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What Are ICT Key Levels?

ICT Key Levels are specific price reference points that institutions, market makers, and smart money use to set liquidity pools and trading ranges.

They aren’t random – they’re based on time, liquidity, and symmetry of price delivery.
Think of them like "road signs" in the market where big decisions happen (stop hunts, reversals, or continuations).

🔹 Major ICT Key Levels

Here are the most common ones:

1. Daily / Weekly / Monthly Highs & Lows

Previous day’s high/low

Previous week’s high/low

Previous month’s high/low
📌 Why important?
→ These act as liquidity pools. Stops gather here. Price often sweeps them before reversing.

2. Midpoint Levels (50% Equilibrium)

50% of the daily/weekly/monthly range.

ICT calls this equilibrium.
📌 Why important?
→ Above 50% = premium (expensive for buys, good for sells).
→ Below 50% = discount (cheap for buys, bad for sells).

3. Opening Price Levels

Daily Open → sets intraday bias.

Weekly Open → sets weekly bias.

Midnight Open (00:00 NY Time) → ICT uses this as a daily anchor.
📌 Why important?
→ If price stays above the daily/weekly open → bullish bias.
→ If below → bearish bias.

4. Session Highs & Lows

Asia Range High/Low

London Session High/Low

New York Session High/Low
📌 Why important?
→ Asia range often acts as liquidity for London to raid.
→ London high/low often becomes setup for NY session moves.

5. Yearly & Quarterly Highs/Lows

The yearly high/low is a massive liquidity pool.

Quarterly levels (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4) also attract institutional activity.
📌 Why important?
→ Acts as long-term magnets for swing trading.

6. Figures & Round Numbers (Big Figures)

00.00, 50.00, 25.00, 75.00 levels.

Example: EURUSD → 1.1000, 1.1050, 1.1100.
📌 Why important?
→ Institutions like clean, even levels for orders.

🔹 How ICT Uses Key Levels

Liquidity Concept

Price raids old highs/lows to grab stops.

After liquidity grab → reversal or continuation.

Bias Filter

Above daily open? → bullish bias.

Below daily open? → bearish bias.

Confluence with Setups

Order blocks + Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) + Key Levels = high probability.

🔹 Example Trading Scenarios

London Judas Swing → Price raids Asian high (key level) then reverses for London trend.

Daily Bias → If price trades above daily open & rejects previous day’s low = bullish bias.

Weekly Expansion