Summary of "📊ICT Concepts Indicator for MT4/5 –[Updated] AUG 2025 [TradingFinder]"
The video presents a detailed tutorial on the ICT Concepts Indicator available for MetaTrader 4 and 5, designed to help traders identify institutional market behaviors and improve trade timing using ICT (Inner Circle Trader) methodologies.
Main Financial Strategies and Trading Concepts Presented:
- Indicator Setup and Licensing
- Download from Trading Finder website.
- Install by dragging the expert file onto the chart.
- Enable DLL imports for functionality.
- Input a device-specific license key obtained from support.
- Configure alert notifications (pop-ups, mobile, email).
- Alert System
- Alerts trigger when price:
- First touches a valid, significant zone (fresh zone).
- Breaks through and invalidates a previously valid zone.
- Alerts trigger when price:
- Key Indicator Features and Market Analyses
- Zigzag Lines
- Identifies swing highs and lows.
- Helps spot Elliott waves, wave counts, Fibonacci levels, and price patterns.
- Used to analyze market trend and structure.
- Order Blocks
- Zones where banks and institutions place major buy/sell orders.
- Price reacts strongly when entering these zones.
- Valid Order Blocks are marked until broken or invalidated.
- Broker Blocks
- Broken Order Blocks that have changed nature (e.g., bullish order block broken becomes bearish broker block).
- Act as resistance/support zones with multiple price rejections.
- Fair Value Gap (FVG)
- Price gaps between candles indicating market imbalance.
- Price tends to return to fill these gaps, acting as magnets.
- Bearish and bullish FVGs are identified and marked.
- Inverse Fair Value Gap (IFVG)
- Zones where price sharply moved through due to imbalance.
- When FVG zones break, they flip nature (bearish FVG → bullish IFVG and vice versa).
- Price reacts and rejects these zones on return.
- Balance Price Range (BPR)
- Overlap of bullish and bearish FVG zones.
- Indicates momentum buildup areas.
- High-probability trade entry zones due to strong price reactions.
- Kill Zones
- Key trading hours with peak liquidity: Asian (least liquid), London, and New York sessions.
- Best trade opportunities occur during London and New York kill zones.
- Order Blocks forming during kill zones can be used for trade entries.
- Market Structure
- Framework showing bullish, bearish, or ranging trends.
- Identifies Break of Structure (BOS) and Change of Character (COCH) levels.
- Helps confirm trend direction and potential reversals.
- Unicorn Model
- Combines multiple ICT concepts:
- Kill zones.
- Liquidity sweeps (stop hunts).
- Breaker blocks.
- Fair value gaps.
- The overlap of breaker block and FVG zones forms “unicorn zones” for high-probability trade entries.
- Combines multiple ICT concepts:
- Inducement Mode
- Identifies deceptive support/resistance levels designed to trap retail traders.
- Useful for spotting fake-outs before Order Blocks or FVGs form.
- Helps anticipate smart money moves.
- Zigzag Lines
- Additional Settings
- Maximum candles to analyze (default 1,000).
- Last blocks option shows the last three significant bullish and bearish Order Blocks.
- Alerts are tied to specific ICT concepts (Order Blocks, breaker blocks, FVG, IFVG, BPR, market structure changes, unicorn zones).
Methodology / Step-by-Step Guide for Using the Indicator:
- Download and install the ICT Concepts Indicator on MT4/5.
- Enable DLL imports and input your license key.
- Configure alert preferences (pop-ups, mobile, email).
- Activate desired modes:
- Zigzag for trend and wave analysis.
- Order Blocks and broker blocks for institutional zones.
- FVG and IFVG for imbalance areas.
- BPR for momentum zones.
- Kill zones to time entries during peak liquidity.
- Market structure to confirm trend and key levels.
- Unicorn Model for combined high-probability setups.
- Inducement for spotting traps and fake-outs.
- Use alerts to monitor fresh or invalidated zones.
- Combine indicator signals with price action to enter buy/sell trades.
- Adjust candle range and last blocks settings for personalized analysis.
Business Trend / Market Analysis Insight:
- The indicator leverages institutional order flow and liquidity concepts to provide retail traders with tools traditionally used by professional traders.
- Emphasizes the importance of timing trades during high liquidity kill zones.
- Highlights the use of market imbalances (FVG/IFVG) and structural breaks (BOS/COCH) for strategic entries.
- Focus on smart money concepts such as inducement and breaker blocks to avoid retail traps.
- Integration
Category
Business and Finance