Anatomy of an entry

4 min · 8 steps

1. Step 1 · Context

   Context comes from the higher timeframe.

   BTC 4h: two lows sit right at 50 625. Buyers' stops are below them, and that's where price gets pulled.

   low 1

   Feb 17

   low 2

   Feb 21

   level

   50 625

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2. Step 2 · Zone

   The zone is where liquidity gets swept.

   Feb 23, 2024: price swept the lows, wicked to 50 521 and closed back above. But a 4h candle spans four hours: where exactly?

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3. Step 3 · Lower timeframe

   The lower timeframe shows the exact point.

   On 15m it's the 23:15 candle: it wicked to 50 521 and closed back above 50 625, at 50 791. Context comes from 4h, the point and time from 15m.

   4h candle

   20:00

   15m candle

   23:15

   low

   50 521

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4. Step 4 · Entry signal

   The entry signal is the MSS, not the sweep.

   There's no trade yet after the sweep. It shows up with a close above 51 333 — Feb 24 at 16:00.

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5. Step 5 · Invalidation

   Invalidation is where the idea stops working.

   Stop 50 480 sits below the sweep low: if price gets there, there's no reversal. Target is the range high 52 985, that's +1.6R.

   Here the target got hit. In the model sample it got hit in 25 of 88 trades, and you count entries without context separately.

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   14h contextequal lows 50 625: buyers' stops

   2zonesweep to 50 521

   3entry signalMSS: close above 51 333

   4invalidationstop 50 480: below the sweep

   entry 51 438 · target +1.6R

6. Step 6 · Find it yourself

   Where's the 4h sweep on 15m?

   On 4h, the 50 625 lows got swept. Tap the 15m candle where it happened.

   Practice on the chart

   This is a Find it yourself task: tap a candle or a level, and the lesson tells you right away if you got it.

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7. Step 7 · How it shows up for you

   Practice on the chart

   This is the How it shows up for you step: the lesson finds trades on this topic in your journal.

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8. Step 8 · Rule

   I settle the context before I enter.

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   I enter only when I know the higher-TF context.

   “No higher-TF context” goes on the stop list: a trade with this tag is a rule break, and your streak counts it.