ICT opens a live podcast to announce a major personal change: he is stepping away from his provocative trading persona (“ICT”) and much of his market-focused teaching to devote himself to his Christian faith, family, and sharing the Gospel.
Key points:
– His wife, sister, and brother-in-law recently received the Holy Spirit; this and other spiritual experiences (including a strong impression to “remove the profane”) triggered a deeper conversion and renewed spiritual calling.
– He feels God has released him from using a profane, attention-grabbing persona to attract an audience; he no longer wants to rely on that style and intends to stop being primarily the ICT market teacher.
– He will significantly reduce or stop live streams, paid mentorship, market calls, and daily trading content (he even says he will not trade again), though he doesn’t rule out occasional market commentary.
– He plans to focus on Bible study and faith content; he will not monetize that channel for profit and promises any ad revenue will go to St. Jude (with audits).
– He urges generosity, warns that money and trading won’t save people from coming hardships, and acknowledges some followers may leave but accepts that outcome.
Overall: grateful and resolved, he’s closing the ICT chapter to prioritize faith, family, and a life that reflects his renewed spiritual convictions.
Opening: ICT checks audio, says he’ll keep remarks short and join Trader Round UP afterward.
Challenge to critics: Calls out online trolls and challengers, invites anyone to trade live on Axi with real broker statements to prove results rather than trash-talk.
Trading philosophy: Advocates small, disciplined growth over gambling — start with one micro contract, target modest weekly/daily goals (e.g., $50/day, $250/week, $1,000/month), and compound as you grow.
Methodology: Emphasizes structured price analysis (market structure, grids, PD arrays, order blocks, fair value gaps) and knowing specific levels and times rather than random guessing.
Risk management: Warns against over-leveraging, chasing big payouts, and demo/gambling mindsets that condition bad behavior; promotes slow, incremental consistency (e.g., weekly percent gains).
Learning process: Teaching filters out lazy students — you must practice in your own account, learn through mistakes, and be patient; no shortcuts to experience.
Social media/toxicity: Criticizes online negativity and fake gurus who prioritize engagement over real trading skill; many detractors lack discipline and can’t replicate results.
Personal notes and anecdotes: Mentions specific students and incidents (leaderboard competitors, a livestream he advised, students who transformed), and stresses underlying personal work (self-confidence, removing toxic influences) is essential for success.
Closing: Encourages disciplined study and practice, reiterates openness to public, verifiable challenges, and signs off to join the Traders Roundup podcast.
Overall message: Trade methodically, start tiny, focus on structure and consistency, ignore performative online criticism, and do the hard work to become reliably profitable.
Quiz
1) What weekly profit target using a single micro contract did ICT suggest as a starting goal? A. $50 per week B. $250 per week C. $1,000 per day D. $5,000 per week
2) What strike-rate did ICT claim to have achieved that week? A. 60% strike rate B. 75% strike rate C. 100% strike rate D. 0% strike rate
3) Which of the following did ICT say about Larry Williams-style over-leveraging? A. It’s safe to risk 1–2% per trade. B. Williams used extreme leverage, risking ~30% of his account on single trades, which is madness. C. Williams never had big drawdowns. D. Over-leveraging is the only path to consistent profits.
Answer key
1) B 2) C 3) B
Evidence from the transcript 1) One-micro $250/week / $50/day suggestion (supports answer 2-B) – Quote”One micro, we’re just trading with one micro contract. Try to make $250 a week, four weeks in a row… Use one micro to make $50 net each day. If you’re gonna trade every day…” – He explicitly gives $250/week (or $50/day) as the starter target.
2) 100% strike rate claim (supports answer 3-C) – Quote:”But if you look at what I did this week, using the smallest of leverage… here it is, the end of the week and we look back and it’s a hundred fucking percent strike rate.” – He claims a 100% strike rate for that week.
3) Larry Williams over-leveraging (supports answer 4-B) – Quote “Larry Williams was just going in there like a monster over leveraging to the hilt. Okay? And there’s no doubt about it, you can just look at his statements and look at his positions. That was crazy leverage. Risking 30% of his account on, you know, on single trades.”
ICT delivers an explicit, confrontational monologue arguing that online prop firms are untrustworthy, operate like Ponzi schemes, and routinely change rules to avoid payouts while encouraging financially stressed people to keep paying for evaluations with credit cards. He criticizes traders and educators— including some of his own students—who promote prop firms via affiliate codes, comparing them to enabling bartenders and “friendly neighborhood drug dealers,” and claims monetized opinions become compromised. He says he has no affiliations with brokers or firms and refuses sponsorships so he can speak freely, calling all brokers and prop firms dishonest.
Citing his sons’ experiences, he says Caleb repeatedly failed to “beat” prop rules and Cameron only received a small payout after the speaker intervened; he urged Cameron to stop using prop firms, get a job, and trade a regulated live account instead. He describes forcing Cameron to work (including DoorDash) to build a $10,000 regulated brokerage account and reports Cameron grew it to about $12,600 in under two weeks and plans to wire out $2,500, emphasizing small, disciplined trading (one micro contract, no trading on some days) over chasing large payouts.
He advises viewers to avoid prop firms, save at least $5,000, practice a repeatable model on demo properly, then transition gradually to live trading with minimal size, especially given he says current markets are unusually difficult and manipulated. He predicts coming litigation against prop firms, recounts a past Ponzi scheme example and other frauds to illustrate the mechanism, and closes by urging prop firms to treat customers fairly and viewers to stop funding them and stop gambling.
ICT explains how winning streaks can create overconfidence (“Midas Touch”) that leads traders to increase leverage and then suffer demoralizing losses, so he recommends building “plateaus” by scaling down after a set number of wins (e.g., after five winning trades, drop to the smallest size) to reduce drawdowns and emotional damage. He promotes an income-based approach using one micro contract, targeting consistent weekly percentage gains (e.g., 7.5%) and illustrates with a live, real-money example of making over $400 on a small account using liquidity targets and inversion fair value gap entries. He advises using circuit-breaker rules after losses, accepting imperfection, avoiding rushing into larger markets, and preventing “scar tissue.” The discussion briefly shifts to disaster preparedness (hurricanes, power/internet loss) and how such stress would likely halt trading, then broadens into concerns about societal instability and control, urging practical readiness.
– Personal backstory: ICT describes starting from a low point—divorce, anxiety, and self-doubt—and how encouragement from a woman (Shannon) and her family sparked the confidence that launched his trading career. That emotional support became his early accountability and motivation.
– Central message: Replace a self-defeating “nightmare” mindset with a proactive, optimistic “dreamscape” mindset. Mental framing determines trading behavior: negative self-talk and fear produce poor decisions; positive, nurturing self-talk produces consistency and discipline.
– Journaling and self-talk: Keep a trading journal that reinforces learning and encouragement (not punishment). Record observations, emotional reactions, and lessons from each trade to identify personal weaknesses and remove toxic thought patterns.
– Responsibility and accountability: Own every decision and mistake. Fix operator errors instead of blaming systems or luck. Use accountability partners or structure that prevents reckless risk-taking.
– Risk-management rule of thumb: Trade small and consistent position sizes — he suggests starting extremely conservatively (examples like a quarter of 1% risk per trade) and never overleveraging. Compound returns sensibly rather than gambling for quick wins.
– Focus and simplification: Limit yourself to one (or very few) markets to concentrate attention and develop mastery. Avoid following too many markets, indicators, or influencers that dilute focus.
– Time-based, process-driven edge: Trading is driven by time and structure — wait for the right time/setup instead of guessing. He emphasizes 30‑minute context windows (e.g., the 30‑minute opening range around 1:30pm Eastern for afternoon setups) and concepts such as PD arrays, fair value gaps, order blocks, and institutional timing rather than generic indicators.
– Practice discipline before real risk: Backtest, forward-test and tape-read to build a non-emotional experience base. Use demo/funded accounts cautiously; emotional responses to real money are different and must be trained for.
– Avoid materialism and social-media posturing: Don’t trade to impress or to monetize lifestyle content. Flaunting “trophies” encourages reckless trading and unhealthy external validation—focus on sustainable habits and results.
– Prune toxic influences: Remove or distance from family/friends or online communities that sow doubt, jealousy, or pressure to perform on others’ schedules. Be the positive guardian (parent/coach) of your future self.
– Patience and steady work: There are no shortcuts—consistent study, disciplined execution, and incremental improvement lead to competence and confidence over time.
– Final assurance: The speaker argues his approach is provable and teachable if applied consistently: wait for time/price-based setups, respect risk, journal constructively, and build discipline—then results will follow.
ICT uses a “daily candle” metaphor to frame each day’s productivity: the high is your maximum achievable output and the low is the minimum you accept. Success requires planning the next day before you wake (or before sleep), defining your operating hours/“kill zones,” and picking specific, realistic goals rather than chasing every distraction.
Fear and greed are described as constant adversaries: greed tempts you to overreach after you’ve met goals; fear robs you of contentment by making you obsess over what you didn’t do. Both are defeated by discipline—predefined limits, patience (not impulsivity), and trading/working only with informed, high-probability setups.
Practical advice: prune social media, drama, and approval-seeking (they steal attention and productivity); learn from mistakes rather than dwelling in regret; balance personal life and work to avoid burnout; focus only on what you can control. The presenter’s goal is to teach independence—implement these habits, “go ghost” on distractions, and you’ll sleep content and perform consistently.
– Purpose: Michael teaches traders how to identify and overcome the internal barriers (anxiety, fear, impulsivity, ego) that prevent consistent trading performance, and gives practical methods to manage stress so you can think and trade clearly.
– Guard your learning environment: create a “Fortress of Solitude” — a physical and intellectual space where you study a single reliable method, cut off conflicting external opinions and social-media noise, and avoid trying to learn from every influencer.
– Be self-focused in development: for a while you must be self-centered about studying and practicing. That’s not selfish — it reduces outside influence, helps you discover if trading truly suits you, and prevents destructive comparison/competition.
– Journal everything: keep a serious trading journal (not a scribble pad). Record hypotheses, minute markers, emotions, confidence levels and outcomes. Use it to identify recurring character flaws, measure progress, and replace toxic self-talk with constructive self-coaching.
– Accept uncertainty; don’t need to be “right”: a reliable model and disciplined process are more important than being right on any single trade. Learn to accept losses as part of the process and trade size according to your equity and skill level.
– Practice with low risk: use demo accounts, micro lots, or reduced leverage when desensitizing to real-money stress and when recovering a loss. This builds confidence without creating scar tissue from big early losses.
– Avoid social-media-driven validation: don’t trade to impress others or to chase quick feel‑good wins. Publicizing results or chasing clout increases pressure, which worsens decision-making and emotional reactivity.
– Health and lifestyle matter: chronic stress harms sleep, digestion, blood pressure and long-term health. Managing physiological stress is central to lasting trading performance.
– Practical stress-control techniques (use immediately when stressed):
– Self-talk + reality check: say out loud “There is no emergency. I am safe. This is a stress reaction” to interrupt intrusive thoughts.
– One-minute pulse count: find your pulse and count beats for 60 seconds while focusing on the counting (interrupts rumination and activates calm).
– Progressive muscle tension/release: tense all muscles for up to ~2 minutes then slowly relax — burns off adrenaline.
– Breathing cycle (one effective routine): fully exhale, hold 4s, inhale slowly 4–5s (belly breathing), top-off sniff, hold 2–3s, exhale slowly for double the inhale time (8–10s). Repeat 2–3 times.
– Quick reset via eye/face actions: hold eyes rotated to one side for ~30s then the other — often triggers a sigh/yawn and parasympathetic response.
– Vagus nerve stimulation: light stroking behind ears down neck or gentle circular pressure in the belly button area for 2–3 minutes while breathing slowly — helps turn on the parasympathetic system.
– If possible, walk for 20 minutes to burn off adrenaline.
– Recognize warning signs: racing breath, heart palpitations, dizziness, tingling, or a sense of impending doom signal rising sympathetic activation. Apply the techniques above early to prevent cortisol release and full panic.
– Be realistic and patient: trading proficiency is earned, not instant. Resist short attention‑span fixes, focus on detailed practice, and accept a deferred, disciplined path to consistent profitability.
– If you have severe or persistent mental-health symptoms, seek professional medical or psychological care (and get second opinions as needed).
Overall: build a protected learning environment, journal and practice deliberately with low risk, manage physiological stress with concrete techniques, prioritize health, and trade from a disciplined, process‑driven mindset rather than from fear, ego or social validation.
Quiz
1) According to ICT, what is the main purpose of keeping a trading journal?
A. To post on social media and gain followers
B. As an intellectual Fortress of Solitude to identify character flaws, track progress and manage stress
C. To calculate taxes and accounting entries
D. To share every trade publicly for validation
2) What does ICT strongly advise about outside sources of trading information when you are learning?
A. Invite as many opinions as possible to accelerate learning
B. Cut off other sources of information to avoid conflicting input and paralysis
C. Follow only influencer tips for quick wins
D. Rely exclusively on forums and Discord for confirmation
3) Which breathing routine does ICT teach to quickly break the onset of anxiety/panic?
A. Quick shallow breaths for 30 seconds, then resume trading
B. Exhale fully and hold 4 seconds; inhale slowly 4–5 seconds; sniff to top off; hold 2–3 seconds; exhale slowly for double the inhale (8–10s); repeat 2–3 times
C. Hyperventilate for 10 breaths then hold breath for as long as possible
D. Take one deep inhale and immediately resume activity
4) ICT describes two places on the body to stimulate the vagus nerve to calm down. Which pair is correct?
A. Temples and forehead
B. Behind the ears/along sides of the neck (light stroking) and the belly button (gentle counterclockwise pressure)
C. Soles of the feet and palms of the hands
D. Knees and elbows
5) To desensitize yourself to trading stress and practice recovery with less risk, ICT recommends:
A. Putting all available capital into a single live funded account immediately
B. Using demo accounts and trading with the smallest leverage (micro-lots) so you can practice, de-risk and build baseline KPIs
C. Following signal services and copying every trade
D. Only watching five-minute videos and avoiding execution
Answer Key with evidence
Q1 — B
Evidence: “and from an intellectual stance your Fortress of Solitude is your Journal” (0:17:53.480–0:17:58.400). Also: “when you Journal it puts a microscope right over top of that and you’re in N Fortress of Solitude… it’s a controlled environment… it makes you better as a Trader and it’ll help you wrestle fear” (1:01:28.880–1:01:37.960).
Q2 — B
Evidence: “if you’re can come to me I encourage rather aggressively that you need to cut all other sources of information off” (0:09:30.760–0:09:34.160). And: “in the beginning when you first start start learning it causes paralysis… conflicting input from other people’s opinion” (0:11:10.040–0:11:18.160).
Q3 — B
Evidence: Detailed breathing routine: “breathe it all out first… hold that empty lung state for 4 seconds… slowly breathe in… breathe in from your belly… four to 5 Seconds… at the point when you breathe in… quickly sniff through your nose the last little piece… hold that for two to three seconds and then slowly let the air fall out but with pursed lips… Exhale at least for eight seconds to 10 seconds” (3:12:41.399–3:14:04.520). And reinforcement: “at the end of the exhalation hold it for 4 seconds and then repeat it do that three times you got no [ __ ] anxiety… you got no [ __ ] pan attack” (3:16:29.720–3:16:34.640).
Q4 — B
Evidence: Vagus-neck stimulation: “there’s two places in our body where it’s closest to the surface of the skin… it’s directly behind your ears at the bottom of your ear lobe… go back about a half an inch… put your index fingers on the corner of your jaw bone and then go back about a half an inch… go straight up to where you you’re behind your ear… lightly… straight down the sides of your neck… you’re stimulating your vagus nerve” (3:17:279–3:17:47.040). Belly-button stimulation: “place your middle finger inside your belly button as deep as you can… slowly make a circular pattern… counterclockwise… do that for two to three minutes… you’re stimulating that vagus nerve” (3:38:33.840–3:38:44.279).
Q5 — B
Evidence: Demo account invitation: “you’re invited to have a demo account this week CU we’re all going to be pushing buttons I want you to see what it feels like” (0:53:32.079–0:53:35.599). Micro-lot recommendation: “trade with the least amount of money… trade with the smallest amount of Leverage… go down into micro Lots… you take that $200 loss back using the smallest amount of Leverage” (1:58:28.480–1:59:36.480).
– ICT: an experienced trader/educator giving candid advice to new/aspiring traders about common pitfalls and how to build a durable trading career. – Main pitfalls: unrealistic expectations (expecting overnight riches or to trade like influencers), peer-driven performance (trading to impress or compete), and “lead-dog” behavior (trying to be the loudest/first without the skill). – Practical mindset: trading is performance- and process-oriented. Focus on your own results, take personal responsibility, and avoid comparing yourself to social‑media performances. – Concrete goals: prioritize consistency over spectacle — a modest target (e.g., ~2% per week) using very small risk (he suggests risking as little as 0.25% per trade) and letting compound growth do the rest. – Risk management: avoid overleveraging, don’t chase losses, control position size after drawdowns, and preserve capital above seeking big, risky wins. – Process habits: study, chart time, take notes, journal trades, and practice entries/management in low-risk/demo settings until you can replicate results reliably. – Trading environment: avoid trying to trade high-volatility events (FOMC, CPI, NFP) unless your model is proven there; use sentiment (chat windows) as a real‑time indicator to fade retail behavior. – Social media: it can be useful (community, secondary income, sentiment) and provides tax/entrepreneurial benefits if you monetize properly — but don’t let it dictate your trading or audience-manage you. Beware of funded-account schemes and flashy “leaderboard” stunts. – Personal realities: trading doesn’t remove life problems (breakups, depression, family obligations). Expect setbacks, learn from them, and don’t hide mistakes — accountability and humility speed learning. – Closing encouragement: develop the core skillset, be patient and disciplined, protect your mind, and treat trading like a business — steady, boring execution compounded over time produces real, lasting results.
Quiz
1) According to ICT, what is the first “pitfall and plague” of trading?
A. Overdiversifying your portfolio
B. Unrealistic expectations or results you think you have to have
C. Ignoring economic calendars
D. Relying solely on algorithmic trading
2) What realistic performance objective does ICT recommend for traders trying to find consistency?
A. 10% per month risking 5% per trade
B. 2% per week risking one quarter of 1% (0.25%) per trade
C. 100% per year risking 10% per trade
D. 0.01% per day risking 0.001% per trade
3) What does ICT describe as “peer-driven performance”?
A. Trading only when peers are quiet
B. Trading to impress others or to match influencers—often overleveraging or changing your plan to perform for an audience
C. Using sentiment indicators exclusively
D. Focusing on long-term buy-and-hold strategies
4) What is the “lead dog” pitfall ICT warns about?
A. Trying to follow the oldest trader in a chatroom
B. Being the first to trade a new market instrument
C. Trying to be the loudest, most visible influencer (lead dog) without the real skill — the lead dog is often the first to get trapped
D. Copying institutional order flow blindly
5) What does ICT say about journaling and tracking progress?
A. Journaling is optional if you watch enough videos
B. If you are not journaling you have no baseline measurement and cannot judge real progress
C. Only journal your winning trades
D. Use social media comments as your primary journal
Answer Key:
Q1 — Correct: B
Evidence: “the first Pitfall and plague of trading well is unrealistic expectations or results that you think that you have to have” (timestamp range 0:05:09.400–0:05:16.600).
Q2 — Correct: B
Evidence: “if you can make 2% a week that’s phenomenal … risking one quarter of 1% now that’s not sexy … but we’re talking about where you are right now” (timestamp range 0:13:27.440–0:14:27.959).
Q3 — Correct: B
Evidence: “second one peer driven performance … many times don’t even use a stop loss … you’re trying to trade for notoriety and for the sake of being a celebrity … you’re trying to do the maximum outcome” (timestamp range 0:39:44.400–0:40:56.040 and 0:46:42.640–0:47:01.599).
Q4 — Correct: C
Evidence: “lead dog Pitfall everybody wants to be the lead dog … if you don’t have the real skill to be lead dog you’re going to be the one that tries to pretend … lead dog is the first one that falls into the the pit” (timestamp range 1:00:03.000–1:00:36.440).
Q5 — Correct: B
Evidence: “you have to be journaling if you’re not journaling that’s an unrealistic result you have no Baseline measurement you have no way of being able to judge are you really seeing progress” (timestamp range 0:21:47.880–0:22:05.960).
– Announcement: ICT, The Inner Circle Trader is leaving active social media now. He will stop posting/trading content but is leaving all videos and tweets online for free; he won’t sell mentorships or solicit money.
– Purpose and legacy: He framed his work as giving students a durable trading “language” and framework—core models and simple tools that remove noise and let traders time the market precisely. He’s proud of students who proved the approach in real accounts.
– Trading philosophy (core principles):
– Strip away indicator overload; prioritize price, structure, liquidity and order flow.
– Use a clear framework (weekly → daily → 4H/1H → intraday) and trade quality setups rather than high frequency.
– Specific tactics highlighted: fair value gaps, relative equal highs/lows, Silver Bullet and Optimal Trade Entry models, morning time windows (roughly 10–11am New York) for directional moves.
– Emphasize stop-losses, risk management, small leverage, patience, and trading fewer highest‑probability setups (2–3 “medallion” trades/week).
– Practical advice: Study his 2012/2022 mentorship videos and Silver Bullet content on YouTube (free). Don’t buy bootlegs or third‑party “ICT” study guides/mentorships unless the teacher can demonstrate consistent live executions with stop management.
– Warnings about the industry: He criticized scammers, marketers who sell screenshots or demo-only results, and urged listeners to demand proof (beginning‑to‑end, live/demo clarity). He challenged others to show repeated live evidence before claiming expertise.
– Community and mentorship: Encouraged experienced students to support struggling peers (free mentoring) rather than monetize unnecessarily. He asked followers to post real wins to a forthcoming “Inner Circle Trader yearbook” tweet so he can look back.
– Personal motivation & departure: He created a provocative online persona partly as marketing, but the real reason for leaving is to focus on family—his wife and private life—and spiritual priorities. He affirmed gratitude for the community and students.
– Mindset / psychology: Trading success depends as much on self-management as on method—avoid overtrading, overleveraging, FOMO, and allow time to learn (years for many). Take breaks when needed, schedule holidays, and protect mental health.
– Broader warnings & preparedness: He believes the world is entering a dangerous, accelerating period (geopolitical tension, possible large-scale conflict, economic/control measures). He urged practical preparedness (food, prudent stewardship, avoid flashy spending) and prudent risk exposure.
– Faith and eschatology: He shared Christian beliefs: sees Christ as God in the flesh, believes Bible prophecy is reliable (citing Daniel, Ezekiel, Genesis), accepts a pre‑tribulation rapture view, warns of a coming tribulation and encourages spiritual readiness. He asked listeners to examine the scriptures themselves.
– Social media critique: Social platforms amplify toxicity, entitlement and fraud; they distort motives and reward image over substance. He no longer wants to participate in that environment.
– Gratitude and final exhortation: He thanked followers and students, asked for forgiveness if offended, encouraged persistence, humility, and using the free material he left to become independently successful. He closed with prayers, care for listeners, and a final farewell.
Quiz
1) What did ICT announce about his social-media activity at the start of the transcript?
A. He planned to expand his activity with daily posts.
B. He announced a scheduled departure from social media (final Twitter space).
C. He said he would start charging for all future content.
D. He said he would delete all past tweets and videos.
2) Which trading concept did ICT repeatedly highlight as a simple, time-specific setup to trade (the “silver” approach)?
A. Indicator clutter strategy with 12 indicators
B. Trading only on weekly candles with no intraday entries
C. The Silver Bullet / fair value gap approach with a strong morning time window (around 10–11am)
D. Purely following RSI crossovers on hourly charts
3) What did ICT advise about people selling study guides, private mentorships or paid “ICT” courses online?
A. He encouraged buying curated study guides to speed learning.
B. He recommended subscribing to any service that used his name.
C. He warned not to buy those offerings — his core content is free on YouTube and people selling his name are likely scams.
D. He said only his paid mentorships (at his prices) are valid.
4) Which eschatological (end-times) position did ICT explicitly state he holds?
A. He rejects any concept of a rapture and believes the church must go through the full seven-year tribulation.
B. He is a mid-tribulation rapture believer.
C. He is a post-tribulation rapture believer.
D. He is a pre-tribulation rapture believer (the church is taken out before the seven-year tribulation).
5) As practical preparation for what he sees coming, which of the following did ICT specifically recommend?
A. Spend savings on luxury goods (cars, watches) as a hedge.
B. Prepare household essentials: non-perishable food (two years), and consider securing firearms/ammunition and other readiness steps.
C. Rely entirely on banks and digital payment systems for future security.
D. Ignore prepping and focus solely on trying to influence elections.
Answer Key
1) B — He announced a scheduled departure from social media.
Evidence: “we finally made it here it’s November 11th 2023 the scheduled departure of the Inner Circle Trader from social media…” (0:00:07.640–0:00:20.640). He also reiterates he is done with Twitter and will stop posting (e.g., 0:40:59.119–0:41:07.720; 1:35:12.239–1:35:15.440).
2) C — The Silver Bullet / fair value gap approach and the strong morning window (~10–11am).
Evidence: He names Silver Bullet among core tools: “Optimal trade entry 2022 model Silver Bullet…” (0:05:59.120–0:06:12.520). He explains timing and fair value gaps and the morning distribution: “between 10 o’clock and 11 o’clock… this distribution phase of the morning price swing… it’s going to run real quick into that buy side up to but not limited to 11: to noon New York local time.” (1:13:36.440–1:13:24.159 & 1:13:18.159–1:13:24.159 — passages covering the 10:00–11:00am window and fair value gap logic; also earlier references around 1:01:59–1:02:08 where he ties fair value gaps to daily timing).
3) C — He warned not to buy those offerings; core content is free and scams will appear.
Evidence: “you don’t need to subscribe to anything you don’t need to pay for anything it’s all in your hands right now” (0:03:30.400–0:03:40.640). “If my name’s attached to it don’t buy it don’t buy it… it’s on that YouTube channel it’s there… you walked this with me for the last two years that was mentorship” (0:45:31.920–0:45:40.960; 0:46:08.079–0:46:17.040). He explicitly calls others’ paid study-guides/mentorships a waste and “scammers” (0:46:08.079–0:46:17.040; 0:46:19.119–0:46:26.319).
4) D — He stated he is a pre-tribulation believer.
Evidence: “I am a pre-tribulation believer meaning that I believe that the body of Christ … are the ones that are counted worthy to escape it because… that’s when the fullness of the Gentiles come in…” (4:13:03.640–4:13:11.920). He also explains the distinction between the rapture and the second coming, and cites Daniel/Ezekiel timing and May 14, 1948 as pivotal (3:49:54.960–3:50:14.680; 4:00:01.399–4:00:13.680; 4:13:20.280–4:13:40.159).
5) B — Prepare household essentials (non-perishable food, ammo, readiness).
Evidence: “One of the best things you can do is inform yourself prepare yourself… get your house ready… have food you have food for two years non-perishable food I talked about it last year I’m telling you if you don’t have it 2024 … you have to be very good stewards with what you have” (3:13:56.720–3:14:04.760; 3:13:13.439–3:13:18.760). He explicitly warns about firearms/ammunition limits and digital-ID risks: “they’re coming for the guns… they’re coming for the ammunition… they’re going to limit how much you’re going to get” and about digital IDs/CBDC enabling control (5:54:47.040–5:55:02.320; 5:54:39.798–5:54:44.360; 5:54:47.040–5:54:52.320).
ICT / Michael J. Huddleston announces he will enter the Robins Cup (Robinhood/Robbins Cup trading competition) in 2024 and lays out his purpose, plan and challenges to the trading community.
Key points:
– Public challenge and rivals: He calls out several online traders (notably Vinny Emini / AlgoBox, Curtis G, Tom Dante) and dares them to compete. He praises one person, “M7,” for publicly committing and urges more influencers, mentors and students to join the competition to prove their claims.
– Objective and timeline: He will register in January, fund and begin trading in February, and intends to publicly display his account and monthly statements at year-end (copying the CFTC). He plans to leave social media on November 11 and return only to post final proof.
– Goal: He aims to beat Larry Williams’ Robins Cup record and win the futures division in 2024 (says failing to do so would be a personal failure).
– Trading strategy: Focus on index futures (ES/Nasdaq) over Forex; use “smart money” concepts (liquidity, fair value gaps, order blocks); trade very selectively (one high‑probability setup per day/session, limited weekly trades); pyramid entries with largest base first and risk only the last small entry; strict stops and money management; target ~12.5% per week starting from a $10k base (compound growth).
– On evidence and transparency: Responding to accusations about demo/gamed accounts, he insists his live trading and prior posted executions are verifiable, rejects MT4/MT5 demo skepticism, and promises full, auditable disclosure of his Robins Cup results.
– On competitors and community: He argues the competition is third‑party audited and CFTC‑regulated, making it the definitive public test of trading skill. He encourages entrants because participation—even without winning—earns respect; failure to participate nullifies credibility to criticize later.
– Teaching and responsibility: Emphasizes personal responsibility in trading, criticizes “image” marketing and signal/sales-driven educators, and claims many of his students are profitable using his methods.
– Tone and disposition: Extremely confrontational and confident throughout; frequently insults named critics but frames the message as both a provocation to rivals and encouragement to serious traders to prove themselves in the public arena.
Overall: He is publicly committing to a fully transparent, competitive, year‑long challenge to prove his trading methodology, calls others to either join or be silenced, and promises to demonstrate results auditable by the community and regulators.
