Intermediate📖 25 min read🏷 Execution
ICT ENTRY MODELS
The Exact Frameworks ICT Uses to Enter Trades With Precision
Having all the concepts in your head means nothing if you don't know HOW to combine them into a concrete trade entry. ICT entry models are the specific, repeatable frameworks that tell you exactly when to pull the trigger. These are not vague ideas — they are precise sequences of events that, when all conditions are met, produce high-probability trade entries.
ICT entry models combine liquidity sweeps, displacement, and FVG/OB entries for precision execution
// Lesson Content
Before learning specific entry models, understand the core requirements that every valid ICT entry must have:
1. HIGHER TIMEFRAME BIAS — You must know the HTF direction before any entry. No bias = no trade.
2. LIQUIDITY SWEEP — Price must take out a pool of liquidity before a valid entry. The sweep is the fuel that powers the reversal.
3. DISPLACEMENT — After the sweep, price must show a strong, impulsive move in the opposite direction. A weak, grinding reversal is not displacement.
4. ENTRY ARRAY — The actual entry is placed at a FVG or Order Block within the OTE zone.
5. STOP LOSS — Placed beyond the liquidity sweep.
6. TARGET — The next liquidity pool in the direction of the move.
When all five elements are present — that is a valid ICT entry. If even ONE is missing, you do not take the trade.
📌 The 5 requirements: HTF bias + liquidity sweep + displacement + entry array (FVG/OB) + clear target. ALL five must be present. Missing even one = skip the trade.
// Test Your Understanding
// KNOWLEDGE CHECK
1. What are the 5 required elements of every valid ICT entry?
2. The Silver Bullet 10:00 AM window closes at?
3. What happens when an Order Block is swept through?
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