Learn ICT concepts step by step with this structured ICT learning path for beginners. The lessons are arranged from basic to advanced, following the recommended study order shared by ICT creator Michael J. Huddleston.
Start with the Market Maker Primer Course, then continue through high-probability scalping, the Scout Sniper series, and the ICT Private Mentorship Core Content. Each pillar contains organized categories and lessons, helping you understand market structure, liquidity, institutional order flow, trade setups, risk management, day trading, swing trading, and other important ICT concepts in the correct sequence.
Use this page as your complete ICT course roadmap to track your progress and avoid learning concepts in a random order.
Table of contents
15 paths · 148 topics
Piller 1: Market Maker Primer Course
- What New Traders Should Focus On – An ICT Guide for Beginners
- Considerations In Risk Management – ICT Risk Control Strategy Explained
- Essentials To ICT Market Structure – How to Determine Trade Direction
- The ICT Asian Killzone – How to trade?
- The ICT London Killzone – Time Window, Market Characteristics, and Trading Framework
- The ICT New York Killzone – Time Window, Setup, and Trading Strategy
- The ICT London Close Killzone – Time Window, Characteristics, and Trading Framework
- The Weekly Bias – Excellence In Short Term Trading
- ICT Time and Price Theory in ICT Trading
- ICT PO3 (Power of Three) – Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution
- Implementing The Asian Range in ICT Trading
- The ICT Judas Swing – Understanding the London Session Manipulation
- Essentials To Trading The Daily Bias in ICT Trading
- Trading The Key Swing Points in ICT Trading
- The ICT Smart Money Technique or SMT Explained
- The ICT ATM Model – Explained
- ICT Optimal Trade Entry Explained
- Target Selection & Profit Objectives in ICT Trading
- Trade Psychology & Effective Journaling in ICT Trading
- COT Insights For Effective Price Action Analysis in ICT Trading
- How To Find Explosive Price Moves Before They Happen in ICT Trading
- Secrets To Swing Trading With ICT Concepts
- Higher Time Frame Concepts in ICT Trading
Piller 2: Mastering High Probability Scalping
Piller 3: Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 1
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 2
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 3
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 4
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 5
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 6
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 7
- ICT Forex Scout Sniper Basic Field Guide – Vol. 8
Piller 4: Core Content Month 1
- Elements Of A Trade Setup: ICT Framework for Expansion, Retracement, Reversal and Consolidation (Ep – 1)
- How Market Makers Condition The Market: ICT Price Delivery Model Explained (Ep – 2)
- What To Focus On Right Now: ICT Beginner Chart Study Framework (Ep – 3)
- Equilibrium Vs. Discount: ICT Price Valuation Explained (Ep – 4)
- Equilibrium Vs. Premium: ICT Price Valuation for Bearish Trade Setups (Ep – 5)
- ICT Fair Valuation Concept: How Market Makers Value Price (Ep – 6)
- ICT Liquidity Runs Concept: High and Low Resistance Liquidity Explained (Ep – 7)
- ICT Impulse Price Swings & Market Protraction Concept Explained (Ep – 8)
Piller 5: Core Content Month 2
- Growing Small Accounts With ICT: Low-Risk Account Growth Explained (Ep – 1)
- Framing Low Risk Trade Setups With ICT: Higher Timeframe to Lower Timeframe Refinement (Ep – 2)
- How Traders Make 10% Per Month With ICT: Low Risk and Higher Timeframe Objectives (Ep – 3)
- No Fear Of Losing: Why ICT Traders Must Accept Trading Losses (Ep – 4)
- How To Mitigate Losing Trades Effectively With ICT (Ep – 5)
- The Secrets To Selecting High Reward Setups With ICT (Ep – 6)
- ICT Market Maker Trap False Flag: How False Bull and Bear Flags Trap Traders (Ep – 7)
- ICT Market Maker Trap False Breakouts: How Liquidity Traps Breakout Traders (Ep – 8)
Piller 6: Core Content Month 3
- ICT Timeframe Selection & Defining Setups: How to Build Your Trading Model (Ep – 1)
- ICT Institutional Order Flow Concept: How Smart Money Seeks Liquidity (Ep – 2)
- ICT Institutional Sponsorship Concept: How to Identify Smart Money Support in a Trade (Ep – 3)
- The Next Setup – Anticipatory Skill Development in ICT Trading (Ep – 4)
- ICT Institutional Market Structure Concept: How to Read Smart Money Accumulation and Distribution (Ep – 5)
- ICT Macro Economic To Micro Technical Concept – Explained (Ep – 6)
- ICT Market Maker Trap Trendline Phantoms Concept: How False Trendlines Trap Retail Traders (Ep – 7)
- ICT Market Maker Trap Head Shoulders Pattern Concept: How Retail Chart Patterns Become Liquidity Traps (Ep – 8)
Piller 7: Core Content Month 4
- ICT Order Block – What It Is, Why It Forms, How to Identify It and Its Rules
- ICT Mitigation Blocks: What They Are, How They Form and How to Trade Them
- ICT Breaker Block: What It Is, Why It Forms and How to Trade It
- ICT Rejection Block: What It Is, How to Identify It and How to Trade It
- ICT Reclaimed Orderblock: What It Is, Why It Forms and How to Trade It
- ICT Vacuum Block or Volume Imbalance: What It Is, Why It Forms and How to Trade It
- ICT Liquidity Voids: What They Are, Why They Form and How to Trade Them
- ICT Liquidity Pools Concept – Explained
- ICT Fair Value Gaps/FVG: What It Is, Why It Forms and How to Identify It
- ICT Divergence Phantoms/SMT Divergence: What It Is and How It Traps Retail Traders
- Double Bottom Double Top Trap: How ICT Uses Equal Highs and Lows as Liquidity
- Interest Rate Effects On Currency Trades – ICT Core Content – Month 04
- Reinforcing Liquidity Concepts & Price Delivery: ICT Internal and External Range Liquidity Explained
- ICT SMT Divergence: Smart Money Technique Explained
Piller 8: Core Content Month 5
- ICT Quarterly Shifts & IPDA Data Ranges Concept – Explained (Ep – 1)
- ICT Open Float Concept – Explained (Ep – 2)
- ICT IPDA Data Ranges – Explained (Ep- 3)
- Defining Open Float Liquidity Pools in ICT Trading (Ep – 4)
- Defining Institutional Swing Points in ICT Trading (Ep – 5)
- Using 10 Year Notes In HTF Analysis – ICT Trading Guide (Ep – 6)
- Qualifying Trade Conditions With 10 Year Yields in ICT Trading (Ep – 7)
- Interest Rate Differentials in ICT Trading (Ep – 8)
- How To Use Intermarket Analysis in ICT Trading (Ep -9)
- How To Use Bullish Seasonal Tendencies In HTF Analysis (Ep – 10)
- How To Use Bearish Seasonal Tendencies In HTF Analysis (Ep – 11)
- Ideal Seasonal Tendencies in ICT Trading – How to Find High Probability Seasonal Moves
- Money Management in ICT Trading – Risk, Drawdown and Long-Term Account Growth
- Defining HTF PD Arrays in ICT Trading – Premium, Discount and PD Array Hierarchy
- Trade Conditions & Setup Progressions in ICT Trading – From HTF Discount to Premium
- Stop Entry Techniques For Long Term Traders in ICT Trading
- Limit Order Entry Techniques For Long Term Traders in ICT Trading
- Position Trade Management in ICT Trading – How to Manage Long-Term Trades
Piller 9: Core Content Month 6
- Ideal Swings Conditions For Any Market: ICT Swing Trading Guide
- Classic Swing Trading Approach – ICT Higher-Timeframe Trading Model
- Elements To Successful Swing Trading
- High Probability Swing Trade Setups In Bear Markets
- High Probability Swing Trade Setups In Bull Markets
- Reducing Risk & Maximizing Potential Reward In Swing Setups
- Keys To Selecting Markets That Will Move Explosively
- The Million Dollar Swing Setup
Piller 10: Core Content Month 7
- Short Term Trading Using Monthly & Weekly Ranges
- Short Term Trading Using Monthly & Weekly Ranges – Weekly Profiles
- Short Term Trading Market Maker Manipulation Templates
- Short Term Trading Blending IPDA Data Ranges & PD Arrays
- Short Term Trading Low Resistance Liquidity Runs Part 1
- Intraweek Market Reversals & Overlapping Models
- Short Term Trading Low Resistance Liquidity Runs Part 2
- ICT One Shot One Kill Model
Piller 11: Core Content Month 8
- Essentials To ICT Daytrading – A Practical Guide to the ICT Day Trading Model
- Defining The Daily Range in ICT Trading
- Central Bank Dealers Range – How ICT Uses It to Project the High or Low of the Day
- Projecting Daily Highs & Lows in ICT Trading
- When To Avoid The London Session in ICT Trading
- High Probability Daytrade Setups in ICT Trading
- Intraday Profiles – London protraction Profiles
- Integrating Daytrades With HTF Trade Entries
Piller 12: Core Content Month 9
- ICT The Sentiment Effect – Using Intraday Sentiment to Find High-Probability Trades
- ICT Filling The Numbers Concept: How to Project the Daily Range
- ICT 20 Pips Per Day Concept – A Practical Intraday Scalping Framework
- Trading In Consolidations Concept: How ICT Traders Read Sideways Price Action
- Trading Market Reversals – How ICT Identifies High-Probability Reversal Setups
- ICT Bread & Butter Sell Setups – A Practical Guide to Bearish Intraday Scalping
- ICT Bread & Butter Buy Setups – A Practical Guide to Bullish Scalping Opportunities
- ICT Day Trade Routine: A Step-by-Step Framework for Intraday Trading
Piller 13: Core Content Month 10
- Commitment of Traders – How ICT Uses COT Data to Track Commercial Hedging
- Relative Strength Analysis – Accumulation & Distribution in ICT Trading
- Commodity Seasonals Tendencies: How ICT Uses Seasonal Patterns in Trading
- Premium Vs. Carrying Charge Market in ICT Trading
- Bond Trading – Basics & Opening Range Concept
- Open Interest Secrets & Smart Money Footprints
- Bond Trading – Split Session Rules
- Bond Trading – Consolidation Days
- Bond Trading – Trending Days
- Index Futures – Basics & Opening Range Concept
- Index Futures – AM Trend
- Index Futures – PM Trend
- Index Futures – Projected Range & Objectives
- Index Futures – Index Trade Setups
- Stock Trading – Seasonals & Monthly Swings
- Stock Trading – Building Buy Watchlists
- Stock Trading – Building Sell Watchlists
- Stock Trading – Using Options
- Importance of Multi-Asset Analysis