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The Strategy that made me $45k in 30 days at 19

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The speaker (Timmy) outlines a prop-firm day-trading methodology built around ICT-style concepts (e.g., fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps/delivery, SMT). The approach focuses specifically on trading only the New York AM session.

Core daily approach

  1. Determine daily bias using:
    • Liquidity and market structure (session highs/lows, HTF highs/lows)
    • High-timeframe fair value gaps
  2. Wait for a reaction at key levels (often after a liquidity sweep).
  3. Enter using one of two setups:

1) Reversal trade

  • Sweep key liquidity / a key level
  • Invert a value gap (IFVG)
  • Entry with a stop above the setup high
  • Take-profit (TP) at the opposite key level

2) Continuation trade

  • After a sweep and leg (down or up), wait for retracement
  • Trigger on an IFVG during the retrace leg
  • Enter in the direction of delivery
  • TP at the next DOL (Destination of Liquidity), such as:
    • London low
    • Asia low
    • Session low
    • Prior highs/lows

Step-by-step framework (as presented)

Pre-market / daily rules

  • Set a daily loss limit: approximately 1% of the total funded account
  • Trade only the New York AM
  • Limit activity to max 1–3 trades/day
  • Risk discipline rules:
    • If you get 1 win, stop trading
    • If you take a loss near the daily limit / hits the daily loss limit → stop
    • If break-even, you may take another trade if a high-quality setup appears

Bias determination (HTF context)

  • Identify key levels:
    • Session highs/lows
    • HTF highs/lows
  • Mark HTF fair value gaps
  • Bias follows what happens after the sweep:
    • Sweep high → delivery down → bearish bias
    • Sweep London/Asia low → reaction/delivery up → bullish bias

Execution logic

  • Look for reaction off key levels
  • Confirm using SMT (the speaker references “SMT with ES”)
  • Entry models:

Reversal entry

  • Liquidity sweep / key level sweep → IFVG (inversion)
  • Stop loss placed at the high
  • Target toward the opposite key level (e.g., session low / other DOL)

Continuation entry

  • After a leg and delivery, wait for retracement
  • Trigger on an IFVG during the retrace leg
  • Stop at:
    • Retracement swing high (for shorts)
    • Retracement swing low (for longs)
  • Target the next DOL (e.g., London low, Asia low, or nearer “base hits”)

Risk management / trade management

  • Frequent use of break-even once price reacts (often after tapping relevant levels / highs/lows)
  • Preference for “base hits” (more attainable targets) rather than always aiming for the full move
  • Mentions aiming around ~2R to 1R, using break-even to reduce unnecessary risk
  • Warns against low-confirmation entries, including certain IFE G / IFVG pattern trades unless there is enough structural confirmation (e.g., wants closure above a key high for bullish confirmation)

Key instruments / tickers mentioned

  • ES (E-mini S&P 500): used in SMT references (“SMT with ES”)
  • The trading appears to be prop-firm simulated trading (no additional explicit futures contract mentioned beyond ES context).

Explicit performance claims & numbers (as stated)

The speaker claims:

  • ~$45,000 in prop-firm payouts in 30 days
  • Another claim of ~$47,000 in payouts
  • ~18–19 day winning streak
  • Lifetime payouts claim: ~$19k (shown on “Tradify” via his dashboard claim)

Payout timing examples mentioned

  • May 11, May 21, May 31, June 8 (within a 30-day span)
  • “My Funded Futures”: date shown as 5/8

Risk parameter

  • Daily loss limit ≈ 1% of the funded account

Market move examples (relative move sizes)

  • Continuation example: displacement around ~200 points
  • Another example: displacement on open around ~80–90 points
  • Cautionary example: target around ~150 points vs “full move” around ~500 points (he prefers smaller attainable targets)

Disclosures / cautions

  • A clear “not financial advice” disclaimer was not present in the provided subtitles.
  • Behavioral/risk cautions emphasized:
    • Trading is system + psychology control
    • Use a hard daily loss limit
    • Stop trading after certain outcomes (e.g., after one win)

Overall emphasis: strict risk controls and limiting trades after predefined results.

Mentions of presenters / sources

  • Presenter: Timmy (self-identified as the creator/trader in the video)
  • No other external presenters/sources were clearly named in the subtitles.
  • Verification platforms mentioned: “Lucid,” “Tradify,” “My Funded Futures” (used to show payout dashboards/certificates).

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