WTA-1 Study Plan

What is the forex market? Self-study

What forex is and why currencies move
Major pairs: EURUSD and GBPUSD and why you'll only trade these two
What a pip is and how price moves
Session overview: when the market opens and closes globally

How price really moves You teach

Price does not move randomly -- it hunts liquidity
Every move has a purpose: take stops, fill orders, continue
Retail traders vs institutional behaviour
Why "trend following" alone doesn't work at this level

Reading a candlestick Self-study

Open, high, low, close -- what each tells you
Who was in control during the candle
Rejection wicks and what they mean
Strong closes vs weak closes

Timeframes and why each matters You teach

H1: the bias. This is the story of the market
M15: the structure. This is the chapter
M5/M1: the entry. This is the sentence
Never skip up the chain -- always top-down

Swing highs and swing lows Self-study

What qualifies as a swing high or low
How to identify them on H1 and M15
Why not every candle high is a swing high

Bullish and bearish structure Self-study

Higher highs and higher lows = bullish
Lower highs and lower lows = bearish
How structure changes over time

Break of structure (BOS) You teach

What a BOS is and what it confirms
External BOS vs internal BOS
Why a BOS alone is not enough to trade
What comes before and after a valid BOS

Change of character (CHoCH) You teach

What CHoCH is and how it differs from BOS
Why CHoCH is the earliest structural signal
M1 CHoCH as an entry trigger
What to look for before acting on a CHoCH

H1 bias: the starting point of every trade You teach

How to determine the current H1 bias
What overrides the bias
Only taking trades that align with H1 direction
How DXY confirms or rejects the bias (intro only)

What liquidity is and why it matters You teach

Stop losses = liquidity pools for institutions
Where retail traders put their stops and why that is predictable
Price moves toward liquidity before moving with intent

Where liquidity builds You teach

Equal highs and equal lows
Prior session highs and lows (Asia, Frankfurt, London, NY)
Trendline liquidity and why it gets swept
Swing highs and swing lows as liquidity targets

Buy-side vs sell-side liquidity You teach

Buy-side sits above: retail stop losses on short positions
Sell-side sits below: retail stop losses on long positions
Which side is being targeted in the current move?

Inducement: the trap before the move You teach

What inducement is: a fake setup that triggers retail entries
How to spot it: small liquidity sweep before the real move
Who gets trapped and how that creates the expansion move
No inducement = no trade

Multi-layer traps You teach

Why the strongest moves sweep more than one level
How to identify a first leg and a second leg sweep
The more layers swept, the stronger the expected continuation

DXY as a validity filter You teach

DXY moves inverse to EURUSD and GBPUSD
How to check DXY before any setup is considered
If DXY doesn't confirm, the trade doesn't exist yet

What a POI is You teach

The origin of a move, not just a coloured zone
Why price returns to where it left from
HTF POI vs LTF POI: different roles, different sizes

HTF POI (H4/H1) You teach

Minimum 60 pip range -- if smaller, it's not a valid HTF POI
How to identify and mark them
What you need to see inside the zone before it's tradeable

LTF POI (M15/M5) You teach

6-30 pip range -- this is your actual entry zone
How the LTF POI sits inside or near the HTF POI
Structure inside the zone: buildup, inducement, push-out

Fair value gaps and imbalances Self-study

What a fair value gap (FVG) is
Why price returns to fill imbalances
How to use them as confirmation inside a POI

Validating a POI You teach

Has the zone produced a BOS or displacement previously?
Is the POI in a premium or discount relative to the range?
Is there visible structure inside the zone or is it just a drawn box?

Bullish continuation You teach

H1 bias is bullish, M15 pulls back into demand
Liquidity swept below before continuation
Displacement up, structure confirms, entry on pullback
What it looks like at Frankfurt and London opens

Bearish continuation You teach

H1 bias is bearish, M15 pulls back into supply
Liquidity swept above before continuation
Displacement down, structure confirms, entry on pullback

Bullish reversal You teach

Bearish structure engineered to trap sellers
Sell-side swept, strong displacement up
CHoCH on M1 or M5 confirms the flip
Why the trap has to come first

Bearish reversal You teach

Bullish structure engineered to trap buyers
Buy-side swept, strong displacement down
CHoCH on M1 or M5 confirms the flip
Common at session opens when retail is loading longs

The master rule You teach

No trap. No failure. No trade. This is non-negotiable
The pipeline is a checklist -- all stages must pass
Any failed stage = no trade, not a downgraded trade

Stage by stage: POI → TIME → LIQ → INDUCEMENT → DISPLACEMENT → FAILURE → BOS → ENTRY You teach

POI: is there a valid zone to watch on H1 or M15?
TIME: is this a valid session? (Frankfurt, London, NY 1PM, NY 2nd Hour, NY PM)
LIQ: what liquidity has been built and what is the target?
INDUCEMENT: who has been trapped and how?
DISPLACEMENT: was the move strong with imbalance left behind?
FAILURE: did the opposing side fail to create a new high or low?
BOS: has structure confirmed the intended direction?
ENTRY (RIFC): pullback into BOS origin, M1 CHoCH or engulf, then execute

Entry and stop placement You teach

Enter at the origin of the BOS, not just any level
Stop above or below the rejection candle, not the whole zone
Why precise stops protect you and define your risk

Grading your setup You teach

A+: everything aligned, multi-layer trap, strong displacement, second leg confirmed
A: setup is valid, single trap layer, good displacement
B: setup passes the pipeline but missing one layer of conviction
No trade: pipeline failed at any stage

Mode A trade management You teach

For A+ grade or second leg confirmed
50% off at 1:5, stop to breakeven
Runner held to 1:10

Mode B trade management You teach

For A grade, no second leg confirmed
Recover 1% risk at 1:3, 50% off at 1:5, stop to breakeven
Runner held to 1:10

How to backtest properly Self-study

Replay the day in full, don't skip to where the move happened
Make every decision in real time as if you don't know the outcome
Log everything: valid setups, rejected setups, and no trades equally

Why logging no trades matters You teach

A no trade is a decision, not an absence of one
Logging no trades builds the data that improves your model
Discipline is shown through what you didn't take, not just what you did

Reviewing your sessions Self-study

After each session: did the pipeline pass or fail and at which stage?
What would you do differently and why?
Track session by session, not just trade by trade

The mindset requirement You teach

Consistency of process creates consistent results over time
A missed trade is not a loss -- a forced trade is
Patience is a skill that has to be trained the same way as reading charts

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