SMCSmart Money Concepts. The structural framework that maps where institutional liquidity sits (order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps).
ICTInner Circle Trader. A naming convention for SMC that emphasizes session-based liquidity (London/NY killzones, optimal trade entry).
ConfluenceMultiple independent factors agreeing on a trade direction. The confluence engine evaluates trend, momentum, flow, structure, regime, and participation across timeframes.
RegimeThe market's current character — trending or ranging — as the strategy classifies it in real time. Regime is one of the factors the confluence engine weighs before an entry can fire, and it drives the Regime Candles coloring on the chart. Positions are closed by the bracket (target, stop or trail), by Max Hold, at session end, or by a prop-firm cap — not by a regime change.
Adaptive BracketsTake-profit, stop-loss, and trailing distances that scale with live volatility instead of being fixed values, so bracket width tracks current conditions rather than staying constant.
Trailing DrawdownProp-firm rule that tracks the high-water mark of your account and sets a moving loss threshold a fixed dollar distance beneath it. Once the threshold is touched, the account is failed. The compliance module blocks new entries once your configured caps are reached; the firm's own rule engine remains the authority.
Market entryParadox strategies enter at market on the close of the confirmed signal bar — there is no limit price or entry offset. The webhook payload carries an explicit market order and the bracket is attached broker-side from the same payload.
Cancel-AllClosing one position cancels all related working orders (stop, take-profits) for that trade. The strategy handles this automatically across all routing providers.