ICT Weekly Profiles — How to Identify the Weekly High and Low Before Friday
ICT Weekly Profiles are templates that describe which day of the week the weekly high and low typically form. Using them allows you to anticipate the weekly range expansion before it happens.
ICT Weekly Profiles are one of the most advanced and powerful forecasting tools in the entire ICT framework. They describe the typical sequence in which the weekly high and weekly low form across the five trading days. By knowing which weekly profile is developing, you can anticipate which day will produce the high and which day will produce the low of the week — giving you a significant directional edge before the week has even reached its midpoint.
The Foundation: Weekly AMD
Weekly profiles are grounded in the weekly AMD (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution) cycle. Sunday/Monday is the accumulation period — price consolidates or makes initial moves in both directions as institutional positions are being built. Tuesday or early Wednesday is typically the manipulation phase — the Judas Swing that produces the false weekly direction. Wednesday through Friday is the distribution — the true weekly delivery.
Based on this AMD template, the most common weekly profile is: the weekly low forms on Monday or Tuesday (in a bullish week), and the weekly high forms on Thursday or Wednesday. Or for a bearish week: the weekly high forms Monday or Tuesday, and the weekly low forms Thursday or Wednesday. This "early week manipulation, mid-to-late week distribution" pattern is the most statistically frequent weekly profile.
The Five Main Weekly Profiles
Profile 1 — Classic Bullish: Monday makes the weekly low, Tuesday confirms it, Wednesday through Thursday deliver higher, Friday closes near the high. Ideal for buying Monday/Tuesday lows targeting the weekly BSL.
Profile 2 — Classic Bearish: Monday makes the weekly high, Tuesday confirms it, Wednesday through Thursday deliver lower, Friday closes near the low. Ideal for selling Monday/Tuesday highs targeting the weekly SSL.
Profile 3 — Wednesday Reversal Bullish: The week makes a lower low into Wednesday (sweeping weekly SSL), then reverses and delivers higher for the rest of the week. The Wednesday low is the entry point for the weekly high target.
Profile 4 — Wednesday Reversal Bearish: The week makes a higher high into Wednesday (sweeping weekly BSL), then reverses lower for the remainder of the week. The Wednesday high is the sell entry for the weekly low target.
Profile 5 — Range Expansion: Price consolidates Monday and Tuesday with a very tight range, then expands dramatically from Wednesday onward in one direction. This profile follows a very tight Asian-range-like accumulation before a large London/New York style distribution.
Using Weekly Profiles in Practice
- diamondOn Sunday evening, review the weekly chart and determine the weekly bias (bullish or bearish) and the weekly DOL (previous week's high or low).
- diamondNote the previous week's high and low — these are the BSL and SSL targets for the new week.
- diamondAs Monday and Tuesday develop, observe which weekly profile appears to be forming. Is price making the early week manipulation (Judas Swing) or is it consolidating?
- diamondBy mid-Tuesday, you should be able to identify the likely profile. If Tuesday shows the weekly low being established with a sweep of Monday's low followed by a reversal, Profile 1 (Classic Bullish) is developing.
- diamondAdjust your daily bias entries for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday based on the identified weekly profile.
Track weekly profiles for 12 consecutive weeks on your primary instrument. For each week, note: which day formed the weekly high, which day formed the weekly low, and which profile it matched. After 12 weeks, you will have a clear picture of the most common profiles for your specific instrument — and this frequency data will dramatically improve your weekly directional accuracy.