AMD TRADING

Phases

01 · Accumulation

Accumulation often goes by many things — consolidation, ranging, congestion, sideways market, etc. However they all really mean the same thing: the market moving up and down from liquidity zone to liquidity zone. This is the first thing we need to find when trading this strategy.

02 · Manipulation

Manipulation comes when price trails either above or below the range to hit retail traders' stop losses. In this example price shoots upwards above the buy-side liquidity to hit the sellers' stop losses, creating a fair value gap while doing so.

03 · IFVG

After price finishes stop hunting, it fights back downwards towards the sellers, inverting the fair value gap in the process — which gives us the confirmation we need to enter and shoot for a downwards target.

04 · Distribution

Distribution is the aftermath of manipulation, using the swept liquidity as power to move away from the previously established range.

How I set it up

I trade NQ on NY or Asia. Time frames used: 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute, 5 minute. All switched between to look for the best entries and best levels.

To trade this setup on TradingView does not require a subscription. The two minute is locked behind a subscription but it is not detrimental to this strategy.

Tools used on TradingView

• FVG Indicator by nephewsam — Not needed but if you're lazy and don't like marking your own fair value gaps it's nice.
• Box tool — For marking AMD zones. Shortcut: Alt+Shift+R
• Ray tool — Used for marking BSL, SSL, BOS, and others. Shortcut: Alt+J
• Ruler tool — Used for seeing how close I am to different levels and also helps me mark my take profit and stop loss. Shortcut: Shift+Left click

Schedule and risk to reward

I trade Monday through Friday and I take my trade during 8:30 AM through 10:00 AM CST, as well as from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

I take one trade max during each session, this is mainly to optimize time freedom so my days aren't locked onto looking at a chart.

I trade a 1:4 RR strategy, risking 25 points per trade and shooting for 100 points each trade. My average winrate with this strategy sits around 75%, however that is always prone to change.

Confluences

Other things I look for:

• HTF Levels like 4h FVGs or Orderblocks
• Daily highs and lows
• Weekly highs and lows
• News

Pre-trade checklist

• [ ] Have we had clean accumulation on the 1 minute, 2 minute, 3 minute, or 5 minute?
• [ ] Have we had clear manipulation where price has exited the range on any of the time frames?
• [ ] Check if price left a FVG.
  • [ ] If price did leave an FVG, wait for price to inverse that fair value gap or reject off the fair value gap to enter.
  • [ ] If price did not leave an FVG, we are going to use the liquidity that it swept as our entry target — once price breaks back down into the range that was originally broken and closes, then we are going to enter into the trade.

Entries

If price did leave an FVG, wait for price to inverse that fair value gap or reject off the fair value gap to enter. See all three examples on the visualization:

1. IFVG — distribute down — FVG forms between candles 8 and 10. Price shoots one or two candles above it, then inverts through the gap and distributes downwards.
2. Reject off the FVG — shoot up — Same first ten candles and the same FVG. Instead of inverting, price rejects off the fair value gap and shoots upwards.
3. No FVG — liquidity re-entry — Sweep leaves no fair value gap. Use the liquidity that was swept as the entry target — once price breaks back into the range and closes, enter the trade.

No FVG path

If price did not leave an FVG, we are going to use the liquidity that it swept as our entry target, once price breaks back down into the range that was originally broken and closes, then we are going to enter into the trade.

Other things I do

While in the trade:

• Once hitting 40 points in, I will set my stop to BE + 10 points.
• Once we are within 30 points of the target, I will trail my stop by 15 points if we do not create any fair value gaps while pushing towards the take profit.
• If we do produce fair value gaps while pushing to the target, I will trail my stop loss right below the most recent fair value gap.

Losses

• If the setup is invalid — checklist fails — I skip. No trade is better than forcing one.
• When price invalidates, I take the full 25-point stop. That is the loss; I do not move it wider.
• One trade max per session means one loss max per session — no revenge second attempt.