Order book (DOM)
Read market depth in real time and place your orders directly on the price ladder.
Applied in module 08 →
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EUR/USD
Euro / US Dollar · Forex
1.08420
+0.21%
TrendBullish
EMA 201.0831
SMA 501.0812
SignalBUY
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to the real market.
What you learn in our modules and practice in the Order Flow Lab, you then read on futures with NinjaTrader, the award-winning platform of order flow traders.
- Award-winning futures platform
- Order book & order flow
- Market Replay & backtest
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Last—Candle delta—POC—Illustration
Footprint & volume
Volume at the bid and at the ask at every price level: spot absorption, delta and the POC.
Applied in module 08 →Market Replay
Replay a past session to practice the method without committing your capital.
Ideal for modules 03 and 04 →Backtesting & automation
Test your rules on historical data, then automate them: the extension of the quantitative module.
Applied in module 09 →Get started in 3 steps
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Structure, zones, order flow: the Trading Evolution rules, on real markets.
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10 ICT indicators free for NinjaTrader.
The Smart Money models we teach, placed straight onto your NinjaTrader charts. Free download, no subscription.
ICT 2022 Mentorship Model
Liquidity sweep, MSS with displacement, then entry on the FVG.
ICT Silver Bullet
The one-hour window: liquidity grab inside the killzone, then entry on the FVG.
Killzones & Daily Profiles
Asian range, London and New York opens, daily profile (VAH, POC, VAL).
Judas Swing
The false start at the session open, right before the real move.
SMT Divergence
Two correlated markets that stop confirming each other: the smart money footprint.
Unicorn Model
A breaker block and an FVG overlapping: the confluence zone to watch.
Power of 3
Accumulation, manipulation, distribution: the day split into three acts.
Turtle Soup
An old high broken, stops collected, then a sharp reversal.
Trading Evolution (MMBM / MMSM)
Market Maker Models (MMBM / MMSM): reading the market as a curve (Buy Model or Sell Model). Price steps down towards a major support level (liquidation), then climbs back in mirror through the same steps, letting you exploit the institutional re-accumulation and re-distribution phases.
- 1. Consolidation et courbe
- Periode ATR50Volatilite de reference pour toutes les largeurs et tous les seuils (independant du marche).
- Consolidation : bougies minimum15Nombre minimum de bougies pour qu'une plage soit une consolidation.
- Consolidation : largeur max (x ATR)2.0Hauteur maximale de la plage en multiples d'ATR.
- Consolidation lue sur les corps (ICT)ouiRegle ICT : une consolidation est delimitee par les corps des bougies, une meche peut en sortir sans la casser. Decoche = lecture sur les mèches (high/low).
- Profondeur mini de la courbe (x hauteur origine)1.0Le prix doit s'eloigner d'au moins ce multiple de la hauteur de l'origine avant qu'un reversal soit lu.
- Paliers minimum avant le reversal1Nombre de consolidations interieures exigees sur la jambe aller (0 = courbe en V acceptee).
- Paliers maximum6
- Duree max de la jambe aller (bougies)400
- Duree max de la jambe retour (bougies)600
- Detecter le Buy Model (MMBM)oui
- Detecter le Sell Model (MMSM)oui
- 2. Smart Money Reversal
- Force des swings (liquidite)5Bougies de chaque cote pour valider le swing qui sera balaye au bout de la courbe.
- Force du swing de reference MSS2
- Depassement mini du sweep (ticks)1
- Bougies max raid -> sweep valide3
- Bougies max sweep -> MSS30
- MSS valide sur clotureoui
- Displacement mini (x ATR)1.0Energie exigee de la bougie de rupture. 0 = desactive.
- 3. Trade au reversal
- Proposer un low risk buy / selloui
- Exiger un FVGnonSinon repli sur l'order block du displacement.
- Bougies de grace pour le FVG3
- Taille mini du FVG (x ATR)0.05
- Niveau d'entreeCEProximal, CE (50%) ou Distal.
- ObjectifFirstMirrorFirstMirror = premier palier en miroir, Origin = consolidation d'origine, FixedRR.
- R:R minimum1.5
- R:R fixe (repli)2.0
- Marge du stop (x ATR)0.10
- Duree de vie du setup arme (bougies)40
- Duree max en position (bougies)300
- 4. Temps reel
- Calcul sur chaque tick (temps reel)ouiActif par defaut : le graphique se met a jour a chaque tick.
- Historique analyse (bougies, 0 = tout)0
- 5. Affichage
- Consolidation d'origineoui
- Paliers (re-distribution / re-accumulation)oui
- Paliers miroir du retouroui
- Courbe de livraisonoui
- Smart Money Reversal (SMR / MSS)oui
- Cibles miroiroui
- Entree / stop / objectifoui
- Etiquettesoui
- Tableau de bordoui
- Toutes les consolidations (gris)nonAffiche aussi les consolidations qui n'ont pas donne de modele.
- Modeles affiches (0 = tout le graphique)30
- Opacite des zones (%)18
- 6. Alertes
- Alerte Smart Money Reversaloui
- Alerte setup armeoui
- Alerte entree declencheeoui
- Alerte modele completnon
- Fichier sonAlert2.wav
- Rearmement des alertes (s)15
- 7. Trading Evolution
- Afficher le logooui
- Afficher le nomoui
- Position du logoTopLeft
- Taille du logo (px)54
- Opacite du logo (%)55
- Mode diagnostic (Output)non
- Couleurs
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Optimal Trade Entry (OTE)
The 61.8% – 78.6% retracement zone, where the best entries sit.
Indicators for NinjaTrader 8, for educational use. They are not investment advice and guarantee no result.
From the basics to advanced concepts.
Every module is illustrated, animated and comes with simple rules to apply on your charts.
Beginner → intermediate level
Price Action: reading market structure
Price tells a story. You learn to identify highs and lows (HH, HL, LH, LL), breaks of structure (BOS) and changes of character (CHoCH) so you trade in the direction of the market.
- Uptrend: higher highs and higher lows
- Break of structure = continuation, CHoCH = possible reversal
- Enter on the retest, stop below the last low
Intermediate level
ICT: order blocks, FVG and liquidity
“Smart Money” concepts explained simply: where liquidity hides, how the market hunts it, and how order blocks and Fair Value Gaps become precise entry zones.
- Liquidity: equal highs / lows, retail traders' stops
- Order block: last opposite candle before the impulse
- FVG: 3-candle imbalance, often filled
Intermediate level
Elliott Wave: counting the waves
The market advances in 5 impulse waves, then corrects in 3 waves (A-B-C). You learn the unbreakable rules, Fibonacci extensions and how to anticipate wave 3, the most powerful one.
- Wave 2 never retraces below the start of wave 1
- Wave 3 is never the shortest
- Wave 4 does not overlap wave 1
Beginner level
EMA & SMA: following the trend
The SMA smooths price, the EMA reacts faster. The 20 / 50 / 200 periods act as a trend filter, as dynamic support and as a trigger through crossovers (golden cross, death cross).
- Price above the EMA 200 = bullish bias
- EMA 20 / SMA 50 crossover = momentum shift
- Pullback to the EMA 20 = trend entry
Beginner level
Support, resistance and zones
The levels where price has reacted several times. You learn to draw zones (not lines), to tell a real bounce from a false breakout, and to combine these levels with structure.
- The more a level is tested, the weaker it gets
- Broken resistance becomes support (polarity)
- Wicks mark the zones, closes confirm
Intermediate level
Fundamental analysis: the why
Policy rates, inflation, employment and growth drive a currency's strength. You learn to read the economic calendar, anticipate volatility and align your technical position with the macro context.
- Rising rates → usually a stronger currency
- NFP, CPI, FOMC: the events you should never ignore
- Risk-on / risk-off: gold, the yen and indices
M1Vocabulary & how the market worksPips, lots, leverage, spread, sessions
M2Japanese candlesticks & timeframesReading a candle, multi-timeframe
M3Price action & structureHH/HL, BOS, CHoCH, zones
M4ICT & Smart MoneyOrder blocks, FVG, liquidity
M5Indicators & wavesEMA/SMA, RSI, Elliott, Fibonacci
M6Fundamentals & economyCentral banks, calendar
M7Risk managementRisk per trade, R:R, journal
M8Trading Evolution indicatorInstallation, settings, trade plan
M9Quantitative tradingZ-score, ARIMA, GARCH, Monte Carlo, LSTM
The Trading Evolution indicator.
It combines market structure, moving averages and liquidity zones to give you a clear read: trend, key zones and entry signals. No complicated settings.
Signals shown0
Last signal—
Trend cloudActive
AlertsPush / Telegram
Trend at a glance
A blue / white trend cloud that tells you whether to look for buys or sells.
Automatic key zones
Order blocks, support/resistance and liquidity zones drawn automatically on your chart.
Entry signals
BUY / SELL arrows when structure, moving averages and the zone line up. Suggested stop and targets.
Real-time alerts
Get the signals on your phone. Compatible with MetaTrader 5 and TradingView.
Get the indicator
Installation guide + recommended settings included
Quantitative models, explained and animated.
Z-score, ARIMA, GARCH, Monte Carlo, LSTM: the models used by quant desks, explained with their formulas and animated live. Module 09 of the course, with an interactive Quant Lab in the app.
Mean reversion
Z-score
Measures how many standard deviations price has moved away from its moving average. Beyond ±2σ, a return to the mean becomes statistically likely: sell high, buy low, exit when it crosses zero.
01
Model
Log returns, stationarity (ADF), model selection: ARIMA for the series, GARCH for volatility.
02
Forecast
Point forecast + confidence interval, or a full distribution via Monte Carlo.
03
Learn
LSTM and recurrent networks on a rolling window, validated against a naive baseline.
04
Backtest
Sharpe, drawdown, profit factor, walk-forward: we only deploy what survives out of sample.
What you learn to trade.
Forex first, then the markets that respond best to the method.
The context that moves currencies.
Four data points to track every month. The chart updates when you switch indicator.
3.2%Annual change in consumer prices
Illustrative values for educational purposes. Live data in the calendar below.
Central banks
Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ. A rate hike draws capital into the currency. The tone of the statement matters as much as the number.
CPI & PCE
Rising inflation pushes the central bank to tighten. The market reacts to the gap between the published figure and expectations.
NFP & unemployment
First Friday of the month. The most volatile report on the calendar: trade it after the reaction, never during it.
GDP & PMI
A PMI above 50 = expansion. GDP confirms the trend and steers rate expectations.
Market flow, decoded.
Live news, and our weekly analysis format: macro context, structure, trade plan.
EUR/USDWeekly analysis
Bullish structure on H4, order block retest
Context: cautious ECB, dollar waiting on CPI. Plan: buy on a retest of the 1.0800 – 1.0820 zone, invalidation below the last HL.
XAU/USDWeekly analysis
Gold between real rates and safe-haven demand
Context: US yields pulling back. Technically, wave 3 in progress above the EMA 20. Target: 1.618 extension, stop below wave 2.
NAS100Weekly analysis
Indices: liquidity taken, CHoCH on M15
Context: tech earnings week. Equal highs swept, then a change of character. Looking to sell at the unfilled FVG.
Sample analysis formats for educational purposes. This is not investment advice.
Three steps. One trade plan.
1
Learn the basics
Vocabulary, candles, market structure. You understand what you're looking at before you click.
2
Master one method
Price action + ICT + moving averages, validated by the economic context. A checklist, not gut feeling.
3
Trade with the indicator
Install the indicator, follow the zones and signals, log every trade and improve your consistency.
Simple, structured, honest.
Visual teaching
Every concept is drawn and animated. You see the pattern before you read about it.
One method, not ten
We combine three approaches into one clear checklist. Fewer indicators, more discipline.
Risk management first
1% per trade, risk/reward ratio, journal. It's the foundation, we don't skip it.
Community & support
Weekly analysis, live sessions, Q&A. You don't learn alone.
Your Trading Evolution space.
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Trading Evolution indicator
MT5 file and TradingView script, with the installation guide and settings per market.
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EUR/USD, XAU/USD, indices: macro context, structure and trade plan published every Sunday.
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0 / 8 modulesWhat you want to know before you start.
I'm a complete beginner, is this for me?
Yes. Module 1 starts from scratch: what a pip, a lot, leverage and sessions are. You then move on to market structure and advanced concepts at your own pace.
What's the difference between price action, technical and fundamental analysis?
Price action reads raw price (structure, candles, zones). Technical analysis adds calculated tools (EMA, SMA, RSI, waves). Fundamentals explain the why (rates, inflation, employment). The method combines all three.
Which platforms does the indicator work on?
The Trading Evolution indicator runs on MetaTrader 5 and TradingView, with an installation guide and recommended settings per market. The free ICT indicators are NinjaScript files for NinjaTrader 8.
Which markets are covered?
Forex (majors and minors), gold and silver, US and European indices, oil and the main cryptos. The method applies wherever there is liquidity.
Why does NinjaTrader appear on the site?
Trading Evolution is an Official Member of the NinjaTrader Ecosystem. It's the platform we use for the Order Flow module, because it gives access to the order book, the footprint and real volume on futures. Links to NinjaTrader are partner links: we may receive a commission if you open an account, at no extra cost to you. Details are in the disclaimers at the bottom of the page.
Are the NinjaTrader indicators really free?
Yes. They are free NinjaScript (.cs) files, with no subscription, and you can read them before compiling. Every available indicator has its own documentation page: how it works, settings and installation. NinjaTrader 8 remains third-party software with its own terms.
Is this investment advice?
No. Trading Evolution is educational content. Margin trading carries a high risk of capital loss. Never trade with money you need.
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