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THE PRICE-ACTION TOOLKIT

Master Price Action

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01
Section 1 0:43

Swing Failure Pattern

What you'll learn: The three-candle anatomy of a swing failure, and how a single close back through a level flips the direction of the next move.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • Three candles make a swing. The middle one defines the high or low. Memorise it.
  • SFPs only count on the close. A wick through without the close is just a poke.
  • Stops above the high (or below the low) are the fuel. The SFP is the candle that lit the match.
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Section 2 1:00

Fair Value Gap

What you'll learn: What an inefficient three-candle move looks like, how to distinguish a real FVG from a wicked candle, and why these gaps tend to get filled.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • An FVG needs no overlap between the first and third candle. Wicks through the middle disqualify it.
  • Most FVGs get partially or fully filled. Treat them as magnets.
  • Use them as targets when you're long or short, or as entry zones when price retraces back to them.
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Section 3 1:28

Over/Under Entries

What you'll learn: The KILO concept (Key-Level / Order-block) and how a reclaim of a swept level becomes a high-conviction entry with tight risk.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • Over/under, KILO, head-and-shoulders, Quasimodo, Maybelline. Same shape, different names.
  • Wait for the close back through. The wick alone isn't the trigger.
  • Stop sits below the deviation low (or above the deviation high). That's where the idea is wrong.
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Section 4 2:27

Range Trading

What you'll learn: How to read uptrends as a stack of bullish ranges, where to look for entries inside them, and when range structure tells you the trend is shifting.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • Uptrends are stacks of ranges that step higher. Buy pullbacks into the bullish range.
  • The deepest entries are at the range low or below it with a reclaim. The shallowest are mid-range.
  • When internal market structure breaks inside the range, the bias flips. Don't keep buying.
Practical Tip

Don't diddle in the middle. The cleanest entries are at the extremes of the range. The middle is where you give back what you made at the edges.

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Section 5 3:33

Optimal Trade Entry

What you'll learn: The "sweet spot" inside a discount or premium zone and why deeper pullbacks tend to pay better.

Key Moments
Core Concepts
Critical Takeaways
  • The OTE sits between the 0.618 and 0.786 fib levels of the prior swing.
  • Deeper pullbacks pay better because they scare the herd out before the move continues.
  • Use the OTE in tandem with an OB or breaker in the same zone. Confluence wins.
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Section 6 3:42

Market Structure

What you'll learn: The two clues that a trend is about to flip, and how to stack them with the rest of the toolkit for a real trade.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • Two clues per reversal. A higher high lost is the first. A structure break is the second.
  • Stack structure with SFP, OB, and breaker readings in the same zone. Confluence beats single signals.
  • Trade ideas should be visible on the chart before you click. If you can't draw it, don't take it.
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Section 7 4:39

Breakers

What you'll learn: Why a failed order block is a high-quality reversal setup, and the one rule that separates a real breaker from chop.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • A breaker has to violate a swing point. Without that, it's just a candle that lost.
  • Entry is on the retest. Stop sits above the swing high or below the swing low.
  • Bullish trend that fails an OB and retests as resistance = the cleanest short setup you'll see.
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Section 8 5:52

Layering Breakers & Order Blocks

What you'll learn: How OBs and breakers stack on top of each other, and why breakers tend to give you cleaner defined risk.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • OBs and breakers usually overlap. Don't fight it - just pick one.
  • Breakers give the cleaner stop. The deviation is your invalidation.
  • OBs work on every time frame as long as you're doing top-down analysis. Don't use a 5m OB to trade a daily.
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Section 9 6:46

Where to Place Your Stop

What you'll learn: The single rule for stops, the trap of squeezing them to make the RR look prettier, and what to do when the trade idea has bad RR.

Key Moments
Critical Takeaways
  • The stop is set by the chart, not by the RR you want to see.
  • A tight stop in the wrong place is a fast loss. A correct stop with bad RR means no trade.
  • If the trade idea is right, the stop is the price level that disproves it. Nothing else.
Quick Reference

Every abbreviation, in one place

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SFP Swing Failure Pattern
FVG Fair Value Gap
KILO Key Level / Order Block
OTE Optimal Trade Entry
OB Order Block
HTF High Time Frame
LTF Low Time Frame
RR Reward to Risk
MSB Market Structure Break
Putting It All Together

Your Price-Action Workflow

Read the chart in order. Each step rules a trade in or out.

1

Set HTF bias

Daily or weekly. Bullish, bearish, or ranging. Don't fight the high time frame.

2

Map the range

Major swing high, major swing low, 50% line. Premium above, discount below.

3

Mark POIs

OBs and breakers inside the discount (longs) or premium (shorts). FVGs as targets and entry zones.

4

Wait for a sweep

SFP at the level or an over/under reclaim. The wick is the trap. The close is the trigger.

5

Place the stop

On the far side of the deviation. Where the idea is wrong. Don't squeeze it.

6

Check the RR

2:1 minimum. If a clean stop kills the RR, skip the trade and wait.

7

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