Lesson 01 · Bootcamp Ep. 14

Retail Concepts + Liquidity

Core idea

Retail patterns become useful only when their highs and lows are understood as pools of stop orders—not as magical shapes.

The Strat and liquidity relationshipAn H-shaped price path completes at the low of day, while one, two, and three candle labels explain inside, directional, and outside candles.H patternlow of day · sell-side21break31 = inside2 = one-side break3 = outside

Lesson map

From indicators to context

The creator traces his path from naked price action and indicator stacks to supply and demand, The Strat, and finally ICT concepts.

The H pattern

An H or inverse-H often completes at the low or high of day because those extremes collect stop-loss orders.

The Strat candles

A 1 is inside the prior candle, a 2 breaks one side, and a 3 trades outside both sides. Setups such as 2-1-2 and 3-2-2 aim for the next candle extreme.

Limits and chop

The Strat may help with direction, but entries can have poor reward-to-risk. A broadening formation signals both sides being swept and potentially poor New York conditions.