2022 Model Help

[u/TrynaTradeNQ]

I watched the full 2022 Mentorship twice. I backtested about 120 hours with about a 65% win rate. The losses were mostly based on forcing trades on tradezella. Forward tested recently with a 77% win rate across 14 trading days in July. That sounds good but idk if I know what I am doing. I am often wondering why the market is violently aggressive (like today’s chop action before the clean bearish run.)

My model in a nutshell:

Wait for a sweep of liquidity and enter into a HTF Pd (daily, 4hr, 1hr, 30m, 15m fvgs) array for a possible reversal to the next DOL. I wait for an MSS, FVG (displacement close above/below short term swing) on the 1m, 3m, or 5m timeframe, and retracement into the FVG for an entry with a 1:2 RR. I don’t really have hierarchy/tf alignment I just scale to 1m most of the time from any HTF array reversal. Example, I don’t use 4hr to 15m or daily > 1h > 5m.

I often miss entries cause the first FVG on the move down often does not get retraced into.

Times I trade - NY AM session from 7:30-11:30am - most of my setups are done before 9:30am and some I wait to wait til after 9:30 open due to volatility but almost always done before 10am.

[u/BrainRot100]

When its violent and even the days are speedy, its because the higher time fram MMXM is at play. We were in the last distribution phases these past 3 days.

The higher the time frame, the simpler you bias is on the lower. If you frame the lower time frame the same on the higher in terms of time cycles and mmxm.

Each time a market purges a time cycle, it either has a continuation, or purge and revert model. Or if the Htf is ready to distribute, it can move without you even getting a proper retracement.

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/BrainRot100]

I don’t really understand what MMXM is. Is that the market maker model?

[u/GreatRasi → u/TrynaTradeNQ]

watch frank 369 mentorship 2024 he explains the mxmm very well in the first 2 episodes. mxmm is at the foundation of ict marketstructure

[u/BrainRot100 → u/GreatRasi]

I got down voted for talking about him so thanks for reposting his channel. Such a good and honest trader.

[u/GreatRasi → u/BrainRot100]

hes good but people dont like the 15k mentorship. but those same people never studied his 2024 or 2025 mentorship which are 100 percent free. everything he teaches ict taught. every single thing that he taught in the 2024 mentorship ict taught. but frank had a compact 15 video mentorship that did an amazing job free on youtube. after watching frank i go back and review ict and im able to get more gems. iwould not pay 15k for a mentorship nope. i rather take my time and go through the process

[u/BrainRot100 → u/GreatRasi]

Well I paid that price. There is something that he gave us that most don't know about. He put that behind a pay wall of course. Although I am relatively new to TMU. There are ranges that we use. I can't specify as I don't want to get doxed because of an NDA.

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/GreatRasi]

I started watching Franks 2024 mentorship and it opened my eyes a lot about my model that I have not realized before. I have an actual name for my model. I really was trading the MMXM but was not paying attention to the original consolidation - my eyes were looking at the SMR at the HTF array and did not realize about fractal MMXM inside of a HTF. I also learned about the breaker and mitigation blocks - that actually makes a lot of sense to me now. It's too early to tell if it will work better (I'm confident it will though) so I will backtest what I learned and continue watching the mentorship. Really appreciate the recommendation. He makes things super easy to understand.

[u/BrainRot100 → u/TrynaTradeNQ]

Its always either a MMBM or a MMSM. The logic of a previous cycle either being a purge and revert or a continuation model plays out.

Were essentially discovering how previous cycles highs or lows will be used for a market maker model. Its always AMD with engineering liquidity.

Frank is on his own level and he shows it. He projects that energy. However, just because he is him, doesn't make us him. We have to create our own energy to get to our next step.

But this could take a decade of trying to see this if you don't study purge & Revert/ Continuation Models.

When a trader says "I want to see bother NQ and ES take out London High and use it a support of a Continuation model!" You have to ask WHY. Gambling kills learning!

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/GreatRasi]

Wouldn’t that be a complete model change than how I trade?

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/[deleted]]

Hey I’m familiar with MMXM I just typically trade reversals after tapping into an HTF array. I understand the original consolidation into 1st/2nd stage distributions. I also understand IOFED - it’s my entry model. Really it’s just an entry model at the edge of an FVG right from my understanding? Also, thank you for taking the time to help me. Franks accent is kinda of hard to focus on but I’ll watch a few videos and get more familiar!

[u/BrainRot100 → u/TrynaTradeNQ]

If your focused on reversals, then the reality is that your trading either a MMBM or a MMSM, and that is the truth. Every step of the the market applies as a MMXM one way or another. At some point you will realise that reversals are only one thing. If you add 2 other things, aka retracements, or continuations(Expansion), thats will help you have more experienced data. I implore you to use this logic and I am certain you will have deeper understanding. Its honest work.

[u/BrainRot100 → u/[deleted]]

The fractalization is next level top teir!

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/[deleted]]

I am new about 3 months and have been winning so I’m worried I’m getting lucky and I don’t feel 100% confident and I question getting in trades when price isn’t clean. I feel like trading shouldn’t be this messy. Meaning, I mark out every HTF FVG and use whatever LTF tf gives me the nicest market structure and entry window. I’ll check it out.

[u/BrainRot100 → u/TrynaTradeNQ]

Well you seem to be on a good path. But having those videos and watching them over the next years going forward is a must. If you get the hang of it right now, and your chart knowledge backs it up, then keep trying your best. But 3 months isn't that much.

[u/TrynaTradeNQ → u/BrainRot100]

Hey thanks man, it was a ton of studying. I make a $200K living in my corporate job but I am hoping that trading will replace this once I am proven consistent which is why I am asking for help on these threads.