Summary:

– After holidays/bank holidays ICT adopts a wait-and-see approach: treat abbreviated sessions as non‑noteworthy, review how the market closed before the break, check weekend headlines, and let the market “digest” lower volume and any large overnight moves (e.g., dollar strength) before trading.
– Big dollar moves create a risk‑off tone that pressures other assets; look for correlated divergences and clean, symmetrical price action before engaging. The day after holidays is often noisy and prone to manipulation, so it’s rarely a high‑probability trading environment.
– Have strict “rules of engagement”: clear, personal limits on when to trade, position size, leverage, allowable days/times (e.g., caution in non‑farm payroll weeks), and mandatory stop losses. These controls prevent emotional and repeated destructive behaviors.
– Stop losses are essential — trading without them is gambling. Use conservative risk per trade (even smaller than typical mentor guidelines if that fits your tolerance) and treat controlled losses as part of the business.
– Learn to distinguish signal from social noise: avoid chatrooms, hype, and opinionated strangers who often compound poor habits. Don’t seek external validation (likes/retweets) for trade decisions; become your own analyst.
– Develop discipline via journaling, demo or small “feel” trades to learn market behavior, and by applying a consistent model tailored to your personality. Expect to lose trades; the skill is in managing and limiting those losses.
– Mentorship philosophy: the speaker offers substantial free education, values honest, experience‑based teaching, and stresses long‑term learning — becoming a reliable trader takes time (roughly a year of focused effort).
– Final counsel: set boundaries, know when to say no, focus effort on high‑probability market conditions, and continuously work on self‑control and risk management to survive and eventually thrive in trading.