If you're looking for trading schools or strategies that are different from SMC, here are

some major ones that take a different approach:

1. Retail Trading (Traditional Price Action & Indicators)

 Uses common indicators like RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, and Moving Averages.
 Relies on support & resistance, trendlines, and chart patterns like head and
shoulders, double tops/bottoms.
 Focuses on breakouts and reversals, rather than institutional liquidity traps.

2. Algorithmic & Quantitative Trading

 Based on mathematical models and algorithms to find patterns in price movements.

 Uses strategies like mean reversion, statistical arbitrage, and machine learning
models.
 Completely ignores liquidity concepts, order blocks, and smart money theories.

3. Fundamental Analysis (Long-Term Trading)

 Focuses on economic news, company earnings, interest rates, and geopolitical

events.
 Used by investors and swing traders rather than intraday traders.
 Example: Warren Buffett’s value investing approach (based on company
fundamentals, not price charts).

4. Elliott Wave Theory

 Developed by Ralph Nelson Elliott, it suggests that markets move in predictable five-
wave impulse and three-wave correction patterns.
 Requires subjective wave counting, which is different from SMC's structured order
block and liquidity approach.

5. High-Frequency Trading (HFT)

 Uses powerful computers to execute thousands of trades per second.

 Strategies involve market-making, arbitrage, and statistical trading.
 Completely different from SMC, as it doesn’t rely on chart analysis or retail trader
behavior.

6. Market Maker Trading (MMT)

 Used by liquidity providers (banks & institutions) to ensure smooth market

operation.
 Focuses on spreads, order book depth, and execution algorithms.
 Not based on candlestick analysis or liquidity sweeps like SMC.

Conclusion
If you want something different from SMC, you might explore retail trading (indicators),
algo trading, Elliott Waves, or fundamental analysis.

Are you looking for a strategy that suits your FTMO challenge goal, or just exploring
alternatives? 🚀

4o

You said:

more school like smc

ChatGPT said:

If you're looking for more trading schools similar to SMC (Smart Money Concepts), here
are some that follow institutional order flow, liquidity concepts, and price action trading:

1. ICT (Inner Circle Trader) – The Foundation of SMC

 Created by Michael J. Huddleston, ICT is the origin of Smart Money Concepts.

 Focuses on liquidity, order blocks, fair value gaps (FVG), mitigation, and time-
based trading.
 SMC traders often study ICT concepts since they are directly related.

2. Wyckoff Method – Market Phases & Manipulation

 Developed by Richard Wyckoff, this method explains how institutions manipulate

price.
 Key concepts: Accumulation, Distribution, Springs, UTAD (Upthrust After
Distribution).
 Focuses on market phases rather than just liquidity sweeps.

3. Smart Money Footprint (SMF) – Similar to SMC

 Tracks institutional trading patterns like order flow and liquidity zones.
 Includes inducement, market structure shifts, and entry confirmations.
 More practical for lower timeframes (scalping & intraday trading).

4. Supply & Demand Trading – Institutional Zones

 Based on finding key institutional buying & selling zones.

 Similar to order blocks in SMC but focuses more on price imbalances.
 Uses strong moves away from zones to confirm institutional activity.

5. Order Flow Trading – Market Depth & Footprint Charts

 Focuses on reading the order book, volume profile, and tape reading.
 Uses Cumulative Delta, Footprint charts, and Market Profile.
  Less about price patterns, more about real-time order executions.

6. Bank Trading Strategy – How Banks Trade

 Based on liquidity grabs, stop hunts, and price manipulation.

 Uses London, New York, and Asia session timing to track institutional moves.
 Similar to ICT but simplified.

Which One Should You Learn?

 ICT → Best if you want to go deep into SMC’s roots.

 Wyckoff → If you like market phase analysis (accumulation/distribution).
 Supply & Demand → If you like clean price action with clear zones.
 Order Flow → If you prefer volume-based analysis and live market tracking.

Would you like resources or course recommendations on any of these? 🚀

4o

You said:

more?
ChatGPT said:

If you want even more trading schools similar to Smart Money Concepts (SMC) that
focus on institutional trading, liquidity, and order flow, here are additional ones:

7. Liquidity-Based Trading (LBT)

 Focuses entirely on liquidity zones, stop hunts, and inducement.

 Similar to SMC but simplifies entry based on where retail traders are trapped.
 Used by traders who only trade liquidity sweeps and reversals.

8. Market Structure Trading (MST)

 Analyzes Break of Structure (BOS), Change of Character (CHOCH), and trend

shifts.
 Doesn't rely on indicators—just pure price action and key levels.
 Some traders combine MST with SMC for better confirmation.

9. The AMT Model (Auction Market Theory)

 Focuses on how price moves in a fair auction between buyers and sellers.
 Uses Value Areas, Point of Control (POC), and Volume Profile.
 Works well with order flow concepts and market structure.
10. Quasimodo Trading (QM Pattern)

 A reversal-based strategy that combines liquidity sweeps and break of structure.

 Often called a “liquidity trap” strategy since it catches stop hunts.
 Many SMC traders use QM patterns alongside order blocks.

11. SMT Divergence (Smart Money Trading Divergence)

 Created by ICT, this method compares different pairs (e.g., EUR/USD vs. GBP/USD)
to detect institutional divergence.
 If one pair sweeps liquidity while another doesn't, it signals fake moves.
 Great for confirming SMC trade setups.

12. The Dealer’s Playbook (Market Maker Manipulation)

 Focuses on how big institutions manipulate price to trigger retail traders.

 Uses stop hunts, fake breakouts, and engineered liquidity traps.
 Highly effective during London and New York session opens.

13. ICT Silver Bullet Strategy

 A specialized ICT method for sniper entries during specific trading hours.
 Focuses on liquidity sweeps, fair value gaps (FVG), and time-based entries.
 Designed for high-RR intraday trading.

14. The Smart Money Matrix (SMM)

 A hybrid of SMC, Wyckoff, and Order Flow Trading.

 Uses liquidity zones, footprint charts, and high-volume nodes.
 Focuses on how price interacts with institutional liquidity zones.

15. The 3-Box Strategy (Structure + Liquidity + Confirmation)

 Divides price action into three components:

1. Market Structure (trend direction & shifts)
2. Liquidity Zones (stop hunt areas)
3. Confirmation Entry (order block or fair value gap)
 This method simplifies SMC trading into a step-by-step process.

Final Thoughts

If you like SMC, you’ll probably enjoy learning from ICT, Wyckoff, and Liquidity-Based
Trading the most.
If you want something more technical, explore Order Flow, SMT Divergence, or AMT.

Would you like detailed explanations or resources for any of these? 🚀

4o

You said:

there's more
ChatGPT said:

Yes! There are even more trading schools and strategies that align with Smart Money
Concepts (SMC) or share similar principles of institutional trading, order flow, and liquidity
manipulation. Here are some advanced and niche trading methodologies:

16. Market Manipulation Theory (MMT)

 Focuses on how market makers, banks, and institutions manipulate price.

 Uses stop hunts, engineered liquidity pools, and price inefficiencies.
 Similar to ICT but stripped down to pure manipulation concepts.

17. The Secret Mindset Strategy

 Inspired by SMC and Wyckoff, but with a heavy focus on time-based price
reactions.
 Uses fake breakouts, engineered stop runs, and liquidity pools.
 Well-known among retail traders transitioning to smart money trading.

18. Time & Price Theory (TPT)

 Built on ICT’s time-sensitive liquidity sweeps.

 Tracks how institutions manipulate price around market open/close times.
 Works best for scalping during high-impact news or session overlaps.

19. The Kill Zones Trading Method

 Based on ICT’s London & New York kill zones (high-probability trading hours).
 Focuses on how price moves at specific times of the day.
 Traders combine this with SMC to refine their entries.

20. The Liquidity Void Strategy

 Focuses on gaps in price where institutions have not yet balanced orders.
 Uses Fair Value Gaps (FVG) and Imbalances to predict price fills.
 Works well with SMC’s Order Blocks and Liquidity Grabs.

21. The Algo Flow Strategy

 Tracks how market-making algorithms influence price movement.

 Analyzes institutional trading bots and high-frequency execution patterns.
 Advanced traders use this with SMC to refine their bias.
22. The Contrarian Smart Money Strategy

 Opposes traditional retail trading logic by doing the opposite of what most traders
do.
 Exploits retail trader mistakes and fake breakouts.
 Heavily liquidity-based, making it similar to SMC but applied in reverse.

23. The Momentum Liquidity Trap Strategy

 Focuses on fake momentum moves that trick breakout traders.

 Finds entries after a failed breakout, when price reverses to a liquidity pool.
 Best used for countertrend trading within an SMC framework.

24. The Inducement Entry Model

 Based on the idea that market makers lure traders into bad positions.
 Identifies traps before smart money moves in the intended direction.
 Pairs well with SMC’s stop-hunt and mitigation strategies.

25. The Volume Spread Analysis (VSA) Method

 Tracks how volume interacts with price action to detect smart money moves.
 Uses climax volume spikes, absorption patterns, and hidden buying/selling.
 Advanced SMC traders use VSA to confirm order block strength.

Which One Should You Explore?

✅ If you like pure institutional trading, check out Market Manipulation Theory, Kill
Zones, and Inducement Entry.
✅ If you want algo-based strategies, explore Algo Flow and Time & Price Theory.
✅ If you want a mix of SMC and volume concepts, go for Volume Spread Analysis and
Liquidity Void Strategy.

There are even more niche strategies, but these cover almost all institutional trading
methods. Would you like detailed explanations or learning resources for any of them? 🚀