Concepts
The building blocks our strategies are made of: PD Arrays, sessions, kill zones and NDOG/NWOG references. Each one comes with a full explanation and instructions for using it in your decision process.
PD Arrays & Zones
Order Block (OB)
Where Institutions Leave a Footprint Before Price Turns
The last candle before displacement — mark it wrong and every signal built on top of it is wrong too.
Displacement
The Aggressive Move That Proves Something Real Just Happened
A slow grind and a violent break look nothing alike — displacement is how you tell them apart before you risk anything on it.
Propulsion Block
The Second Order Block That Pushes the Same Move Further
Forms when price leaves an Order Block, then builds a second one that retests it and continues the same move — not a new reversal, a second push in the same direction.
Suspension Block
The Continuation Zone That Only Works Once
Three candles in a row with bodies gapping between them. Holds cleanly on the first retest back — but a second visit is a warning sign, not a repeat setup.
Fair Value Gap (FVG)
The Imbalance Price Almost Always Comes Back to Fill
An imbalance price almost always comes back to visit.
Volume Imbalance (VI)
The Body Gap That Fills More Easily Than a True FVG
Bodies, not wicks, leave the gap — a softer imbalance that fills more often than it holds.
Breaker Block
When a Failed Reversal Becomes the Next Opportunity
When a failed reversal attempt becomes the next opportunity.
Mitigation Block
Where a Bad Institutional Position Gets Repaired
The zone where an institution trapped on the wrong side tries to exit at breakeven, not at a loss.
Rejection Block
The Wick That Marks Where Price Was Violently Turned Away
A wick, not a body, marks the level — proof price was pushed back hard enough to leave a mark.
Inversion Fair Value Gap (IFVG)
When Former Support or Resistance Switches Sides
When former support or resistance switches roles.
Balanced Price Range (BPR)
Two Opposing Gaps, One Zone That Matters More
Two opposing gaps, one aligned zone.
PD Array Evaluation Standard
One Standard to Rank Every Zone You Ever Draw
One single standard for ranking every zone you draw — our most demanding concept.
Gaps & Liquidity References
NDOG — New Day Opening Gap
The Daily Gap That Acts Like a Magnet for Price
Formed the moment Sunday's session opens away from Friday's close — and price rarely forgets it's there.
NWOG — New Week Opening Gap
The Weekly Gap With a Wider Reach and Slower Rhythm
The weekly version of NDOG — wider reach, slower rhythm.
RTH Opening Gap
The Opening Gap Almost Everyone Overlooks
The regular-session opening gap almost everyone overlooks.
Relative Equal Highs & Lows
The Trend-Follower's Trap: Near-Equal Highs and Lows
The trend-follower's trap: near-equal highs/lows.
Liquidity Runs
Why Price "Needlessly" Sweeps Right Through Your Stop
Not random noise — a deliberate sweep engineered to trigger the stops resting just past structure.
Sessions & Timing
Asia Session
The Quiet Session That Sets the Trap for London and New York
Thin volume, tight range — but the level it builds becomes the reference every later session reacts to.
London Session
The Day's First Real Manipulation
Routinely reverses whatever Asia built overnight — know the pattern before it catches you off guard.
New York Session
Where the Day's Story Actually Plays Out
Most daily highs and lows are set here — everything before it was just setup.
Asia Kill Zone
The Narrow Window Where the Asia Range Actually Forms
The narrow window where most of the Asia range forms.
London Kill Zone
The Most Manipulation-Prone Window of the Entire Day
The window most prone to manipulation in the whole day.
New York Kill Zone
Where Institutions Usually Deliver the Day's Objective
Where institutions often deliver the day's objective.
Asia Range Projections (Basics)
Projecting the Asia Range Before London Even Opens
The basic logic for projecting the Asia range forward.