The Orderblock Dilemma: Which One to Trade?
45sIt immediately addresses a common trading pain point with a compelling question, hooking viewers who struggle with orderblock selection.
▶ Play Clip"The title promises a 'secret' but the core concept (inducement vs. true zones) is a standard ICT principle, and the video includes a lengthy sponsor segment."
The video addresses the common challenge of selecting the correct order block in trading, where multiple zones can appear during a trend. The creator explains the difference between inducement zones (traps) and true zones, using liquidity and imbalance as key indicators. He demonstrates the strategy with a real-life example and promotes a copy trading service.
Choosing the wrong order block can lead to significant losses, as price often breaks weak zones.
Inducement zones are traps that look good but are weak, while true zones are strong enough to hold price.
Liquidity and imbalance are the two factors to identify inducement zones; price naturally tests imbalances.
In a real example, the zone that actually breaks a previous high is the true zone, not the lowest one.
The trade setup involves waiting for a structural shift, entering at an imbalance, and setting stop loss below the low and take profit at the previous high.
What is an inducement zone in trading?
An inducement zone is a trap that looks like a good entry but is weak and won't hold, persuading traders to enter prematurely.
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What two factors determine if a zone is an inducement zone?
Liquidity and imbalance.
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What is an imbalance in trading?
An area on the chart that hasn't been tested.
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Why does price tend to test imbalances?
Price naturally wants to test imbalances and areas of liquidity, which can break weaker zones.
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How do you identify the true zone versus the inducement zone in a real example?
The zone that actually breaks a previous high is the true zone, while the one that fails is the inducement zone.
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Research and Backtesting
Emphasizes the importance of thorough research and backtesting to find high-probability order blocks.
00:43Inducement as a Trap
Defines inducement zones as traps that lure traders into weak entries, a key concept for avoiding losses.
01:28Liquidity and Imbalance
Identifies liquidity and imbalance as the two critical factors to distinguish inducement from true zones.
02:10True Zone Identification
Shows how to spot the true zone by observing which zone actually breaks a previous high, not just the lowest one.
05:55Trade Execution Steps
Provides a clear step-by-step process: wait for structural shift, look for imbalance, set stop loss and take profit.
06:41[00:00] stuck with the decision on which one to trade. Now this is actually a very important decision. Do you trade this orderblock? Yeah, you could, but it turns out, it was too weak and price broke
[00:14] Well, maybe you trade the lowest orderblock? That would make sense. Since it s the lowest, come all the way down to this one, so if you were waiting for it, you would miss out on this trade. multiple traders face every single day. And If you don t how to pick the correct
[00:31] orderblock, you can lose a lot of money. Well I wanted to find a way to pin point the best orderblock possible. To be able to find the orderblock
[00:43] that had the best probability of working. To do this I had to do a lot of research, a lot of backtesting, and a lot, and I mean a lot of analysis. That will instantly identify which orderblock to choose. That gives you
[01:00] the highest probability of it working. So how do we find the strongest orderblock? Whenever a chart is moving in a clear direction. In this case bullish. A lot of the time there will be multiple zones to buy from.
[01:15] We have an inducement zone, and we have our true zone. Now if we look up the definition of inducement. It will tell us that it means a thing that persuades
[01:28] or influences someone to do something In other words, a trap. Now there are multiple ways to look at this, but Its basically an area that looks good for an opportunity to the normal person but in reality, it s a weak zone that won't hold.
[01:42] So often times price will come back down to this zone and induce traders into thinking it s a strong zone to enter in. But what often happens is price will trick traders to enter into these inducement zones. When in reality its not a strong zone at all. Giving all
[01:57] the traders that entered into it, a big ol fat L. But what really ends up happening is price goes past this inducement zone and goes into the true zone.
[02:10] Which is actually strong enough to hold, and price moves up from here. Now you might be thinking, how do we know that this zone is the inducement zone. Well this comes down to two things. Liquidity and imbalance.
[02:22] An imbalance is simply an area on the chart that hasn t been tested. So in this example we have an imbalance right here right below this lower zone. If price did something like this, sure, now THIS zone would be good to trade off of because we don
[02:39] t have an imbalance below this lower zone But that did not happen. We do have an imbalance, which price will naturally want to test where there is liquidity. right here from the buyers who want to enter in this zone. There will be sell stops from
[02:57] sellers who are looking for a breakout trade right here. Then there will be a significant amount of orders in this zone from institutions. We know this is an institutional zone because the move started from this zone and as we all know price is moved by big
[03:11] institutions. Not by retail traders. Okay, fk that stupid line stuff. going to make you money. Let s go to a real life example.
[03:27] I made a video the other month saying I was going to try to use hankotrades copy trading feature. Where you can copy professional analysts by simply clicking a button Now when they first asked me to test this, I was a little skeptical at first, im not going to lie.
[03:41] But I decided I wanted to test it out for myself. What I did, was clicked this top performing section so I only saw the top performing analysts I then saw this this guy that had a 86% win I tested this by depositing $50,000 around a month ago.
[03:58] That $50,000 is now $160,000. Just from clicking a follow button. on Instagram on how the copytrading is doing. But in the meantime, If you want to test the
[04:16] copy trading feature too, ill leave a link in the description so you can check it out. Okay lets go back to a real life example using the strategy. So here on this chart we have a simple uptrend. We have higher highs, and higher lows.
[04:29] During this uptrend, the chart made multiple zones we could potentially buy from. We have one demand zone right here. We have zone 2 right here. And we have a 3rd lower zone down here. So let me ask you a question.
[04:41] Which of these zones would you choose to buy from? Would it be zone 1, 2, or 3? A simple question, I know. you a profitable trade or losing trader. Well right away when looking at this chart.
[04:58] an area of imbalance right below this zone. And like I said before, price is naturally going to want to test this imbalance. Which means, in order to do that,
[05:10] its going to have break this zone. Which also makes this our inducement zone. That leaves us with just 2 zones to choose from. Now you may be thinking it s this one.
[05:23] Considering what I just said, theres an imbalance right below zone number 2. And it s the lowest zone, which probably means it s the strongest. It looks really good. But what if I told you, your wrong.
[05:39] So look at this chart. Price has a low right here. We have a higher high right here. We came down, we formed this higher low. Then we came back up and made this high. But this high is not an actual high.
[05:55] while trying to break this previous high. It barely just wicked over it. Which means, this zone right here wasn t strong enough to really break this high. But if we look closely, the zone that actually did end up breaking this high, was zone number 2.
[06:11] strong as it appears to be. But this zone in the middle, 3 and truly focus on the strongest zone. So what we are looking for is price to break
[06:27] After breaking this inducement zone trap. We want to see price head towards are true zone. Right now, we are on the 1 hour time. So we are going to choose the 15
[06:41] in our zone. We wait for price to play out. We want to see a break of structure showing a structural shift, from a downtrend to an uptrend. Which there is one right here. Good. Then we want price to head downwards towards an imbalance on our chart.
[06:56] Which there is an imbalance right here. Wait for price to come to our imbalance. Set your stop loss below this low. And set your take profit at the previous high.
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