyse phase, I like to see what the market is up to.

This is your typical Asian range, and we’re looking what
they’re up to.

Next, in the Mark phase, this is where I want to enter the

market. This is where my focus is, and I want to enter here
typically. This is the London Open session.

As explained, I want to get in at the middle of the

manipulation phase, but I’m exible. We will learn about
distortion of time in the next part, so no big deal if we do a
stop run into a Goldbach level by the end of the manipulation
cycle.

The last phase is the delivering cycle, where we need to deal

with the position we took during the manipulation cycle.

Like you know, this is typically delivered in 2 phases, and we

are cautious for potential reversals here, in line with either a
reversal day, or a London close day to get back into the
range.

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My favourite setups occur during the Manipulation cycle. This
can either be the main M cycle (London Open), or one of the
fractal AMD cycles.

I want to see the PO3 stop run happen in the middle of the M
cycle. This should hit (or just pass) a Goldbach level (so a run
into the institutional level). All of this with a PO3 size run, like
we learned.

If this run however fails to run into a Goldbach level, but this
happens either in the beginning, or towards the end of the M
cycle, I consider this as distortion of time.

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CANDLE COUNTING
7-13-21

One of the new ideas in town is candle counting. Now why

does this work, you ask?

When we take a time range, and we use the daily chart here,
and we draw an AMD cycle in between the look back
partition (you can see 2 partitions here), you will see that the
AMD cycles generally align with the:

7 for the end of the A cycle

13 for the end of the M cycle
21 for the end of the D cycle

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WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
How to really interpret the circles in the logo
Map the circles to the Accumulation, manipulation,
distribution phases
How the AMD cycles are fractal
How to lay out the yearly AMD cycle
How to use the Logo and AMD cycles for a given day,
using CLS timings
Map the AMD cycle to market maker models
Why does candle counting work, but you need to have the
proper anchor point

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AMD CYCLES
We have 3 main cycles inside a year, or a month
For the year we take the PO3 number, so a year consists
out of 243 trading days (roughly 52 weeks * 5 trading
days)
The remainder of the total trading days - 243 = December
yearly range reset
To use it for the day, we start at 20:00-20:00 CET, or
14:00-14:00 EST
Also for the day there are 3 main sessions
A = Asian Range
M = London Open
D = New York
The D cycle can be divided in 2 cycles, D1 and D2
We are wary for reversals in D2, or in D1 if the M cycle was
large
Each main AMD cycle can be divided into a fractal AMD
cycle, and once more (so 3 fractals)
Preferably we look for a M cycle to create a high or low for
the day, and this exactly in the middle
We want to see in this M cycle, a PO3 stop run into a
Goldbach level
This can be either in the rst 1/3 or the last 1/3 of the M
cycle, this will be considered distortion of time
In the fractal M cycle, look either for PO3 stop runs in line
with the daily order ow
Or look for reversals, mainly in the D2 cycle, or after a
large main M cycle

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ALGORITHMS

HARDEST TIME TO LIE TO SOMEBODY IS

WHEN THEY’RE EXPECTED TO BE LIED
TO

ALAN TURING

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First a word of warning: The algorithms are the advanced
part of the book. If you don’t get a rm grasp of how PO3
dealing ranges work, how to use the Goldbach levels inside
these, and witnessed the reaction points during the M cycle,
it’s is too early to start using the algorithms.

Now that the warning is out of the way, let’s talk about the 2
algorithms that I found using everything ICT told us.

We understand Goldbach levels now, but how do we get to

the 2 algorithms you wonder?

Well, we are going to use a Tesla Vortex, but we base the

calculation of our modular multiplication on the numbers we
discovered here in this book.

Now we can come up with the theory between the 2

algorithms ICT described.

We now understand that price action delivers using PO3

numbers (the number 3), and Goldbach levels.

We also identi ed the 14 di erent IPDA levels, which are the

lines that make up the 7 Goldbach clusters of the number 100
(our full dealing range in percentages)

So we will feed this in our vortex calculator:

Modulus: 14
Multiplier: 3

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starts with the number 1, and another one that starts with the
number 2.

And interesting, ICT mentioned back in the old days that

there are 2 algorithms, one of which is the MMxM.

MMxM: is either a Market Maker Buy Model or a Market

Maker Sell Model

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So we have 2 sets of data:

Blue path:
1 -> 3 -> 9 -> 13-> 11 -> 5
Orange path:
2 -> 6 -> 4 -> 12 -> 8 -> 10

If we map this to our Goldbach values we found, where 1 = 0 =

high, 2 = rejection block, 3 = order block, …

We get following 2 mapped algorithms

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ALGO 1

HIGH/LOW

ORDER BLOCK

OPPOSITE BREAKER

OPPOSITE REJECTION BLOCK

OPPOSITE FAIR VALUE

LIQUIDITY VOID

ALGO 2

REJECTION BLOCK

BREAKER

FAIR VALUE

OPPOSITE ORDER BLOCK

OPPOSITE MITIGATION BLOCK

OPPOSITE LIQUIDITY VOID

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ranges (using the PO3 numbers), and we understand the
levels inside these dealing ranges (using Goldbach), and we
understand that price is o ered by any of the 2 algorithms,
we can get to work.

In the below screenshot, we identi ed for the EURUSD chart,

the current 729 PO3 partition.
This partition runs from 1.0206 towards 1.0935, or the 14th
729 partition from base 0.0

14*729=10206 (dealing range low)

10206 + 729 = 10935 (dealing range high)
-> add decimal point for EURUSD

When we put the range low and range high in our calculator,
and we specify this is a 729 range, we can calculate the IPDA
levels using the Goldbach levels.

Using algo 2 for a bullish scenario, you can see that price is
respecting the levels outlined by our algo.

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created, a fair value accompanied by it, price returned into
the OB+FVG, price expanded away above equilibrium, price
retraced back and was mitigated around equilibrium. We
consolidated a little while, and price was aggressively
expanded into the prede ned level to form the high of the
algo, which is the premium fair value gap.

To get a cleaner chart, you can lter out all the Goldbach
levels that are not needed for the ow of the speci c
algorithm.

While we’re generally not calling tops and bottoms, using the
po3 dealing ranges, Goldbach levels and the algorithm ow,
together with con uences of what you’re about to learn with
the look back partitions, it might rea rm a change in direction

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range, it’s not clear what algo is forming.
A top tip here is to look at the past price action, to see where
price comes from.
You look at the levels an algo makes up, and see if there was
reaction from any of the levels to look for clues what algo will
form.

Take for instance above screenshot. At rst, it’s unclear if

algorithm 1 or algorithm 2 is in play.

The clue here is to wait and see what algorithm will form.

You can later see that an algorithm 2 was forming, as price

moved from the breaker zone to create a breaker block.
From there on, you see the breaker being respected, and a
retrace into the fair value zone, where you enter.

Always take something o at the equilibrium. If an algorithm

fails, it will probably be at the equilibrium. Nothing wrong with
taking a good chunks out of the markets, and re-evaluate.
There might be a di erent algorithm running on a higher or
lower timeframe.
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the Algo’s.

ALGO 1

ALGO 2

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PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER

LOVE WILL TEAR US APART

JOY DIVISION

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THE MMXM, OTE AND ALGO
Well, that was a long read, congratulations for reading until
here. It sure contains a wealth of information. You might even
feel overwhelmed by it.

So, how do we put this into practice? Well, I have you

covered. We’re going to use my personal trading model,
which is actually a MMxM.

For those of you who didn’t know, I started to use the MMxM
description back in the old days on the forum, but it’s widely
used now. MMxM stands for:

MMSM: Market maker Sell Model

MMBM: Market maker Buy Model

What we are going to use here are:

2 Goldbach levels, preferably from a larger PO3 range, like

243 for instance
A PO3 stop run into a Goldbach level, this during one of
the manipulation cycles, either the main one, or a fractal
one
A breakdown from this Goldbach level, creating 2 PO3
sized gaps that make up the HIPPO
An understanding of consequent encroachment and what
role it plays in the “market structure break”
How to map out the MMxM using the algorithm 1

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Above is the anatomy of a Market maker sell model, for
EURUSD, January 26th 2023. The Goldbach levels you see
here are based on the 243 PO3 dealing range.
You can see the OTE play out here.

We can break this down into following ow:

stop run into a gb level

break down, creating 2 PO3 3 pip gaps with a HIPPO
Market structure shift at CE in between the gb levels, we
didn't need to look for it ourself, the gb + CE did this for us
touch of the gb level - start of the MMSM
accumulate at the OB + FVG discount level
SMR in the FVG premium level
2 phases of distribution, at the gaps de ned by the HIPPO
aggressive sell o to target sell side liquidity, to complete
MMSM

What I like to see is that the PO3 stop run (of 3 pips in this
example) occurs during a manipulation phase. This can either

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(in the New York kill zone for instance).

We want to see an aggressive sell o , and break the

consequent encroachment that exists between 2 levels,
preferable between the fair value gap Goldbach level
(17/83)m and the liquidity void level (29/71)

A HIPPO will form at the start of this sell o , and it will create
2 PO3 sized gaps around it.

The bottom (or top for a MMBM) will be the trigger to look for
your MMxM, and is the initial consolidation of the model.
This will be your baseline that triggers the algorithm, and from
the algorithm teachings earlier in the book we understand
that algorithm 1 need to start at the high or low Goldbach
level, which is 0 and 100.

The next level of algorithm 1 will be the order block level

(11/89), and typically you will see an order block form in
between these levels.

We will move to the (premium in case of a MMSM) breaker

level (41/59), and the algorithm will typically seek to want to
come back to the discount liquidity void level (71/29)

Price next expands to the rejection block, where the smart

money reversal occurs, and the right side begins.

You will than see 2 levels of distributions, around the 2 PO3

sized gaps that formed the HIPPO.

The second distribution will trigger an aggressive sell o , to

complete the MMxM.

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Goldbach levels, for further re nement

What this means is, we have identi ed the 2 main Goldbach

levels and we take a standard Fibonacci tool, but with the
Goldbach levels instead of the regular levels.

Now, this will reveal the wireframe we use to map the

algorithm 1, and also explains the green box where it says
“FAIR VALUE = OTE” in the previous screenshot.

One will note that these ranges are no PO3 sized ranges, but
rather 6% (standard Goldbach distance) or 8%( for the order
block) of a PO3 dealing range.

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At rst, when you look at the charts, you will see what
appears to be random swing points.
But did you know there’s a rhythm here too?

Enter Goldbach time. When you closely look at the swing

point, and examine the time it occurs, we can see an
interesting phenomenon.

If you add the minutes to the hour of a swing high or low, you
will see that they occur at a Goldbach number.

For example:
A swing low occurs at 09:02. When we add 02 to 09, we get
11, which is a Goldbach number, or a Goldbach Time.
When the next swing low occurs at 10:07, which is 07 + 10 = 17,
this is also a Goldbach Time.

This will also help you in determine the daily bias. If swing
highs occur, but not at a Goldbach time, but the swing lows
occur at Goldbach times, it’s probably an up day.
We can assume the highs will be run.

You will need to use the timings for the times the asset settles
in.
I like to trade forex, forex is settled using CLS, which runs in
CET time.
US Indices are settled using EST time. Apply Daylight Savings
Time (DST) when needed.

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Now that we have the Goldbach Price levels, the Goldbach
Time levels, and understand how to use these to determine
the bias, we can combine everything together.

In the image you can see that Swing highs occur at Goldbach
Price levels.
The swing lows do not occur at Goldbach Time levels, so our
bias for the day is short.

We can also see that - although we create swing highs at the

Goldbach Time levels - they do not occur at a Goldbach Price
level.
What does this mean? Well, this means we will probably see a
deeper retracement, until we hit a Goldbach Price level at a
Goldbach Time level.

Good to note is also that - just like in Goldbach Price - we also

have the concept of a Mean Threshold.
So if you see price touch a Mean Threshold level, it might
very well be at a Goldbach Time Mean Threshold.
In the above example you can see price touched a MT of the
OB at 10:10 = 20, or the MT between 17 and 23.

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And this is your real grid, where Goldbach Time meets
Goldbach Price.

We can see a strong rejection from the Goldbach Price level

at the Goldbach Time level.

Now, this can also help us in identifying potential order ow

reversals.
In the example we are short, as all swing highs were created
at a Goldbach Time, while the swing lows were not.

But if you suddenly see swing highs are out-of-sync with

Goldbach Time, and swing lows are respecting Goldbach
Times, it’s very likely bias was changed, and you should be
very nimble with shorts.

This will also help you in identifying the potential Judas swing
for the day or session.

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WHAT YOU LEARNED IN THIS CHAPTER
How OTE, MMxM and algorithm go hand in hand together
How to easily spot smart money reversals and the 5
stages of a MMxM
What is Goldbach Time and how can it help us to
determine the daily bias

ICT: IPDA

I
PERSONALLY
DEVELOPED
(THE)
ALGORITHM

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Now that you have learned how to de ne price using PO3
dealing ranges and Goldbach levels, and combine these with
the AMD time cycle, you can focus on this algorithm.

Like ICT says, there’s always a setup around the corner..

When you put your education focus on studying this setup,

inside the manipulation phase, I’m con dent that everything
will click one day.

That’s when you have graduated, and you will leave the nest
of the #birdo opi. Ready to spread the love..

All this hard work will pay o , and it’s time to make your loved
ones proud.

You can do it, I’m con dent you will one day be the trader
you want to be

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A MONTHLY PLAY FOR HUNDREDS OF PIPS

Use your current look back period

Identify the number in play
Inside the fractal Manipulation cycle of your main
Accumulation cycle
You look for clues of the current look back partition
number, be it: size of gaps, wicks, order blocks, liquidity
runs
You enter the trade with a 30 pip stop loss, to have
breathing room for a PO3 stop run (of 27 pips)
You exit at the opposite side of the trade, inside the main
manipulation cycle, after a PO3 stop run, or when the
manipulation cycle closes

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 HIPPO POT A MUS
A TRADE PLAN FOR HIPPO'S

This trade plan de nes how you trade HIPPO’s

It consists out of following parts:

HIPPO: First you need to identify a HIPPO. Refer to the
speci c chapter to know what an HIPPO is
POT: Potential trade. You look for a swing high or swing
low that is just trading above or below the HIPPO. This will
put you on alert
A: Activate. When price take the liquidity under or above
the short term high or low, and enters the HIPPO, we will
enter our trade
MUS: Must hold. The fair value gap under or above the
HIPPO Depending if you’re long or short) must hold. This is
a perfect place to put a stop loss. But be mindful here,
price might wick through during news events
Take Pro t: You take portions o at Goldbach levels

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CATCH 50 TO 75 PIPS ONCE A WEEK

You want to catch the weekly range expansion

You draw an AMD cycle for the week, using market open
to market close time window
You wait for the accumulation phase to be established
During the manipulation phase, you look for a PO3 stop
run of the accumulation phase and retrace either into the
accumulation phase, or expand away from it rapidly
Now you wait for a short term low or high to break
We want to see a retracement to form an OTE, at a
Goldbach level (can be a non gb level)
You take pro t at 20 pips, 50 pips, and let the remainder
go for 75 pips. Use Goldbach levels for logical take pro t
areas

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24 PIPS PER WEEK

STEP 1
Inside a M cycle, either the M or a fractal M cycle (the
image incorrectly say accumulation phase)
STEP 2
I look for a PO3 stop run (PO3 sized swing) under short
term low or high (PO3 liquidity)
INTO a Goldbach level (can be non GB level as well),
where a HIPPO can reside
Think of this as the unful lled range as discussed in the
book
STEP 3
To enter the position with a 10 pip stop level
STEP 4
To target 24 pips into an opposite Goldbach level
I mainly trade this plan with the “large” zones, so the LV
and BR zones, which contains the non Goldbach levels.

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USE OTE IN BETWEEN 2 GOLDBACH LEVELS

You want price to move away from a Goldbach level

You want to see it to breach the CE or MT level, and
possibly the next Goldbach (can be a non GB level) too
You want to see price to retrace below (for longs =
discount) /above (for shorts = premium) the CE/MT level
You enter at the OTE zone (62/70.5/79 b levels)
You target the opposite liquidity, or next untouched
Goldbach level
I mainly trade this plan with the “large” zones, so the LV
and BR zones, which contains the non Goldbach levels.
These levels will be the CE we want to see break

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USE THE ORDER BLOCK AND EXIT AT BREAKER

Use following gb levels: 3-11-41 and 97-89-59

You want to see price create an order block in between
the 3-11 or 97-89 level, or close to it
You want to see a short term low or high created, which is
raided when it expands away from the order block
Price will retrace back to the order block, or very close to
it. This is where you enter.
Your take pro t should be at the breaker level (41 or 59)
This will gave you 24 pips in a 81 PO3 dealing range

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USE THE BREAKER AND EXIT AT HIGH/LOW

Use the breaker levels (59/71 or 41/29) and the high/low

levels (0/100)
You want to see a breaker form in between the 59/71 or
41/29
After the breaker was created, and it expands away, you
want to see a short term high or low been trade through
You enter back when price retraces to the 71/29 level
You exit at the high/low level (100/0)
This trade will give you 24 pips in a 81 pip DR

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GB: THE STOP RUN TRADE PLAN
USE THE DEALING RANGE STOP RUN AND AIM FOR
THE BREAKER

Gb levels needed: 59/71/100/111 or 41/29/0/-0.111

You want to see price come o from the high/low or just
miss this level, so failed to touch the HL
You want to see a breaker to be formed in the breaker
zone (59-71 or 29-41)
Price will expand away from the breaker to target buy side
liquidity (short) or sell side liquidity (long), It should stop at,
or close to, the PO3 dealing range stop run level
Price will then reject, and raid a short term low or high
When price retraces back, it should stop at the partition
extreme (high/low), this is where you enter. Stop should be
below/above the PO3 stop run level
Your take pro t is at the liquidity void level (71/29) for 24
pips in a 81 pips DR
You monitor if the breaker will become a “real” breaker

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USE THE MITIGATION BLOCK AND EQUILIBRIUM

Price is hovering around the equilibrium levels (47/53)

There are clear buy and sell stops between the equilibrium
and mitigation block levels (47/53)
When price hit one of the mitigation levels (47/53) you
enter
You exit at the opposite mitigation level for 14 pips in a 81
pip DR

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GB: THE FVG TRADE PLAN
USE THE FVG AND PROPULSION BLOCK

Gb levels: 0/100, 11/89 (Order block), 17/83 (fvg), 41/59

(Breaker)
Price will create an order block (can include the fvg zone
as well), into the High/Low
Price will move away, out of the order block and fvg zone,
and returns back into the fvg zone
It will create a propulsion block inside the fvg zone (but
can go as high as the mean threshold of the order block
zone).
When price breaks the propulsion block (buy/sell on stop),
it will aggressively reprice lower/higher, into the breaker
zone
It will leave a liquidity void, which will later be traded too

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GB: THE EINSTEIN TRADE PLAN
USE THE OB, LV AND FVG
Ever wondered why ICT chose following names to identify
middle of things?

Equilibrium: middle of a range

Mean Threshold: middle of an order block
Consequent Encroachment: middle of a gap

When you put the bold letters together you get:

E = M (Times) C (Exponentiation)
Or
e=mc2
Or energy = mass times speed of light times 2

ICT refers throughout his videos a lot about energetic moves,

starting from the the consolidation. You want to see speed,
creating FVG.

If we consider the speed of light - namely 299 792 458 -

group this large number into 3 times 3 digits, we get following
numbers. These numbers can be divided by our PO3 number
27 (and we round them down), to get the levels we’re
interested in.

299 / 27 = 11 = Order block level

792 / 27 = 29 = liquidity void level
458 / 27 = 17 = fair value level

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So to use this plan you want to see:

Ideally an order block form inside the order block zone

From the OB level (11/89), you want price to expand away,
and create a break away gap.
Price should reverse at the liquidity void level (29/71)
And retrace into the FVG level (17/83).
The mean consequent encroachment (middle) of the FVG
block should hold here.
Target - as this is speed of light exponentiation should be
the mitigation block level (47/53).
Reason for this is the distance between 11->29 = 18 long.
We double this from level 29, and we arrive at 47.

So this is basically my interpretation of an OTE, like ICT taught

it since the early days of 2011.

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GB: TRADE PLAN OVERVIEW
VISUALISATION OF THE GB TRADE PLANS
#friendo opi AT was so kind to provide a nice visualisation
of all the Goldbach trade plans

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PO3 DR SHIFTING
Sometimes it’s useful to do half shifting of a PO3 dealing
range. Certainly when you compare 2 assets with the same
PO3 DR, where 1 asset appears to be at the top/bottom of the
range, while the other is in de the middle of the same size
PO3 range.

When you 1/2 shift the “lagging” asset, things get aligned
between the 2 assets, and you will see (Goldbach) SMT much
clearer this way.

Here is the image with the non shifted PO3 DR on it. As you
can see price is hovering around the middle of the range.
At the same time, EURUSD was at the top of its dealing
range.

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Now we shifted the DR with 1/2 (dmn’s indicator can do this
for you automatically) , and you can see how price came o
from the low of the dealing range and is seeking higher
prices.

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RISK MANAGEMENT

Most aspiring traders want to be all over the place, trading

every asset possible, with all trading plans provided here in
the book.

However, and certainly in trading, less is more.

Using asymmetric compounding you only need to have 3
winning trades to pass a standard prop trading channel.

If we use my personal trade plan, which has a 10 pip stop loss

and a 24 pip take pro t, so a 2.4 RR, it only requires a risk of a
quarter of a percent - yes 0.25% - of your initial balance to
pass the challenge.

Let’s assume a balance of 5000 USD

Trade 1: We risk 12.5 USD (0.25% of the initial balance) to

make 30 USD

Trade 2: We risk again 12.5 USD (0.25% of the initial balance)

but we will add the 30 USD we earned, so our risk will be
42.5 USD, to make 102 USD

Trade 3: Now we will be risk free, and only use the money we
made with trade 1 and trade 2, or 30 + 102 USD = 132 USD
This trade will return 316.8 USD on successful completion.

So we made - if we have 3 consecutive winning trades - 30 +

102 + 316.8 = 448.8, or 8.9%.
Most prop rms have a requirement for phase 1 of 8%, so we
should be good.

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ACRONYMS

Term Explanation

ICT Innercircletrader

AMD Accumulation, manipulation,

distribution

PO3 Power of three

HIPPO Hidden interbank price point

objective

OTE Optimal trade entry

MMxM Market maker buy or sell model

IPDA Interbank pricing delivery

algorithm

Gb levels Goldbach levels, taught by ICT as

PD area (Premium/Discount levels)

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IN CLOSURE

MONEY IS NUMBERS AND NUMBERS

NEVER END. IF IT TAKES MONEY TO BE
HAPPY, YOUR SEARCH FOR HAPPINESS
WILL NEVER END.

BOB MARLEY

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 Everybody need to start their journey at base 0

And it only takes 3 trades to put you on the path to

pro tability

After following ICT for 11 years

I came to understand I only know 17% of what my mentor

knows

29 people helped me to ll in the knowledge voids, you know

who you are, I can’t thank you enough!

At age 41 I gured out ICT put out all of his knowledge up as

a giant puzzle for us to solve

But it was only when I was 47 I understood the importance of

Goldbach numbers

Now I turn 50, I want to pivot my knowledge and want to

bring YOUR understanding to a premium level

So you become the best version of yourself, and reach 100%

of your capacity

Numeri Veritatem

Follow the #birdo opi and spread the love for trading

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I MANIPULATE IT FOR YOU TO
UNDERSTAND
I DELIVER IT TO YOU IN THIS BOOK
Ever since the gauntlet thread and the CLS thread on the
innercircletrader mentorship, I said the mentorship was setup
as a big puzzle that is for us to crack.

I hope that at least I shed some light on some of the puzzles

that were hidden in the mentorship.

By no means I claim to have cracked “enigma” but I hope

what was shared in this book is helpful to you in becoming
the trader you want to become.

The book will be updated whenever I discover more

interesting topics, or relations with teachings ICT shared.

Thanks for your trust, it really means much to me

Thanks for reading
Spread the love of the #birdo opi

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AND TEN YEARS OF TRYING
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BIZ STONE

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