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WTA-1 Study Plan
An eight-phase learning path from market foundations to disciplined execution. Work through each phase in order, combining independent study with guided teaching.
No trap. No failure. No trade.
8learning phases
34guided topics
2delivery methods
Trading System
Your Learning Roadmap
1
How markets actually work
What is the forex market? Self-study
- What forex is and why currencies move
- Major pairs: EURUSD and GBPUSD and why you'll only trade these two
- What a pip is and how price moves
- Session overview: when the market opens and closes globally
How price really moves You teach
- Price does not move randomly -- it hunts liquidity
- Every move has a purpose: take stops, fill orders, continue
- Retail traders vs institutional behaviour
- Why "trend following" alone doesn't work at this level
Reading a candlestick Self-study
- Open, high, low, close -- what each tells you
- Who was in control during the candle
- Rejection wicks and what they mean
- Strong closes vs weak closes
Timeframes and why each matters You teach
- H1: the bias. This is the story of the market
- M15: the structure. This is the chapter
- M5/M1: the entry. This is the sentence
- Never skip up the chain -- always top-down
2
Market structure
Swing highs and swing lows Self-study
- What qualifies as a swing high or low
- How to identify them on H1 and M15
- Why not every candle high is a swing high
Bullish and bearish structure Self-study
- Higher highs and higher lows = bullish
- Lower highs and lower lows = bearish
- How structure changes over time
Break of structure (BOS) You teach
- What a BOS is and what it confirms
- External BOS vs internal BOS
- Why a BOS alone is not enough to trade
- What comes before and after a valid BOS
Change of character (CHoCH) You teach
- What CHoCH is and how it differs from BOS
- Why CHoCH is the earliest structural signal
- M1 CHoCH as an entry trigger
- What to look for before acting on a CHoCH
H1 bias: the starting point of every trade You teach
- How to determine the current H1 bias
- What overrides the bias
- Only taking trades that align with H1 direction
- How DXY confirms or rejects the bias (intro only)
3
Liquidity
What liquidity is and why it matters You teach
- Stop losses = liquidity pools for institutions
- Where retail traders put their stops and why that is predictable
- Price moves toward liquidity before moving with intent
Where liquidity builds You teach
- Equal highs and equal lows
- Prior session highs and lows (Asia, Frankfurt, London, NY)
- Trendline liquidity and why it gets swept
- Swing highs and swing lows as liquidity targets
Buy-side vs sell-side liquidity You teach
- Buy-side sits above: retail stop losses on short positions
- Sell-side sits below: retail stop losses on long positions
- Which side is being targeted in the current move?
Inducement: the trap before the move You teach
- What inducement is: a fake setup that triggers retail entries
- How to spot it: small liquidity sweep before the real move
- Who gets trapped and how that creates the expansion move
- No inducement = no trade
Multi-layer traps You teach
- Why the strongest moves sweep more than one level
- How to identify a first leg and a second leg sweep
- The more layers swept, the stronger the expected continuation
DXY as a validity filter You teach
- DXY moves inverse to EURUSD and GBPUSD
- How to check DXY before any setup is considered
- If DXY doesn't confirm, the trade doesn't exist yet
4
Points of interest
What a POI is You teach
- The origin of a move, not just a coloured zone
- Why price returns to where it left from
- HTF POI vs LTF POI: different roles, different sizes
HTF POI (H4/H1) You teach
- Minimum 60 pip range -- if smaller, it's not a valid HTF POI
- How to identify and mark them
- What you need to see inside the zone before it's tradeable
LTF POI (M15/M5) You teach
- 6-30 pip range -- this is your actual entry zone
- How the LTF POI sits inside or near the HTF POI
- Structure inside the zone: buildup, inducement, push-out
Fair value gaps and imbalances Self-study
- What a fair value gap (FVG) is
- Why price returns to fill imbalances
- How to use them as confirmation inside a POI
Validating a POI You teach
- Has the zone produced a BOS or displacement previously?
- Is the POI in a premium or discount relative to the range?
- Is there visible structure inside the zone or is it just a drawn box?
5
The four models
Bullish continuation You teach
- H1 bias is bullish, M15 pulls back into demand
- Liquidity swept below before continuation
- Displacement up, structure confirms, entry on pullback
- What it looks like at Frankfurt and London opens
Bearish continuation You teach
- H1 bias is bearish, M15 pulls back into supply
- Liquidity swept above before continuation
- Displacement down, structure confirms, entry on pullback
Bullish reversal You teach
- Bearish structure engineered to trap sellers
- Sell-side swept, strong displacement up
- CHoCH on M1 or M5 confirms the flip
- Why the trap has to come first
Bearish reversal You teach
- Bullish structure engineered to trap buyers
- Buy-side swept, strong displacement down
- CHoCH on M1 or M5 confirms the flip
- Common at session opens when retail is loading longs
6
The full pipeline
The master rule You teach
- No trap. No failure. No trade. This is non-negotiable
- The pipeline is a checklist -- all stages must pass
- Any failed stage = no trade, not a downgraded trade
Stage by stage: POI → TIME → LIQ → INDUCEMENT → DISPLACEMENT → FAILURE → BOS → ENTRY You teach
- POI: is there a valid zone to watch on H1 or M15?
- TIME: is this a valid session? (Frankfurt, London, NY 1PM, NY 2nd Hour, NY PM)
- LIQ: what liquidity has been built and what is the target?
- INDUCEMENT: who has been trapped and how?
- DISPLACEMENT: was the move strong with imbalance left behind?
- FAILURE: did the opposing side fail to create a new high or low?
- BOS: has structure confirmed the intended direction?
- ENTRY (RIFC): pullback into BOS origin, M1 CHoCH or engulf, then execute
7
Execution and trade management
Entry and stop placement You teach
- Enter at the origin of the BOS, not just any level
- Stop above or below the rejection candle, not the whole zone
- Why precise stops protect you and define your risk
Grading your setup You teach
- A+: everything aligned, multi-layer trap, strong displacement, second leg confirmed
- A: setup is valid, single trap layer, good displacement
- B: setup passes the pipeline but missing one layer of conviction
- No trade: pipeline failed at any stage
Mode A trade management You teach
- For A+ grade or second leg confirmed
- 50% off at 1:5, stop to breakeven
- Runner held to 1:10
Mode B trade management You teach
- For A grade, no second leg confirmed
- Recover 1% risk at 1:3, 50% off at 1:5, stop to breakeven
- Runner held to 1:10
8
Process and discipline
How to backtest properly Self-study
- Replay the day in full, don't skip to where the move happened
- Make every decision in real time as if you don't know the outcome
- Log everything: valid setups, rejected setups, and no trades equally
Why logging no trades matters You teach
- A no trade is a decision, not an absence of one
- Logging no trades builds the data that improves your model
- Discipline is shown through what you didn't take, not just what you did
Reviewing your sessions Self-study
- After each session: did the pipeline pass or fail and at which stage?
- What would you do differently and why?
- Track session by session, not just trade by trade
The mindset requirement You teach
- Consistency of process creates consistent results over time
- A missed trade is not a loss -- a forced trade is
- Patience is a skill that has to be trained the same way as reading charts