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  • Final ICT Shotgun Saturday: Farewell & Adieu | November 11, 2023

    – 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).

  • Because… | July 1, 2023

    Summary:

    Speaker Michael Huddleston (ICT) gives a long, candid testimony mixing his life story, trading career, faith, and warnings about the future. Key points:

    – Personal testimony and divine experiences: He describes multiple occasions where he heard an audible, reassuring male voice (which he attributes to God) that saved him (e.g., a childhood gun incident) and guided moments in his life (including accurate personal details and prenatal predictions). He recounts suicidal thoughts stopped by a voice, a dramatic spiritual turning point when he asked God for trading insight and promised to serve others if gifted, and other interventions in his family’s life.

    – Faith and theology: He affirms a strong Christian faith—Jesus as the one true God manifested in flesh (rejecting the traditional Trinity formulation). He urges people to repent, believe the gospel, and seek a personal relationship with Christ.

    – Trading background and teaching: He traces ICT’s origins to 1992, admitting early mistakes (blown accounts) and gradual development of his methods. He defends his teachings, notes many successful students, warns against shortcuts and social-media-driven “success,” and recommends at least a year of real practice to learn a trading style. He denies offering signal services publicly and says some online mentorship claims are fake.

    – Social/media/organizational decisions: He criticizes megachurches and televangelists profiting off religion and voices frustration with online trolls. He announces he will step away from promoting the ICT persona and dial back social media in November to focus on family, faith, and self-sufficiency.

    – End-times warnings and practical advice: He believes a rapture (harpazo) is imminent, expects intensifying global chaos, and warns of technological/financial controls (digital currency, mark). He urges listeners to prepare practically (grow food, become self-reliant), prioritize spiritual readiness, avoid chasing public clout, and value being “comfortable in your own skin” as true excellence.

    He discloses bipolar disorder, emphasizes humility, and insists his gifts came from God and are meant to serve others.

    Quiz

    1) When did ICT say he read his first trading book and that Inner Circle Trader (ICT) was born?
    A. 1990
    B. November 5, 1992
    C. 2016
    D. July 2019

    2) Which of the following best describes ICT’s stated view of God/Christ?
    A. God exists as a Trinity of three distinct persons.
    B. There is one God who manifests Himself in the flesh as Jesus Christ.
    C. Jesus is not divine.
    D. God is purely a metaphor and not literal.

    3) In ICT’s teenage story at his friend’s house, what crucial event did he describe?
    A. He discovered trading principles on a book left at the house.
    B. He heard an audible male voice telling him to “pull the door in front of you,” which coincided with a gun firing and saved him from harm.
    C. He was offered a scholarship to study computer science.
    D. He fell from the roof and broke his arm.

    4) What minimum learning timeframe for trading does ICT recommend in the transcript?
    A. One month
    B. Four months
    C. One year
    D. Five years

    5) Why does ICT say he is stepping away from promoting the ICT name and reducing social media presence after November?
    A. He was forced off social media by others.
    B. He wants to focus on family, be closer to God, avoid distractions, and put down the ICT image.
    C. He plans to rebrand and launch a new aggressive marketing campaign.
    D. He says trading no longer works and he’s quitting markets.

    Answer key:

    1) Answer: B
    Evidence: “at 20 years old when I first sat down November 5th 19 92 Thursday evening 9 pm at my aunt and uncle’s house I read my first trading book that’s when Inner Circle Trader was born” (timestamp ~0:30:51–0:31:06)

    2) Answer: B
    Evidence: “there is one God … God manifests himself in the flesh and that is Jesus Christ … he is the father when he provided a body to indwell and manifest himself among men” (timestamp ~0:09:12–0:09:43)

    3) Answer: B
    Evidence: “I hear a voice over the right shoulder audibly … what I heard was ‘pull the door in front of you’ … as soon as my right toe … connected with the door swinging in front of me the gun went off … all the Buckshot was right there … on the door I was on” (timestamps ~0:11:01–0:13:14)

    4) Answer: C
    Evidence: “I tell you you need to see a minimum of one year because then you’ll see a full calendar year you’ll see the ebb and flow of the seasonal tendencies that come in the marketplace” (timestamp ~0:37:42–0:38:03)

    5) Answer: B
    Evidence: “no one’s scaring me away … my family needs me I need to be closer to God … when I’m out here … it becomes about me … I’m removing it entirely in November … I’m putting down the name of ICT I’m not carrying it forward … so he increases further in my personal life” (timestamps ~1:08:57–1:09:03; ~1:22:11–1:22:26)