CISD: The Missing Entry Signal | ICT Concepts — Transcript

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1. 0:00Welcome to this ICT concepts training
2. 0:02video into the CISD, which is your
3. 0:05ultimate entry trading signature.
4. 0:08There's a moment in every single trade
5. 0:10where the market tells you it's about a
6. 0:12flip. Most traders miss it. It's called
7. 0:15a change in state of delivery. And once
8. 0:18you understand this, you'll never
9. 0:20second-guess your entries again. If
10. 0:23you're like most traders trying to apply
11. 0:25SMC and ICT principles, you mark out
12. 0:28your levels, you see liquidity being
13. 0:31swept, you even catch signs of a
14. 0:33possible reversal, but you still
15. 0:35hesitate. Or even worse, you enter too
16. 0:38early, get stopped out, and then watch
17. 0:40price take off without you. It's not
18. 0:43that you don't understand SMC
19. 0:45principles. It's that you don't yet have
20. 0:47a consistent, repeatable formula to
21. 0:50confirm that the change is in fact real.
22. 0:52That's what the CISD gave me. Before I
23. 0:56understood it, I would catch setups, but
24. 0:58I was always second-guessing. That
25. 1:01emotional toll, the doubts, the
26. 1:02over-trading, the missed moves, it
27. 1:05almost made me give up trading
28. 1:07altogether. But the game changed for me
29. 1:10when I learned to wait for the change in
30. 1:12state of delivery. It is that precise
31. 1:15moment where the market shows you the
32. 1:17real shift in control is happening. It's
33. 1:20not just about breaker blocks or
34. 1:22breaking structures. It's about seeing
35. 1:24that moment where the market structure
36. 1:26and the intention all flip. Let us now
37. 1:29dive into the mechanics about how the
38. 1:31CISD works. So if you look on the chart
39. 1:33over here, there's a few components that
40. 1:35all have to align to be able to trade
41. 1:37this method effectively. What you want
42. 1:39to see on the higher time frame candles,
43. 1:42you want to see a failure to displace,
44. 1:44which is just a signature for reversal.
45. 1:47In this failure to displace, we will
46. 1:48observe manipulation sweeping these
47. 1:51highs, but failing to displace above
48. 1:53them. We look for this evident
49. 1:54manipulation. We've got this buy-to-sell
50. 1:57candle forming this V formation, and
51. 1:59then we'll see that the CISD line will
52. 2:01become valid. When we've got all these
53. 2:03components lining up together, this is
54. 2:05where your CISD becomes successful.
55. 2:08Here's another example. So, you can see
56. 2:10we've got a failure to displace on the
57. 2:11higher time frame candles. And then if
58. 2:13we jump onto the lower time frame,
59. 2:15you'll see price sweeps out those lows.
60. 2:17Now, it's the candle or series of
61. 2:19candles that sweep this low. We mark out
62. 2:21the high of that level, and that becomes
63. 2:23our CISD level. When price breaks above
64. 2:26this level, that is precisely where you
65. 2:28want to enter your trade. Let's zoom in
66. 2:30a little bit here. If you look here,
67. 2:32this would be our key level, which would
68. 2:34be a previous candle high or a swing
69. 2:37high or a swing low point. You can see
70. 2:39price sweeps out this level, but also
71. 2:41notice the aggression in the candles
72. 2:43that sweep it out. We've got this
73. 2:44aggressive buying that sweeps out the
74. 2:46high, raids out the stop losses, and
75. 2:48then we get this aggressive selling
76. 2:50down, causes this V formation. Then,
77. 2:53what you want to do is you want to mark
78. 2:54out the opening price of the candles or
79. 2:57series of candles that caused that
80. 2:59manipulation run. As soon as price
81. 3:01breaks below those levels, this is
82. 3:03precisely where you want to look for an
83. 3:05entry. But, you want to make sure price
84. 3:07closes below the CISD level to validate
85. 3:10it. So, here's an example. You can see
86. 3:12price is forming these lows, and then
87. 3:14price sweeps these lows. You can clearly
88. 3:17see it's this aggressive run to the
89. 3:19downside to sweep out these lows with
90. 3:21these big wicks forming, taking out all
91. 3:23the stop losses. Then, price gets back
92. 3:26into the range, causing this failure to
93. 3:28displace. So, what we want to do is we
94. 3:30want to mark out the opening price of
95. 3:33those candles or series of candles that
96. 3:35caused this sweep to the downside,
97. 3:37taking out the previous lows. Once price
98. 3:39breaks and closes above the CISD level,
99. 3:42this is where we look to take an entry.
100. 3:44Oftentimes, the CISD acts as a very
101. 3:47strong support and resistance level. So,
102. 3:49you can see price breaks above it, comes
103. 3:51back to retest it perfectly, and then
104. 3:54takes off to the upside. Here is another
105. 3:56example. You can see we've got a
106. 3:58liquidity level over here or a key
107. 4:00level, and price comes to that level,
108. 4:02then it sweeps out the previous lows.
109. 4:05Once it sweeps out those lows at this
110. 4:07significant level, that is where this
111. 4:09formula and strategy becomes highly
112. 4:11effective. So, we look for the candle or
113. 4:13series of candles that caused this sweep
114. 4:15to the downside. You can clearly see by
115. 4:18the wick size this was a strong
116. 4:19manipulation happening, and then we mark
117. 4:21out the CISD level, wait for price to
118. 4:24break above it, and then we can look for
119. 4:26an entry. Often times, price will
120. 4:28retrace back to that level, and then we
121. 4:30can catch an entry to the upside. Once
122. 4:33price breaks the CISD, it actually
123. 4:35validates this manipulation, and we
124. 4:37always want to trade away from
125. 4:39manipulation. This is what a bullish
126. 4:41CISD will look like. Price comes down,
127. 4:43taps into a key level, forms a low, then
128. 4:46price sweeps out that low, comes back
129. 4:48into the range, we mark out that CISD,
130. 4:51as price breaks it, we look for our long
131. 4:54entry. And for our bearish CISDs, price
132. 4:56approaches a key level, then it forms
133. 4:58our swing high points, and it sweeps out
134. 5:00that high, we would get the
135. 5:02manipulation, we mark out the series of
136. 5:04candles or candle that caused that sweep
137. 5:06of that high, and when price breaks that
138. 5:08level, we look for an entry. The key to
139. 5:11CISD confirmations are number one, price
140. 5:14comes to a key level, number two, sweep
141. 5:17of the higher time frame candle high or
142. 5:19low, number three, identify clear
143. 5:21manipulation, number four, mark out your
144. 5:24CISD, and number five, enter on CISD
145. 5:28break and candle close. Here are some
146. 5:30more examples so you can get a better
147. 5:32understanding. We're on the 4-hour, you
148. 5:34always want to look at a higher time
149. 5:35frame failure to displace. You can see
150. 5:37this 4-hour candle taps into a key
151. 5:39level, it forms a high points, and the
152. 5:42next candle sweeps out that high, but
153. 5:45closes back into the range. This is what
154. 5:47we call a failure to displace. Once we
155. 5:50get this failure to displace presenting
156. 5:51itself on the higher time frame, we jump
157. 5:53onto a lower time frame, in this example
158. 5:55it's a 15-minute, and then we can
159. 5:57observe the same process on the
160. 5:5815-minute, and then we can mark out the
161. 6:01CISD level, because this is the level
162. 6:04that caused the run that swept out these
163. 6:06highs. So, all we do is we mark out that
164. 6:08level and we wait for price to break
165. 6:11that level. You do not enter your trades
166. 6:13until price breaks and closes through
167. 6:16the CISD level. Here's another example.
168. 6:19High time frame candle tapping into a
169. 6:21key level and then you see we get this
170. 6:22failure to displace of these previous
171. 6:25high points. Price is not able to close
172. 6:27above that level and we jump onto the
173. 6:29lower time frame and we can observe you
174. 6:31can see this is the candle that caused
175. 6:33the manipulation run to the upside,
176. 6:35forms a CISD level, and we wait for
177. 6:37price to break that level exactly like
178. 6:39this. And this is precisely where you
179. 6:40would look to take an entry. Let me show
180. 6:43you how to locate it and draw it out on
181. 6:45the charts. So, here I am on the 4-hour
182. 6:47time frame and you can see price is
183. 6:50coming into the key level and you can
184. 6:52see we get a failure to displace. This
185. 6:55is where we see this current candle
186. 6:56failed to displace the candle before it.
187. 6:59This is what lets us know now we want to
188. 7:01jump into our entry time frame. Here I
189. 7:04am on the 15-minute chart, which is our
190. 7:06entry time frame since we use the 4-hour
191. 7:08chart to identify the failure to
192. 7:11displace. Now that we've identified the
193. 7:13failure to displace on the higher time
194. 7:15frame, we want to observe and find the
195. 7:17CISD level. So, if you look at this
196. 7:20candle over here, this is the candle
197. 7:22that caused this manipulation run to
198. 7:24take out these highs. So, all we want to
199. 7:27do is we want to mark out the opening
200. 7:29price of that candle and then I mark out
201. 7:32the name CISD. So, this becomes our key
202. 7:36entry level. We do not enter trade until
203. 7:38we see price break below this level. If
204. 7:41price breaks below this level, this is a
205. 7:43confirmation to take an entry. So, then
206. 7:46all we do is we wait for price to break
207. 7:48this low. There we go, get a nice break
208. 7:50of the low and we can wait for price to
209. 7:52either retrace back to the CISD or we
210. 7:55can enter on the break. So, if we enter
211. 7:57on the break, this would be the entry.
212. 7:59Stop loss would come above these swing
213. 8:01highs and then we can target either the
214. 8:04lows or a potential fair value gap over
215. 8:06here. You can see price came Look at
216. 8:08that. Price came back up to retest the
217. 8:11CISD level. It also came to take out
218. 8:13this fair value gap that was resting
219. 8:16over here. And I just want you to pay
220. 8:18close attention. Just look how this
221. 8:20level was respected. Price came,
222. 8:24retested the CISD, but we did not get a
223. 8:26candle closure. In fact, this would be
224. 8:28another place to look for a perfect
225. 8:30entry. If you entered one position here,
226. 8:33you could have actually entered another
227. 8:35position on the CISD level. Stop loss
228. 8:38above these swing highs, and then we can
229. 8:40target the lower fair value gap. So, we
230. 8:43would have potentially had two fantastic
231. 8:45entries into this trade. If you look
232. 8:47over here, we've got this nice big wick
233. 8:49rejection, which is also a reversal
234. 8:51candle that we can use in combination to
235. 8:54confirm this entry. The whole basis of
236. 8:56how CISD level works is that imagine
237. 8:58we've got a key level. We wait for price
238. 9:01to get to that key level. You can see
239. 9:03price gets to the key level. As it taps
240. 9:05into the key level, it forms a high
241. 9:07point. We wait for that high to be taken
242. 9:09out, and then we notice price will drop.
243. 9:13So, you can see over here, price comes,
244. 9:14takes out this key level, then it
245. 9:16creates a high point. It sweeps out that
246. 9:18high, which becomes this manipulation.
247. 9:21We always want to pay attention to
248. 9:23manipulation because manipulation is
249. 9:25letting us know the true reversal is
250. 9:27going to take place. So, then we want to
251. 9:29mark out the candle or series of candles
252. 9:31that caused that manipulation run, which
253. 9:33is the CISD over here.
254. 9:36Wait for price to break below that
255. 9:38level. We can enter on the break, or
256. 9:40wait for the retest, and then price
257. 9:42usually drops and goes into displacement
258. 9:45after that. For our bullish example, you
259. 9:47always want to have key levels marked
260. 9:49out on your chart, and we do not enter
261. 9:52until price comes to these key levels.
262. 9:54So, you can see we see price coming down
263. 9:57to the key level. It taps into that key
264. 9:59level, forms a low point. Then we wait
265. 10:01for that low to get swept out. The
266. 10:03confirmation of the failure to displace,
267. 10:06and then we wait for the CISD to break,
268. 10:09where we look for an entry. So, you can
269. 10:12see over here, this is where the lows
270. 10:14get swept out. This forms a failure to
271. 10:16displace on a higher time frame candle,
272. 10:18and then we want to look for the candle
273. 10:20or series of candles that caused that
274. 10:23sweep to happen. And we have it marked
275. 10:25out over here.
276. 10:26All we want to do is see price break the
277. 10:28CISD level, and then we can look for our
278. 10:30long entry. Let us have a look at
279. 10:33another example. You can see I've marked
280. 10:35out a key level. Price is coming into
281. 10:37that key level. So, that's the first
282. 10:39step. So, now I want to look for a
283. 10:41failure to displace to happen. So, there
284. 10:44you go. We get a failure to displace
285. 10:46happening on our higher time frame. Once
286. 10:48we see this signature happening on a
287. 10:51higher time frame, then we want to go to
288. 10:53the lower time frame and look for an
289. 10:55entry. Here I am on my 15-minute entry
290. 10:57time frame, and you can see exactly
291. 10:59what's going on. Price has come to the
292. 11:01key level, and it's swept out the high,
293. 11:04and it retraced back down. This is what
294. 11:06we call a valid manipulation, because
295. 11:09you can see this aggressive buying, and
296. 11:11then there's aggressive selling. Kind of
297. 11:13forms this V formation. Once you see the
298. 11:15manipulation happening aggressive up and
299. 11:17aggressive down, it confirms this. So,
300. 11:20what do we want to do? We want to mark
301. 11:22out the CISD level over here. Remember,
302. 11:24the CISD is the candle or series of
303. 11:26candles that caused this aggressive run
304. 11:29to sweep out the higher time frame highs
305. 11:31and create that failure to displace. So,
306. 11:34we mark out this level, and we want to
307. 11:36see price break below
308. 11:39If it breaks and closes below this
309. 11:40level, that is where we're going to look
310. 11:41to take our entry.
311. 11:43So, you can see we wait for a clear
312. 11:45break. There we go, you nice break
313. 11:47happening. So, what we want to do, we
314. 11:49want to enter on the level. Stop loss is
315. 11:52above the manipulation.
316. 11:54And we can place our targets, which I
317. 11:56like to use fair value gaps as targets.
318. 11:58>> [snorts]
319. 11:58>> So, this would be the current setup that
320. 12:00I would have taken.
321. 12:05You can see price retraced perfectly up
322. 12:08to the CISD level to retest it.
323. 12:15And there you go. Finally, price tapped
324. 12:17inside take profit. But, I just wanted
325. 12:19to show you how the CISD level works.
326. 12:22So, you can see price breaks, retests,
327. 12:24and then continues all the way down.
328. 12:27This one concept completely changed the
329. 12:30game of how I trade. It helped me focus
330. 12:33on less trades that were more high
331. 12:35quality, and it helped me stay on the
332. 12:38winning side by having that CISD line in
333. 12:41place, you simply do not enter price
334. 12:43does not break that level. I teach this
335. 12:46whole strategy in depth in my SMC course
336. 12:49with tons of live trade examples that
337. 12:51I've personally taken, checklist PDFs,
338. 12:54and I have a custom indicator that marks
339. 12:57out all these CISD levels for you on
340. 12:59your chart in real time. If you're tired
341. 13:02of trading noise and want clarity and
342. 13:05confidence at the point of entry. If
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354. 13:35trading.