ICT 2022 model (Sweep + MSS + FVG)

ICT · Timeframe: H1 / M15 / M5 · Sessions: Killzones

Liquidity sweep, market structure shift with displacement, and entry in the resulting FVG.

How it works

ICT's most widely shared model (2022 mentorship): 1) price takes liquidity (sweeps a relevant low); 2) it reacts with a strong displacement that breaks the last swing high (Market Structure Shift); 3) that displacement leaves an FVG; 4) you enter on the retracement into the FVG with the stop below the sweep low, targeting the opposite liquidity.

Step-by-step rules

1. Wait for a sweep of a relevant swing low/high.
2. Confirm the MSS: a close above the last swing high with displacement.
3. Identify the displacement FVG.
4. Limit entry at the FVG; stop beyond the sweep.
5. Target: opposite liquidity or 2R.

How Marketalyx tests it

Detector (H1): sweep of the 20-candle low (high), MSS within ≤8 candles breaking the last swing and an FVG in the impulse; limit entry at the FVG; stop at the sweep extreme; 2R target.

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Related strategies

Power of Three (PO3 / AMD) · Fair Value Gap (FVG) – retest · Order Block (OB) · PDH/PDL liquidity sweep (Turtle Soup) · ICT Silver Bullet · Optimal Trade Entry (OTE 62–79%) · Judas Swing · SMT Divergence

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