Summary of "Смарт Мани В Трейдинге - Полный Курс Концепции / Smart Money Concept"
Смарт Мани В Трейдинге - Полный Курс Концепции / Smart Money Concept
Summary of Finance-Specific Content
Strategy Overview
The video explains the Smart Money Concept (SMC), a Western trading strategy focused on tracking the actions of large institutional players (“smart money”) to profit from price movements. The core idea is to follow major players’ footprints on commonly traded instruments, leveraging market structure, order flow, and liquidity concepts.
Key Concepts and Instruments Mentioned
Market Structure
- Determined by identifying swing lows (minimums) and highs (maximums).
- Types of market structure:
- Bullish structure: Higher highs and higher lows.
- Bearish structure: Lower highs and lower lows.
- Flat (sideways) structure: Highs and lows remain at the same level.
- Primary structure: Identified on higher timeframes (D1, H4).
- Secondary structure: Price movement within the primary structure on lower timeframes (M15, H1).
- Trade mostly in the direction of the primary structure; countertrend trades require caution and usually target smaller profits.
Breakout of Structure (Boss Breakout)
- Occurs when price breaks previous swing highs or lows, signaling continuation or reversal.
- Multiple breakouts and corrections indicate trend strength or impending reversals.
Order Blocks
- Key zones representing:
- The last bearish candle before bullish movement (bullish order block).
- The last bullish candle before bearish movement (bearish order block).
- Formed after a breakout of structure.
- Used as entry points on retests after breakout.
- Entry methodology: Wait for price to return to the order block zone, then enter with confirmation.
- Related terms:
- Breaker Block: An impulse move breaking an order block, followed by a retest from the opposite side.
- Mitigation Block: Similar to breaker block but without liquidity removal (no extremum update), less reliable alone.
Imbalance and Balance
- Imbalance: A three-candle pattern where a large middle candle shows dominance of buyers or sellers.
- Balance: Marked by rectangles from the start of the first to the start of the third candle.
- Imbalance acts as a magnet for price but is not an entry signal on its own; best used in conjunction with order blocks.
Liquidity
- Areas where retail traders place stop-loss orders, often targeted by large players to create liquidity pools.
- Types of liquidity pools:
- Equal highs and lows.
- Double tops and double bottoms.
- Liquidity beyond flat range boundaries and trendlines.
- Capturing liquidity floors or ceilings is critical before price moves impulsively in the opposite direction.
Point of Interest (PoE)
- Zones where large players accumulate positions and defend price levels.
- PoE can be identified on any timeframe due to fractal nature of price action.
- PoE includes order blocks, breaker blocks, mitigation blocks, and balance zones.
Methodology / Step-by-Step Framework for Trading with Smart Money Concept
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Determine Market Structure
- Identify primary (higher timeframe) and secondary (lower timeframe) structures.
- Confirm trend direction (bullish, bearish, or flat).
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Identify Breakouts of Structure
- Mark swing highs and lows with horizontal lines.
- Watch for breakouts signaling continuation or reversal.
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Locate Order Blocks
- Find last bearish candle before bullish breakout (bullish order block) or last bullish candle before bearish breakout (bearish order block).
- Mark these with rectangles.
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Wait for Price to Return to Order Block Zone
- Enter trades when price retests order block with confirmation from other instruments.
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Use Breaker and Mitigation Blocks
- Identify impulse moves breaking order blocks (breaker blocks) and retests.
- Mitigation blocks are similar but lack liquidity removal and are less reliable alone.
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Analyze Imbalance and Balance Zones
- Use these to anticipate price magnets and potential reaction zones.
- Combine with order blocks for stronger signals.
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Capture Liquidity Pools
- Identify areas with clustered stop orders (equal highs/lows, double tops/bottoms, beyond ranges/trendlines).
- Anticipate liquidity grabs before price moves impulsively.
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Use Point of Interest (PoE)
- Mark PoE zones on higher timeframes, then zoom into lower timeframes for precise entry points.
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Timeframe Selection
- Long-term trading: Use Weekly, Daily, H4 for structure; H1, M30, M15 for entries.
- Medium-term: Daily, H4 for structure; M30, M15 for entries.
- Scalping/Day trading: H4, H1, M30 for structure; M15, M5, M1 for entries.
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Risk Management and Confirmation - Trade primarily in direction of primary structure. - Countertrend trades require caution and smaller profit targets. - Confirm entries with multiple instruments (order blocks, liquidity, imbalance).
Key Numbers and Levels
- Fibonacci retracement levels are used to define Premium and Discount zones:
- Entry zones often between 0.618 and 0.705 levels.
- Premium zones above 0.5 Fibonacci considered for potential sell areas.
- Example zones for entries include 0.382, 0.236, and 0.618 Fibonacci levels.
Practical Examples
- Demonstrated on charts how price respects order blocks, breaker blocks, liquidity pools, and imbalance zones.
- Showed how false breakouts and liquidity grabs precede impulsive moves.
- Emphasized importance of aligning entries with the primary trend and liquidity capture.
Disclaimers and Additional Resources
- The full strategy and detailed articles are available on the presenter’s website (link in video description).
- Signals and lessons are shared on their Telegram channel (invitation to subscribe).
- No explicit financial advice disclaimers stated but implied that this is educational content.
Presenters / Sources
- The video appears to be presented by a single instructor (name not provided) who runs a Telegram channel and website focused on Smart Money Concept trading education.
Summary
This video provides a comprehensive guide to the Smart Money Concept trading strategy, focusing on institutional footprints in market structure, order blocks, liquidity pools, and price imbalances. It offers a step-by-step methodology for identifying trends, breakout points, and high-probability entry zones, supported by Fibonacci retracement for premium/discount zones. The approach emphasizes trading with the primary trend, using multiple confirmation tools, and understanding liquidity dynamics to anticipate market moves. The strategy is applicable across various timeframes depending on trading style—from long-term investing to scalping.
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