ICT Mastermind “Trader Roundup” live discussion hosted by Kit with ICT (Michael Huddleston) and multiple participants reacting to a new mentorship lecture centered on defining “key levels” and how time and price align through a PD Array “matrix/grid.” Traders share personal takeaways: being patient, avoiding rushing entries, managing leverage and stops, and waiting for price to trade to PD arrays that overlap key levels (rather than trading breakout/retest).
Michael explains that key levels and gaps are repeating, specific phenomena that create a grid for anticipating liquidity draws across sessions, emphasizing anticipating instead of reacting. He lists and discusses key levels such as new week opening gaps, new day opening gaps, RTH/opening range gaps (with gradient levels and consequent encroachment), and highlights how overlapping PD arrays (fair value gaps, order blocks, inefficiencies) at these levels improve precision; he contrasts this with generic “opening range breakout” approaches.
Participants discuss inside-day definitions using candle bodies, SMT divergence being higher probability around liquidity runs and volatility injections (often around 9:30), and using midpoints/consequent encroachment to assess high-resistance conditions.
Michael answers specific questions including: keeping a rolling five days of prior ranges/levels on charts; daily chart behavior around a noted wick and a fair value gap; how to prioritize PD arrays (wick takes precedence over imbalance; fair value gaps/imbalances are more salient than volume imbalance); order block marking rules (body is key for the initial/inception order block that shifts delivery; subsequent order blocks can be traded using wick ranges/consequent encroachment); and that body-based inside days function similarly to classic inside days as a volatility precursor.
Several speakers share personal stories (e.g., a 66-year-old beginner trading the 9:50–10:10 macro with micros, a 23-year-old Nigerian student balancing engineering finals, and others trading 2024 mentorship models), while the session also notes technical audio issues on X and ends with plans for another space on Thursday.

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