LESSON .2    

MARKET STRUCTURE - THE FOUNDATION

 
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Trading isn't about guessing it’s about reading . Market structure is literally the DNA of price action. If you can’t map this out mechanically, you’re just gambling.

Here’s the raw breakdown of how I look at the charts.

The Foundation: Why Structure Matters?

Think of structure as the market’s GPS. It tells you the Order Flow—basically, who’s in control. If you map this the exact same way every single day, you take the emotion out of it. Consistency in your analysis leads to consistency in your RESULTS.

The Cheat Sheet

Bullish (Up): Price is printing Higher Highs (HH) and Higher Lows (HL).

Bearish (Down): Price is printing Lower Highs (LH) and Lower Lows (LL).
 
 
 
Structural Shifts: When the Structure starts shifting

A trend change happens when the "expectation" fails.

In an uptrend, we expect the HL to hold. If it doesn't, and price snaps it to create a LL—the trend is dead.
 
Bullish Shift: Price breaks a swing LH to make a new HH.

Bearish Shift: Price breaks a swing HL to make a new LL.
 

Strong vs. Weak Structure

You want to trade with the institutions, not against them.


Strong Lows: These are the lows that actually had enough force to break a high.


Strong Highs: These are the highs that successfully broke through a low.

Big players protect these levels. If a move away from a level is sharp and aggressive, that’s where the money is.

We enter at the Strong points (HLs/LHs) and we target the Weak points (HHs/LLs). We’re just following the path.

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