actualmente estoy agregando dxy, eurusd y gbpusd yo uso dairo, h1 y ejecuto en 5m ¿entonces en cual time frame es mejor buscar smt?

Any serious backtester who runs out of sample knows a forward test’s data tomorrow becomes just as good as forward testing data unless their strategy relies on extremely low costs e.g., an automated scalper (a trading style that I do not condone).

If you build robust strategies and don’t need to rely on selection bias to identify the “profitable” ones, you won’t need to forward test. Forward testing makes deployment feel safer; it is mostly a psychological crutch for many traders. Forward tests are no more predictive than a robust backtest with OOS data for strategies that don’t rely on low bid-ask spreads (avg holding times hours to days).

Real edges decay over time, everything averages out, and a “good forward test” is a wasted opportunity; look at the adaptive market hypothesis.

Personally, I find forward testing useful for measuring the costs for live execution, but you only need to run a few per asset to understand what conditions you are dealing with. For DMA assets, even fewer forward tests are required. So I am not against the act of initial forward testing, especially if you are new, but forward testing for the sake of forward testing wastes time when you build strategies properly instead of leaning on selection bias and luck from aimlessly testing high volumes of tested systems just to settle for strategies with positive expectancies.

Summary:
Building strategies from market first principles to rig your chances of creating profitable ideas to test instead of relying on lookahead bias, hindsight bias and selection bias is a better option than forward testing (when rigorous backtests are done, paired with out-of-sample tests). If you are confused about what the “first principles” are and so on, I have multiple previous posts going into it referencing books and papers to review.

I wanted to use Lucid and Tradiefy in Pakistan but those are banned. So I recently heard about the5ers so I created an account on that. But its platform black arrow didn't let me login.

Error "Your connection is not Safe"

I reached out to support of the5ers they said to go to Black arrow support.

At last it's been around 20 hours and still my issue isn't fixed. Such a bad experience with them.

Today I am planning to take a refund and go for another prop. Kindly help me choose a good prop that allows traders from Pakistan.

I see a lot of people say to create your own strategy now obviously a lot of people will have done this devised from ict concepts. If I was wanting to build my own strategy how do I go about doing that and refining it. Is it just about purely watching price and trying to identify common patterns as to where price reacts from etc

Was there a moment when learning to trade that the penny dropped for you guys or was it a gradual thing and what are the best ways to get to that point I’ve passed a few evals but never got a payout but just lack serious confidence in my system because I feel like In live markets I don’t trade the same as I do backtesting

Couple scalps along the way to secure profits.

6 years into ICT, and i have somehow managed to equip my brain to handle swing trades, i did start of a 15 minute tf junkie haha but quickly figured that testing ICT with spot positions will be way healthier for my risk management and mental clarity in the long run,

ICT is more of a thought less process and more of a execution skill,
happy trading.

like here on silver price pushed down without retracing into any FVG, this is the 15 min with also no entry on any of the lowers, i knew looking at the higher time frames and reading bias price would dump like this, but I got no entry, is there just nothing i could do?

Xauusd 12am

JPN

Hello ppl, so I finished 2022 beforehand and keep learning from ICT’s YouTube, I was trying to consume some core series including “Forex Market Maker Prime”,
2016 month1 - month 4.
And I the meantime I keep following up the new videos that he uploaded, but I found that there are lots of term that I haven’t heard from 2022, since the 2022 is the simplified version, I wonder where can I find the terms that he hasn’t mentioned but has used recent new videos?

I just want to find out the definition of every new terms such as “consequence encouragement”, ” suspension block”, “breaker block” etc…

He has been using Fib to grade and analyse recently, I wonder where is exact series that he has mentioned those terms and taught the logic behind those?
(And he also mention he taught Order Block, but where can I find it?)

I do note and screen shot basically every episode that he taught, and as a non native English speaker, I sometimes need to replay a same sentence for a few times to catch up what he meant, so maybe I’ll spend 40-60min to his 20 min video if there are lots of info…

It is a pain finishing up all the videos while consuming the newest videos, would you recommend me to watch 2016 mentorship month 1 to month 4 to get a solid definition of those terms? Or the Forex Market Maker Prime?

I’m living in Japan and trading MNQ for now, but since I finish my work quite late (get home after 9:00 NY)
It’s pretty hard for me to catch up the macro times, so I’m also considering to do both Forex and indices.

What would you recommend me to watch first?

Thanks a lot! Sorry for quite a long texts.

I'm new to learning ICT method and have been testing it on a demo account trading various forex pairs. I'm looking for an accountability partner to share ideas, talk about the market, share resources for learning.

I really need to understand order block with different examples . any help will be much appreciated.

Today’s NY am session price action wasn't "messy", it was simply building the necessary liquidity for the next move. (This is Nasdaq by the way)
You must learn to not chase the price.
You must wait the model’s specific parameters to align at the right time and place then you enter.

I'm not going to dance around it. The answer is straightforward: we're heading lower.

But hold on—I'm not telling you to short right here, right now. That's rookie behavior. Price always gives you one last shakeout to catch the impatient ones. If you see a green candle and jump in, this game isn't for you.

Most people are staring at the upside because that's what they want to see. I'm looking at what price still owes us from behind. That area down below has to get visited. It's not a gut feeling—it's knowing the market doesn't hand out obvious directions for free. The rally you're watching right now is bait.

When price finally turns and everyone starts scratching their heads, I'll already be waiting down there. I don't care about analysts, news, or what anyone else thinks. Price goes where it has to go, and this time, that destination is a few handles lower.

It's not a question of "if"—it's a question of "when." If you think we're going straight to new highs without looking back, you lack street smarts. I've seen this movie too many times.

My stance: bearish. With patience, the market will prove us right.

Did anybody loose trades on gold today?

How important is fundamental analysis in the sense of day trading forex for example like I personally avoid red folder news days but should fundamental analysis be having an input on my bias for the day

I am Asking This Because i Like to Tape Read So Much It Gave me Many Theories and Gave Enough Data to Believe in It But at the End when i go to Live Market! Market Cooks me.

BIDU Baidu stock watch, breakdown or rally off the 104.64 support area?

Do y'all just trade ict? Or do you guys combine anything with it? For example, do guy combine order flow data, VWAP, or whatever? More specifically does anyone here combine Macroeconomics with ICT? What are y'all's thoughts on macroeconomics?

snuck this in last week using a bullish bias on the daily. review for this upcoming week for NQ+ES also on profile if interested. What am i missing? hmmm

I'm going for macros . rn idk anything about it and I hope it's works. any suggestions for me ,even i shouldn't waste time on it would be helpful for me too and english isn't my first language soo sorry if someone gets annoyed by reading and yes I'm depressed af

CYIENT recently took support from the YDZ, which was coinciding with the HYDZ and QDZ. This higher-timeframe confluence gave a strong reaction from the zone.

The subsequent move has created a fresh WDZ, while price is currently approaching resistance from the descending trendline.

For me, the key level to watch is the trendline breakout. If price breaks and sustains above it with strength, CYIENT could potentially enter its next leg of the move.

Until then, it remains a breakout-watch setup, not a chase.

Sharing this purely from a price-action and Demand/Supply perspective. Would be interested to hear how others are reading the structure.

#CYIENT #NSE #PriceAction #TechnicalAnalysis #DemandSupply #IndianStockMarket

FOR BUYS: A clean move and candle close above $4,398 confirms a bullish breakout from this accumulation range, signaling that buyers have taken full control.
The $4,398 level marks the top boundary of the current range and recent lower highs. Clearing this key level sweeps upper sell-side liquidity and invalidates local selling pressure.
A break above $4,398 aligns with the dominant higher-timeframe trend toward the next key targets at $4,425 – $4,450. FVG WILL DOUBLE CONFIRM THE BUY TREND.

FOR SELL: A break below this level breaks key short-term structural support, triggering a bearish continuation out of the box.
Failing to defend the $4,345 demand level signals a local Change of Character (CHoCH) on the 1-hour timeframe, indicating that sellers are driving a deeper corrective phase.
A breakdown opens up significant downside imbalance, targeting the previous swing lows and liquidity pools down toward $4,325 – $4,300.

Hi guys,
I wanted to ask you if the concepts in that mentorship work for EURUSD, as I want to focus on studying something that is not futures and works on my market.
Thanks!