Unicorn PDF 2.

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Interactive Guide
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Welcome to the Unicorn PDF 2.0!

Before you delve into the contents of this

PDF, i strongly recommend reading the first
PDF and visiting the "Education-channel" on
my Discord server. The channel is a valuable
resource, meticulously curated to provide
foundational knowledge and context that will
greatly enhance your understanding of the
topics discussed in this document. By first
exploring the resources and discussions in the
channel, you'll be better equipped to engage
with and benefit from the information
presented here.

Thank you for taking this extra step to enrich

your learning experience!

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Step by step approach to executing the model!

In this PDF we will take an interactive approach to walking

through a step-by-step approach to executing this model. We have
defined each concept both on YouTube and in Discord. Therefore, if
you need any resources while completing this PDF, please use the
socials that are listed at the bottom of this page.

Additionally, if you ever have any questions or want to go over

any information always feel free to reach out to me on any of the
socials and I will gladly respond with any information I have.
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Unicorn

What is needed to form a Unicorn?

•TIME
•LIQUIDITY
•BREAKER
•Fair Value Gap (FVG)
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Unicorn

What is needed to form a Unicorn?

•TIME = Liquidity grab at the opening times.

•LIQUIDITY = the liquidity grab needs to see a higher time
frame liquidity and a lower time frame
liquidity taken.

•BREAKER = Bullish breaker: Highest up CLOSED candle

BEFORE the leg down that took liquidity.
Bearish breaker: The lowest down CLOSED
candle BEFORE the leg up that took liquidity.

•When the breaker has consecutive closes you use

the consecutive

•Fair Value Gap (FVG) = Needs to be aligned with the breaker.

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Stop Hunt

What is a Liquidity raid?

In trading, a "liquidity raid" or "stop hunt" refers to a

strategy where large market players, like institutional
investors or big traders, intentionally push the price
of an asset to levels where they know many stop-loss
orders are placed. The purpose of this maneuver is to
trigger these stop-loss orders.
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Stop Hunt

Draw the Liquidity raid (Higher Time Frame)

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Stop Hunt

Draw the Liquidity raid (Answer)

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Stop Hunt

Draw the Liquidity raid (Lower Time Frame)

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Stop Hunt

Draw the Liquidity raid (Answer)

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Breaker

What is a breaker?

a "breaker block" refers to a price level where there

has been a shift in market structure, typically
indicating a change from bullish to bearish momentum
or vice versa. The concept involves identifying a
consolidation area or a block of price action that
precedes a significant market move. After the market
breaks away from this block, the area is watched for
a potential return and reversal, as it often acts as a
new support or resistance level
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Breaker

What is a bullish/bearish breaker?

Bullish breaker:

A bullish range or up closed candle in the most recent swing

high prior to an old low being violated. The sellers that sold
this low and later see this same swing high violated and will
look to mitigate the loss. When price returns back to the
swing high this becomes a bullish set up.

Bearish breaker:

A bearish range or down closed candle in the most recent swing low
prior to an old high being violated. The buyers that bought this low and
later see this same swing low violated will look to mitigate the loss.
When price returns back to the swing low this is a bearish set up.
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Breaker

Draw the breaker block (Bearish)

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Breaker

Draw the breaker block (Bearish)

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Breaker

Draw the breaker block (Bullish)

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Breaker

Draw the breaker block (Bearish)

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Displacement

What is a displacement?

"displacement" refers to a significant, impulsive and

noticeable shift in price away from an established
range or level, indicating a potential change in market
sentiment or the beginning of a new trend. This
concept is often associated with the idea of smart
money actively moving the market, creating a clear
separation from previous price consolidation areas.
Displacements are considered important because they
may signal the start of a substantial move, providing
traders with clues about future market direction.
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Displacement

Mark the bearish displacement (example 1)

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Displacement

Mark the bearish displacement (Answer)

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Displacement

Mark the bullish displacement (example 2)

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Displacement

Mark the bullish displacement (example 2)

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FVG

What is a Fair Value Gap (FVG)?

a "Fair Value Gap" refers to a price range in a

market where minimal trading occurred, creating a
gap or void in the price chart. This gap represents an
area where price did not establish fair value,
suggesting that the market might return to this range
to 'fill' the gap and establish fair value
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FVG

Draw the bearish Fair Value Gap (example 1)

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FVG

Draw the bearish Fair Value Gap (Answer)

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FVG

Draw the bullish Fair Value Gap (example 2)

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FVG

Draw the bullish Fair Value Gap (Answer)

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UNICORN

THE UNICORN

Now that you have all the components, it is time to put it all
together.

•Time is our most important element. We ONLY execute

during the opening times.
FX Opens = London: 2am–5am EST, NY: 7am–10am EST
Indices Open = London: 2am–5am, NY: 9:30am–12pm EST

•"The breaker is one of the strongest algorithmic entry patterns

especially if you have taken out liquidity at the opening
price" - ICT

•We do not trade outside of the opening times.

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UNICORN

THE UNICORN

Second most important element is the Draw on liquidity.

•Price is only ever doing two things:

running above/below a swing high/low or rebalancing an
inefficiency.

•Therefore, our two forms of liquidity are swing highs/lows

and Fair Value Gaps.

•We obtain our draw on liquidity from the higher time frames
because we want to be on the same side as the higher time
order flow
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UNICORN

THE UNICORN

We always analyze from higher time frame to lower time frame.

We use time frame alignment to understand which time frames we
would analyze.

Time frame alignment:

•Monthly PD array > Daily Entry Function

•Weekly PD array > 4HR Entry Function
•Daily PD array > 1HR Entry Function
•4HR PD array > 15M Entry Function
•1HR PD array > 5M Entry Function
•15M PD array > 1M Entry Function
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UNICORN

THE UNICORN

"You have to understand where there is liquidity. The best breakers

are going to see two levels of liquidity. The short term and then the
higher time frame liquidity." -ICT

•We use time frame alignment to obtain both the short term and
higher time frame liquidities. When we are analyzing we want to
use a higher time frame swing high/low or FVG as an area of
interest to execute our position.

•Once we are at a higher time frame area of interest during the

the opening times we will then search for the short term liquidity
grab (raid) to begin searching for our entry function.
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UNICORN

Example of using both liquidities

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UNICORN

THE UNICORN
Analysis of prior example:

•1HR > 5M Time frame alignment used

•NY open used for time
•Price swept the higher time frame area of interest
(SSL is a swing low)
•At the area of interest, a stop hunt occurred (Short term raid)
•Then we waited for displacement to occur
•The displacement left an FVG aligned with the breaker block
•Once all of the criteria for our entry function was completed,
we entered our position the next time price tested the entry
function
•Stop loss went below the entry function
•We took profit at +2R
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UNICORN

Draw the bullish unicorn (stop hunt, breaker and FVG)

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UNICORN

Bullish unicorn (stop hunt, breaker and FVG)

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UNICORN

Draw the bearish unicorn (stop hunt, breaker and FVG)

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UNICORN

Bearish unicorn (stop hunt, breaker and FVG)

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UNICORN

Keys to using the Unicorn

•Only execute during opening times

•Higher time frame liquidity and lower time frame liquidity
needs to be taken
•At the higher time frame liquidity, the lower time frame liquidity
needs to be taken
•After stop hunt occurs, we need to see clear and decisive
displacement
•The displacement needs to leave an FVG aligned with the
breaker block
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UNICORN

Keys to using the Unicorn

•We must confirm all criteria to the entry function is completed

before entering
•Once criteria is completed we enter from the unicorn with a
stop on the other side of the entry function
•Must size position according to the size of the entry function
•When executing we are looking for 1:2RR
•We execute the Unicorns that are aligned with higher time frame
order flow
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UNICORN

Keys to using the Unicorn

"That right there is a unicorn set-up folks. That is one

of the wonderful set ups that repeat over and over again.
Its there every single week multiple times on many
different time frames. This set up alone is a model in
itself." -ICT
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UNICORN

Links to each concepts and socials

Concepts

•TIME - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQI4QbysC34&t=608s
•LIQUIDITY - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wksJdeCMzQg&t=119s
•STOP HUNT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtSh_9eoW0U&t=44s
•DISPLACEMENT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdC-zQf7x3c
•BREAKER BLOCK - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8nS-xeIWOc&t=19s
•EXECUTION - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYKnCrNz0Q0
Socials

• https://bento.me/ash-trades