The Intro To The 4hr Po3 | OHLC & OLHC

Summary

The lesson introduces the Power of Three (PO3) and OHLC/OLHC frameworks for reading price action around hourly and four-hour candle openings. It describes a recurring sequence—accumulation, manipulation, and distribution (AMD)—that can apply to daily, weekly, session, and lower-time-frame ranges.

PO3 / AMD framework

• Accumulation: Price consolidates around an opening price as positions are built. The lesson suggests watching areas near or below the opening price, depending on the expected direction and higher-time-frame objective.
• Manipulation: Price moves against the anticipated direction, often raiding liquidity and reaching a higher-time-frame premium/discount array (PD array). Examples include a turtle soup, inducement, or SMT divergence. The presenter describes a liquidity raid into a higher-time-frame PD array as a required feature of the setup.
• Distribution: Price expands in the anticipated direction toward a higher-time-frame objective, such as a PD array, buy-side or sell-side liquidity, or a standard-deviation projection. Confirmation may come from a market-structure shift or a change in state of delivery (CISD).

The presenter says traders may seek entries during the manipulation phase in anticipation of distribution. Entry concepts mentioned include fair-value gaps, breaker blocks, unicorns, order blocks, and displacement.

OHLC and OLHC setups

The lesson treats candle patterns as fractal, meaning they may appear across monthly, weekly, daily, four-hour, hourly, and lower time frames.

• Bullish / OLHC: Price opens, manipulates lower—ideally below the opening price and into sell-side liquidity or a higher-time-frame PD array—then expands upward. The presenter looks for bullish structure, followed by displacement or a market-structure shift and an entry setup.
• Bearish / OHLC: Price opens, manipulates higher—ideally above the opening price and into buy-side liquidity or a higher-time-frame PD array—then expands downward. SMT during the manipulation is described as an added confirmation.
• Potential targets: Opposing higher-time-frame PD arrays, liquidity, and standard-deviation projections. The presenter cautions that standard-deviation levels are projections and should be considered alongside aligned PD arrays.

Opening times and time-frame context

• The main focus is the 10:00 a.m. opening, which the presenter identifies as the start of a new four-hour candle.
• The four-hour opening sequence is given as 6:00, 10:00, 2:00, 6:00, 10:00, and 2:00; the transcript does not consistently specify a.m. or p.m. for every time.
• Other openings discussed include the 10:30 a.m. first New York 90-minute candle, hourly candles, and the midnight New York open.
• What counts as a higher time frame depends on the chart being traded. For example, on a 15-minute chart, one-hour and above may qualify; on a four-hour chart, the presenter points to eight- or 16-hour and higher charts.

Examples and practical guidance

The presenter reviews bullish and bearish chart examples, including a bullish setup dated February 12 and examples around the 2:00 and 10:00 openings. These are presented as illustrations, not reported performance results.

The closing recommendation is to back-test, forward-test, and collect data before relying on the framework in live trading. The presenter emphasizes review, experience, and repetition. No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer is stated.

Assets, instruments, and disclosures

• Specific tickers, securities, ETFs, bonds, commodities, or cryptocurrencies: None identified in the subtitles.
• Financial figures or performance metrics: No returns, win rates, prices, or yields are provided. Standard-deviation references include −2 and −2.5 levels, without a quantified performance claim.
• Disclosures: The presenter mentions ICT private-mentorship teachings. No explicit financial-advice disclaimer appears in the subtitles.

Presenters and sources: The lesson is presented by Fearing. It references ICT teachings and includes an ICT clip or example; the transcript also mentions “Swing Tree” and “Halo” in passing.