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FIELD MANUAL

Never traded before? Read this first.

We assume you know nothing. Every term is explained before it is used. Read it in order — each section builds on the one before. By the end you will understand your own X-Ray report.

00 · THE ABSOLUTE BASICS

Start here. Truly here.

If you already know what a pip and a stop loss are, skip to the next section. If not, this is the most important part.

01 · HOW PRICE MOVES

Now the part that separates pros from the crowd.

These are the concepts X-Ray scores you on. Each one now assumes you understood Section 0. Take them slowly.

02 · YOUR FIRST SETUPS

Three things you can actually try.

On a DEMO account first — fake money, real practice. Never risk real money learning. Each setup tells you exactly when, where in, where out.

WHAT IS A DEMO ACCOUNT? Every broker offers a free practice account with fake money that moves on real prices. You place real trades with zero financial risk. Use it until you are consistently disciplined — not just lucky.

SETUP 01THE LIQUIDITY SWEEP REVERSAL
WhenLondon open, 07:00–10:00 UTC
The ideaWait for price to spike past the Asian session high or low (the 'sweep' — grabbing stops), then reverse.
Get inAfter the spike, when price turns back and breaks a small structure the other way.
Stop lossJust beyond the spike's tip.
Take profitThe opposite side of the range (aim for at least 1:2 risk-to-reward).

Why it works: You enter AFTER the stop hunt, going the real direction instead of being the one who got hunted.

SETUP 02THE ORDER BLOCK RETEST
WhenNew York open, 13:00–16:00 UTC
The ideaFind the candle that launched a strong move (the order block). Wait for price to come back to it.
Get inWhen price returns to that candle and shows rejection (a long wick, or a strong opposite candle).
Stop lossJust beyond the far edge of that candle.
Take profitThe recent high or low (aim 1:2 minimum).

Why it works: You enter where big money entered, at a good price, not chasing.

SETUP 03THE DISCIPLINE BASELINE (the most important)

This is not a pattern. It is a rule.

Take ZERO trades outside London and New York hours for two full weeks. None. No exceptions.

Why it works: For most struggling traders, simply removing off-hours trades flips the account from losing to winning without changing anything else. Before you optimize entries, stop the biggest bleed: trading when you should not be.

These are starting points, not promises. Practice on demo, then upload your results to X-Ray to see which fits how you actually behave. Run a free diagnosis →

03 · THE 30-DAY PATH

A month that builds a real foundation.

WEEK 1 — WATCH, DO NOT TRADE

Train your eyes before your hands.

Zero trades, even demo. Open a chart of XAUUSD. Watch the London and New York opens live. Mark the recent highs and lows. Watch how price spikes past them then reverses. You are training your eyes. This week is free and the most skipped — do not skip it.

WEEK 2 — DEMO ONLY

Execute correctly, not profitably.

Open a free demo account. Run Setup 1 or 2. Stop loss on every single trade. Maximum 2 trades per day. Goal is not profit — it is doing it correctly, repeatedly.

WEEK 3 — GET YOUR FIRST DIAGNOSIS

Measure what you actually did.

Export your demo trade history. Upload it to X-Ray. Get your first forensic verdict and your 7-dimension scores. Now you have a baseline and your first prescription — a specific thing to fix.

WEEK 4 — FIX ONE THING

Apply the prescription.

Apply your single top prescription. Trade only your best session. Upload again at week’s end. Compare the two reports. Did the number move? This loop — trade, diagnose, fix, repeat — is how real traders are built. Not by reading. By measuring.

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After 30 days you will not be an expert. You will be something rarer: a beginner who measures instead of guesses. That is the whole game.

04 · GLOSSARY

Every term, defined plainly.

When your report or this page uses a word you do not know, it is here.

Long— A trade that profits if price goes up.
Short— A trade that profits if price goes down.
Pip— The smallest standard unit of price movement.
Lot— How big your trade is; bigger lot = more money per pip.
Stop Loss— Automatic exit that caps your loss if wrong.
Take Profit— Automatic exit that locks in your gain.
Risk-to-Reward (RR)— How much you risk vs how much you aim to make; 1:2 means risk 1 to make 2.
Drawdown— How much your account has dropped from its peak.
Demo Account— Free practice account with fake money on real prices.
Spread— The small built-in cost of every trade.
Profit Factor— Total wins divided by total losses; above 1.0 means profitable.
SMC (Smart Money Concepts)— A trading approach focused on how big institutions move price.
ICT (Inner Circle Trader)— The name associated with popularizing many of these concepts.
Liquidity— Clusters of orders (often stop losses) that big players target.
Liquidity Sweep— When price spikes to grab those orders then reverses.
BSL / SSL— Buy-Side / Sell-Side Liquidity; pools of orders above highs / below lows.
Order Block— The candle where big money entered before a strong move.
Fair Value Gap (FVG)— A price gap left by a fast move that often gets filled.
BOS— Break of Structure; confirms the trend continues.
CHoCH— Change of Character; first sign of a possible reversal.
OTE— Optimal Trade Entry; the ~70% pullback zone for entries.
Fibonacci— A tool that measures pullback levels as percentages of a move.
HTF / LTF— Higher / Lower Time Frame (e.g. daily vs 15-min).
Kill Zone— The high-activity session windows (London / NY open).
Session— A trading period: London, New York, or Asian.
Displacement— A strong, fast price move showing intent.
Imbalance— Another word for a fair value gap.
Confluence— Multiple reasons lining up at one price level.
Revenge Trade— An emotional trade taken to 'win back' a loss.

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