Intermediate📖 22 min read🏷 PD Arrays
DEALING RANGES & PD ARRAYS
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The Full PD Array Matrix -- Every Institutional Zone Ranked by Strength
PD Arrays -- Price Delivery Arrays -- are the institutional zones on your chart where the algorithm is programmed to deliver price and create reactions. Understanding which arrays exist, how to rank them by strength, and how to use them in order of priority is what separates advanced ICT practitioners from beginners who draw random boxes and call them Order Blocks.
The PD Array Matrix ranks every institutional zone from most powerful (Breaker) to least (SIBI/BISI)
// Lesson Content
A Dealing Range is any defined price range between a significant swing high and swing low. Every dealing range has three zones:
PREMIUM (above 50% EQ): Price is expensive. Institutions sell in premium. This is where you look for short entries or TP targets on longs.
EQUILIBRIUM (exactly 50%): Fair value within the range. Not a particularly high-probability entry zone -- price typically moves through equilibrium rather than reacting from it.
DISCOUNT (below 50% EQ): Price is cheap. Institutions buy in discount. This is where you look for long entries or TP targets on shorts.
Dealing ranges nest inside each other at every timeframe. A monthly dealing range contains weekly dealing ranges, which contain daily dealing ranges, which contain 4-hour dealing ranges. Understanding which dealing range you are operating within -- and whether price is in premium or discount within that range -- is fundamental to every ICT entry decision.
The rule is simple and non-negotiable: only buy in discount zones. Only sell in premium zones. Buying in premium or selling in discount is fighting institutional order flow.
📌 Only buy in discount (below 50% EQ). Only sell in premium (above 50% EQ). This single rule eliminates the majority of low-probability trades that most ICT beginners take.
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// KNOWLEDGE CHECK
1. In a dealing range, institutions buy in...
2. Which PD Array ranks highest in the matrix?
3. When should a PD Array be removed from your chart?
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