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📊 Son Model ICT Indicator on TradingView - Free - TradingFinder

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The video presents a detailed tutorial on the Son Model ICT Indicator available for free on TradingView via the TradingFinder website. This indicator is designed to implement an ICT-style trading strategy focusing on market structure, liquidity, and multiple time frame analysis.

Main Financial Strategies and Concepts:

  • ICT Style Trading Strategy: The indicator identifies key market features such as liquidity levels, market structure shifts (MSS), and FBG (Fair Breaker Gap) zones to signal potential trend reversals and trade entries.
  • Multi-Time Frame Analysis: It primarily uses the 1-hour timeframe to detect Liquidity Sweeps and MSS, then switches to lower time frames (1-minute or 5-minute) to identify FBG Zones for precise trade entries.
  • Liquidity Sweeps and Market Structure Shift (MSS): The indicator spots Liquidity Sweeps (price moves that trigger stop-losses/liquidity pools) followed by MSS, which confirms potential trend reversals.
  • FBG Zones: These zones are critical for entry points, where the price is expected to return after the MSS break. Traders enter buy/sell trades upon price re-entry into these zones, with stop losses placed just beyond the FBG zone.
  • Entry Timing: The best entry point is often at the 50% level of the FBG zone.

Indicator Settings and Customizations:

  • Swing Identification Time Frame: Adjustable to detect swings over longer or shorter periods.
  • Swing Review Method: Option to review all past swings or a custom number.
  • Validity Periods: Set time limits (in candles) for how long FBG Zones and MSS levels remain valid.
  • FBG Zone Identification Filters: Four modes (Very Aggressive, Aggressive, Defensive [default], Very Defensive) control the strictness of FBG zone detection, balancing quantity versus quality of signals.
  • FBG Mitigation Levels: Three modes (Proximal, 50% OB, Distal) define when an FBG zone is considered "consumed" based on how much price action has moved through it.
  • Alert Settings: Customizable alerts can be set by name, message frequency (all, once per bar, per bar close), and time zone.
  • Visual Customizations: Options to show/hide demand and supply zones, MSS levels, and time frame levels, with customizable colors for better chart clarity.
  • Information Display: Option to show detailed information or only the concise indicator name on the chart.

Step-by-Step Methodology for Using the Indicator:

  • Access and add the Son Model ICT Indicator on TradingView via TradingFinder.
  • Apply the indicator to your chart.
  • Identify liquidity levels on the 1-hour timeframe.
  • Confirm a Market Structure Shift (MSS) indicating a potential trend reversal.
  • Locate the FBG zone on lower timeframes (1-minute or 5-minute).
  • Wait for the price to return to the FBG zone.
  • Enter a buy or sell trade at the FBG zone, ideally at the 50% level.
  • Place stop loss just beyond the FBG zone.
  • Use the indicator’s customizable settings to adjust swing detection, validity periods, FBG identification strictness, and alerts according to your trading style.

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