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What Is Inducement in Trading? Smart Money Concepts Explained

0h 08m video Published Jun 8, 2023 Transcribed Jul 12, 2026 T TTrades
Intermediate 8 min read For: Traders familiar with technical analysis concepts like order flow, fair value gaps, and PD arrays.
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This video explains the concept of inducement in trading, where price movements are engineered to trigger stops or attract breakout traders before reversing. The presenter uses diagrams and real chart examples from the S&P 500 and NQ to illustrate how smart money uses inducement to enter positions.

[00:14]
Definition of Inducement

Inducement is a move that induces buyers or sellers into the market. For example, a breakout above a high attracts breakout buyers and triggers buy stops from shorts, allowing smart money to sell short.

[00:40]
Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution

In bullish order flow, the pattern is accumulation (buying), manipulation (inducement to trigger stops), then distribution (selling). In bearish order flow, the opposite occurs.

[01:12]
Trading Rules for Order Flow

With bearish order flow, look for highs to be ran to position short. With bullish order flow, look for lows to be ran to position long. Setups should occur within PD arrays (premium/discount arrays).

[02:10]
Example 1: S&P 5-Minute Chart

After a downtrend, price fails to close below a low, breaks a high (structure shift), then runs a low (inducement) before expanding upward. The setup involves positioning with a stop at the high and partial at the low.

[03:49]
Example 2: S&P 15-Minute Chart

After an aggressive move down and back up with overlapping FVGs, price runs a low within a PD array, fills a fair value gap, then expands higher. Favorite setups are when price barely reaches into the PD array.

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Example 3: NQ 5-Minute Chart

After a strong impulsive move up, price fails to close above a high, retests the old high, then moves down aggressively. A low sitting within a fair value gap is taken before an expansion higher.

[06:14]
Example 4: 4-Hour Chart

Price runs a previous low, closes back into range, then displaces. A low is put in, swept, then continuation higher. Another low leads to a move up towards buy side.

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Using Inducement in Trending Markets

In an uptrend, look for lows to be ran to gain entry. Multiple entries can occur as price respects old lows. Key is how closes respect these old lows.

Inducement is a key concept for understanding smart money moves. By identifying when price runs highs or lows to trigger stops, traders can align with the institutional order flow for better entries.

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Tutorial Checklist

1 00:14 Identify the trend or order flow direction (bullish or bearish).
2 01:12 For bearish order flow, look for highs to be ran to position short. For bullish, look for lows to be ran to position long.
3 01:54 Ensure the inducement occurs within a PD array (premium/discount array).
4 02:10 Wait for a market structure shift (e.g., break of a high in a downtrend).
5 03:15 Position yourself with a stop at the recent high (for long) or low (for short), and partial at the inducement level.
6 03:49 Look for price to run a low (for bullish) or high (for bearish) within a PD array before expanding.
7 07:27 In trending markets, use inducement to gain entry by waiting for lows to be ran in an uptrend or highs in a downtrend.

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What is inducement in trading?

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A move that induces buyers or sellers into the market, often to trigger stops or attract breakout traders before a reversal.

00:14

What are the three phases of a bullish order flow pattern?

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Accumulation, manipulation, distribution.

00:40

What should you look for with bearish order flow?

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Look for highs to be ran to position short.

01:12

What should you look for with bullish order flow?

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Look for lows to be ran to position long.

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What is a PD array?

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Premium/discount array – a key price level where inducement setups are preferred.

01:54

In the S&P 5-minute example, what happened after the structure shift?

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Price ran a low (inducement) before expanding upward.

02:10

What is the favorite type of inducement setup according to the presenter?

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When price barely reaches into the PD array or puts a low at equilibrium/discount without reaching it.

05:02

In the NQ example, where was the low sitting that was taken?

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Within a fair value gap.

05:39

How do you use inducement in a trending market?

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In an uptrend, look for lows to be ran to gain entry. In a downtrend, look for highs to be ran.

07:27

What is the key sign that a low run is valid in an uptrend?

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How closes respect old lows.

07:59

💡 Key Takeaways

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Definition of Inducement

Core concept of the video; explains how smart money traps retail traders.

00:14
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Order Flow Trading Rules

Provides actionable rules for both bullish and bearish scenarios.

01:12
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Structure Shift Example

Shows how to identify a trend change and prepare for inducement.

02:10
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Favorite Setup Type

Reveals the presenter's preferred inducement pattern for high probability trades.

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Inducement in Trends

Extends the concept to trending markets, increasing its applicability.

07:27

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[00:02] foreign [Music] how's it going everyone this video is going to be over inducement first thing

[00:14] go into some examples inducement is essentially a move that induces buyers or sellers into the market so for example right here it looks as if we are

[00:27] gaining support and we are going to break over this High the people who are breakout buyers will be buying right here similarly anyone short in here will have their buy stops resting above here so we have willing participants buying

[00:40] above These Eyes this is where smart money sells short for the move lower another way to think about this is this is our accumulation this is our manipulation and this is our distribution with bullish order flow it

[00:57] looks as if we've hit resistance and so when we break this low break out sellers enter the market as well as people who are long in here get stopped out this is where smart money buys or the move higher so just like over on this side we

[01:12] have our accumulation a manipulation and then our distribution so simply put with bearish order flow I'm looking for highest vram to position short and with bullish order flow I'm looking for lows to be ran to position

[01:26] long so looking at the second diagram if the trend is down or order flow is bearish I'm looking for short setups above previous highs once I hit the higher time frame PD array I'm looking for the inducement that occurs at the

[01:41] Smart money reversal order flow is bullish I am then looking for long setups below lows so for example these deviations from the range are where I am hunting setups the last thing that I will mention is I prefer these to occur

[01:54] within PD arrays so we have an inducement into a PD array and then a move higher and we will get into some examples for that for our first example we have s p five minute chart up and we are currently trending down

[02:10] as we continue here what we notice is a failure to close below is low we have this high right here if we break this High we will shift structure upward

[02:27] and there we go we get our Market structure shift and from here what do we now let's see what happens

[02:45] you can see how price respected this fair value up the consequent encroachment of it as well as this order block now if we let this continue to before price continues up and takes this High what it does is it Engineers more

[03:01] by size liquidity right here it then runs down and sweeps this low this is the inducement right here before then expanding upwards

[03:15] so what would it look like if I was going to take this inducement setup well let's go ahead and Rewind that two here and what I do is I position myself if my stop where it normally would be partial at this high

[03:34] so if we let this play out again you'll see how that works tweaking a quick look at the diagram I made for this price action here you can see once order flow becomes bullish right here after the structure shift I

[03:49] then look for a load to be ran before going higher for the next example here we have the 15-minute chart for the S P 500 and what do we have we have an aggressive move down an aggressive move

[04:03] back up with overlapping for Value gaps now what happens when we play this ahead so you can see a nice stop run right here as we can

[04:15] close back we reach back into this fair value Gap what do we do now we reach back up we can't close over within a PD array a low

[04:31] right there we take this low completely fill in this fair value Gap our current buy side and this high

[04:47] and then we get a nice expansion move higher so if we look at this diagram right here we had a low napd array which was then taken prior to the actual move my favorite setups are when price barely reaches into this PD array as it did

[05:02] here or if we have equilibrium of the range price did not yet reach into an equilibrium or a discount and it just puts a low right there that is what I like to see our next example is on enqueue five minute chart so if you look

[05:15] right here we have a strong impulsive move up however I am expecting a we come up cannot close over this high and then get

[05:27] an aggressive move down you can see it retests the old High and then continues lower

[05:39] now what I look for here is we have an old load right here and where is that low sitting within a fair value Gap so watching these next candles

[05:53] we can see we struggle to close lower and from here I'd want to see an expansion higher

[06:14] and there we go we go take this current High for this next example we are going to go out to the four hour chart as you can see right here we ran this previous low closed back into the range and then we

[06:28] got a displacement move here now if you notice here we have a fair and price putting in a low here as we let this continue forward

[06:43] we get a move below that low no closes below it and then a continuation higher and let's continue there's a fair value Gap and then here is another low

[07:00] and we are struggling to reach higher so we're likely to draw lower towards this low hope you notice struggling to reach lower especially with the strong close

[07:14] right here so I would then want to see price reach up towards buy side and there we go so that is an example of one two

[07:27] inducement Moves In This price leg last thing I'm going to go over is how I use this in trending markets this is very similar to my displacement versus lack but when we are trending up I want to look for lows to be ran to gain entry

[07:46] here we ran a low and then here we are in a low so in just this section right here there are three possible entries if you notice how these closes respect

[07:59] these old lows that is the key I hope you enjoyed this video if you did please consider giving it a like and subscribing and I hope you have a great rest of your day see ya

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