# The PO3 Entry Model that Nobody Talks About (Changed My Life)

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[00:00] All right, ladies and gentlemen, be honest with me.
[00:02] How many times have you gotten stopped out from a setup that looks exactly like this one?
[00:07] Sorry to say, when you were actually shorting these false breakouts to the downside,
[00:10] I'm actually longing exactly where you're shorting, and you're becoming liquidity for the actual larger move in the market.
[00:15] Look at this trade.
[00:17] I just caught over 400 points with this entry right here.
[00:20] I even left some swing runners to catch even more risk reward on this specific entry.
[00:24] And because of the volatility spike right now with the Trump war in Iran, we're seeing almost more fake breakouts than ever before.
[00:31] And you might have even gotten destroyed this week trying to short these false reversals, which what seems like a market that just continues to go up no matter what.
[00:39] Here's the problem.
[00:41] You guys think that you are actually trading ICT with all your fancy terminology, but realistically, you're just pattern trading without knowing it.
[00:47] I used to do the exact same thing until I actually understood one simple truth about how every single candlestick in the market moves.
[00:52] In this video, I'm going to show you three main things.
[00:56] That's why you keep getting stopped out on these breakouts and how to prevent it.
[00:58] What the market is actually doing during
[01:00] the market is actually doing during these moves, and how to wait for the
[01:01] these moves, and how to wait for the exact right phase so that you just stop
[01:04] exact right phase so that you just stop bleeding money.
[01:05] bleeding money. If you've been studying ICT for months on end and you're still
[01:07] ICT for months on end and you're still not profitable, then this video is
[01:09] not profitable, then this video is probably going to change the entire
[01:11] probably going to change the entire trajectory of your trading career. So,
[01:12] trajectory of your trading career. So, I'd probably take some notes if I were
[01:14] I'd probably take some notes if I were you. I've been trading since COVID, and
[01:15] you. I've been trading since COVID, and I can very confidently tell you that
[01:17] I can very confidently tell you that most of your guys' mistake is thinking
[01:20] most of your guys' mistake is thinking that you don't know enough ICT concepts,
[01:23] that you don't know enough ICT concepts, right?
[01:26] right? You probably already know maybe mitigation blocks, order blocks, fair
[01:28] mitigation blocks, order blocks, fair value gaps. You definitely know You
[01:31] value gaps. You definitely know You probably know optimal trade entry
[01:32] probably know optimal trade entry Fibonacci's, smart money tool. You
[01:35] Fibonacci's, smart money tool. You probably actually had a pretty deep dive
[01:36] probably actually had a pretty deep dive into these concepts.
[01:38] into these concepts. But here's the thing. Knowing the
[01:40] But here's the thing. Knowing the concepts actually isn't your problem,
[01:43] concepts actually isn't your problem, okay?
[01:45] okay? You're treating every liquidity sweep, every fair value gap tap, every
[01:47] sweep, every fair value gap tap, every single breakout like it's some signal to
[01:50] single breakout like it's some signal to enter, right?
[01:53] enter, right? And you're still losing money.
[01:54] money. You probably see a liquidity sweep, maybe a fair value gap get tapped
[01:56] sweep, maybe a fair value gap get tapped into, and then break to the downside
[01:58] into, and then break to the downside with the market structure shift. And
[02:00] with the market structure shift.
[02:00] And you're like, boom, signal to entry.
[02:02] I got like five ICT concepts there.
[02:04] This looks like an A setup, right?
[02:05] Like we talked about in the beginning, you just keep getting wrecked.
[02:08] So, what the [ __ ] is happening?
[02:10] Do ICT concepts just not work, or is it you?
[02:12] What is it?
[02:12] But here's the thing you guys are all just completely overlooking and missing.
[02:15] The most important question we need to be asking is where are we currently at in the point of a candlestick's life cycle.
[02:22] Every single candlestick in the market follows this exact four-phase structure, okay?
[02:27] This This isn't theory.
[02:27] This is mechanical, okay?
[02:30] And that four-step structure is how the candle is actually formed, what happens to it, and how it closes.
[02:37] Very simple, okay?
[02:37] The first thing that happens, obviously, is a candlestick opens.
[02:44] If we are bullish, the second thing that is going to happen is we are going to push down and form its bottom wick.
[02:52] Okay?
[02:52] The third thing that's going to happen is we are actually going to form the candlestick.
[02:56] Right?
[02:56] And form the top wick.
[03:01] And form the top wick.
[03:04] And after we have formed the top wick, usually relatively shortly after, we're going to make a push down and the candlestick is going to close, okay?
[03:13] That is very basic. This is fractal. This is literally how candlesticks form.
[03:17] Now, you're probably thinking, Jack, this is obviously way too simple.
[03:21] That can't be what I'm missing, okay?
[03:23] What you're actually missing is the lower time frame's genetic makeup of that four-step process, okay?
[03:32] So, right when a candlestick opens, the lower correlated time frame is going to do something, okay?
[03:39] So, right when that candlestick opens, your lower time frame is going to start to move sideways or accumulate, okay?
[03:45] There's not going to be a ton of volume, okay?
[03:49] Just before or right at that candlestick opening.
[03:50] Now, if we are bullish, we are going to form part two, right?
[03:56] That is going to be a manipulation, okay?
[03:59] Taking out the accumulation lows. This is your false
[04:02] accumulation lows.
[04:02] This is your false breakout, okay?
[04:04] Once you've taken out breakout, okay?
[04:04] Once you've taken out the accumulation lows,
[04:06] the accumulation lows, you will then see price start to
[04:08] you will then see price start to reverse, and that candlestick starts to
[04:11] reverse, and that candlestick starts to come back up and actually form a wick,
[04:14] come back up and actually form a wick, right?
[04:14] Once you start to see that, then
[04:16] right? Once you start to see that, then you can start to use your ICT concepts
[04:19] you can start to use your ICT concepts for confirmation that we are going to
[04:21] for confirmation that we are going to see a reversal like an IFG, CISD,
[04:23] see a reversal like an IFG, CISD, whatever it may be.
[04:23] That's your entry point.
[04:25] Boom, you can ride it all the way
[04:27] to the upside, okay?
[04:27] Step three, though,
[04:30] what are we missing?
[04:31] It's distribution, okay?
[04:31] That is the
[04:34] actual upwards movement of this higher
[04:37] time frame candlestick all the way to
[04:38] form wherever its top wick is going to
[04:40] be, okay?
[04:40] That's our three-step process,
[04:42] and step four is basically the candle
[04:44] just retracing a little bit and
[04:46] accumulating at the close, which we
[04:48] don't really pay attention to, okay?
[04:48] All we're focused on is accumulation,
[04:49] manipulation, and distribution.
[04:52] This is literally how the market moves.
[04:54] Okay, so, power of threes can happen on
[04:56] multiple time frames.
[04:56] The highest
[04:58] probability power three time frame
[05:03] probability power three time frame pairing, I'm not going to make you pairing, I'm not going to make you search for it.
[05:06] I'm just going to tell you because this is what I've been using for the last couple of years to just rinse prop firms,
[05:11] you are going to use a four-hour candlestick's life cycle structure,
[05:16] which is this, paired with a one to five minute entry time frame of where you're going to actually be spotting this power of three.
[05:29] Now, look, every ICT trader that doesn't actually understand PO3 will see something like this and think they get it, right?
[05:35] They have their bias right, and they're like, okay, nice, you know, I'm going to enter this.
[05:41] This is clearly the fake out. I just watched the first three minutes of Jack's video. Boom, I'm going to enter.
[05:47] I'm with the market movers, and we're good to go.
[05:49] And then, they end up still getting stopped out just for the market to end up going in their direction and ripping another 400 points to where their take profit would have been.
[05:59] With PO3, you can be right about the direction, but you can be entering in the wrong phase, which is one of the
[06:03] the wrong phase, which is one of the biggest mistakes traders make when trading PO3.
[06:07] And again, with current market volatility, this is especially important to understand because of all the random whiplashes from Trump news.
[06:14] This is how the markets grab liquidity to make those massive trending moves.
[06:19] Look, the market is literally designed to stop you out so that the bigger players can end up filling their orders.
[06:26] Stop you out and other institutions so they have liquidity.
[06:31] And that's not just me being dramatic.
[06:33] That is how orders are filled.
[06:34] If you don't properly understand the three phases, how to mark them out, and how to enter within them, then you're either going to continue to short these false breakouts or get stopped out when you actually can spot the right move.
[06:46] And that's exactly why you're not profitable.
[06:47] But like I said, once you understand what cycle you are, like I said, you could be longing too early thinking that this is the manipulation.
[06:56] So, once you understand where you are in the PO3 cycle, that's when everything actually changes.
[07:00] And please actually pay attention to the next part of the video where we actually
[07:04] next part of the video where we actually identify what phase of the PO3 you're in, because that could be your make or break to actually just completely rinsing prop firms with payouts by using only this strategy.
[07:12] Just like everyone I've taught this properly to does.
[07:16] So, let's get into it.
[07:18] Okay, so, you might want to hop on TradingView and follow along for this part.
[07:22] I want everyone to go to the indicators button right here.
[07:25] Click on it, and you're going to look up HTF Power 3.
[07:28] Again, this isn't my indicator.
[07:30] I'm not even affiliated with it.
[07:32] It's just a completely free one that I use, okay?
[07:35] Now, what this indicator does is pop up this big side candle next to your chart, okay?
[07:42] And if you put the pieces together and you're not an absolute troglodyte, you can probably already tell what this candle is going to be for, right?
[07:49] If you click settings, go to the time frame, and select the four-hour time frame, okay?
[07:55] That's exactly what we drew out earlier in the video.
[07:58] This is going to be your four-hour candle where we are going to follow along with that one to five minute power of three, okay?
[08:03] So, let's
[08:06] minute power of three, okay?
[08:08] So, let's take a look at how to identify exactly what phase we're in and properly set up this trade.
[08:12] So, there's actually two examples of this happening on the same day.
[08:16] But what we're going to do is we're going to mark out when that new four-hour candle is going to actually open, okay?
[08:24] So, for us, we're going to use the 2:00 p.m. Eastern time, okay?
[08:28] You can do this with literally any four-hour candle in the market.
[08:32] I have typically had the most success with 10:00 a.m. Eastern and 2:00 p.m. Eastern.
[08:35] But like I said, you can trade this for Asia and London if the narrative and draws on liquidity are there, okay?
[08:41] So, make sure you have your indicator turned on as well, okay?
[08:46] Right as we get on the charts here, we can clearly see that, okay, we're in an uptrend.
[08:51] We're not going to fall for the fake breakout, right?
[08:54] Every time frame is bullish.
[08:56] We're not going to go too deep into it, but let's just have that be our assumption for the trade.
[09:01] What can I already see start to happen?
[09:04] I can already see price start to begin its sideways movement here.
[09:04] So, when you
[09:07] its sideways movement here.
[09:09] So, when you see price start to move sideways, see price start to move sideways relative to what it's been doing, which relative to what it's been doing, which it's been trending all day, it's been trending all day, that's going to be your accumulation, that's going to be your accumulation, okay?
[09:17] In this scenario right here, again, we didn't really have a manipulation with this PO3.
[09:23] Wasn't really correlated with our high time frame candle.
[09:25] Um but that's what accumulation looks like, that's what accumulation looks like, okay?
[09:27] So, right here, you might think that, oh, wait, are we leaving the accumulation zone?
[09:34] Because, Jack, look, we we just we we swept liquidity, right?
[09:37] What is this?
[09:39] This looks like our manipulation.
[09:40] This looks like our power three.
[09:43] Okay, crap.
[09:43] Uh I'm going to ready to long here.
[09:44] I think I'm I think I'm going to try this, you know, this is like that false breakout he was talking about.
[09:49] Uh I'll target a four risk reward.
[09:52] And what happens?
[09:54] Oh, we're still accumulating.
[09:57] Hmm.
[09:58] Why is that?
[10:00] You probably already caught it if you're not a chocolate addict.
[10:02] What is this high time frame candle doing?
[10:03] We're we're near the end of its lifeline, okay?
[10:04] Step one, identify what cycle of the
[10:08] Step one, identify what cycle of the candlestick's lifetime we are in.
[10:11] We're near the end, right?
[10:12] This is when the new 4-hour candle opens.
[10:15] So, we're still in our accumulation phase, okay?
[10:20] This has not manipulated yet.
[10:20] What we're always going to want to do is wait for that new 4-hour candle to open.
[10:27] The manipulation usually happens relatively quickly, okay?
[10:29] So, here, we're in the accumulation phase.
[10:35] Once our new 4-hour candle opens, what are our assumptions?
[10:37] Okay, boom, one, where we at in the candlestick's lifestyle?
[10:39] Near the beginning.
[10:41] So, we might see a little bit more accumulation,
[10:46] but we can start to expect that low to be put in or a manipulation.
[10:52] So, let's watch what happens here.
[10:54] Okay, great.
[10:54] What did we do?
[10:54] We accumulated for a little bit longer.
[11:00] Now we saw our manipulation.
[11:02] Right?
[11:02] I'm going to mark that out right here.
[11:05] Boom, price is manipulating.
[11:07] So, what am I going to do?
[11:07] I'm not going to enter the second we see this manipulate
[11:09] enter the second we see this manipulate or take out the accumulation range low
[11:11] or take out the accumulation range low because we could have gone stopped out
[11:12] because we could have gone stopped out from this candle. I'm going to actually wait for confirmation.
[11:14] So, still technically, we are in the manipulation phase.
[11:17] A lot of people ask me, "Jack, how do you know if this is going to go lower?"
[11:19] Okay?
[11:22] With discretion, you're going to learn how to predict sometimes where it's going to stop, but for the most part, you don't need to know that, okay?
[11:23] We have confirmations that tell us when we're going to get out of the manipulation phase.
[11:28] So, we want to enter when we're getting out of the manipulation phase.
[11:33] Okay?
[11:37] So, accumulation, we've swept the accumulation lows, manipulation, putting in the bottom wick of that 4-hour candlestick.
[11:42] Now, how do we know we're actually going to get out of there?
[11:48] This is when you start to use the ICT concepts you learned for entry, okay?
[11:50] So, the one I prefer to use for this entry model is inversion fair value gaps and changes in the state of delivery, okay?
[11:56] So, for me, I see a big fat one-minute fair value gap right here.
[12:00] When I see price close above this,
[12:10] here.
[12:13] I can be pretty confident that we are out of the manipulation phase, right?
[12:15] out of the manipulation phase, right?
[12:17] So, we have an inverse this gap, we're still respecting it.
[12:19] still respecting it.
[12:20] However, the more times you knock on a door, the more likely you are to open it.
[12:23] it.
[12:26] So, let's see what happens, okay?
[12:28] Did we get our candle closure?
[12:30] That's not really uh too good of a candle closure, so I might wait for one more, right?
[12:32] more, right?
[12:34] We didn't really get that inversion gap.
[12:36] We're still waiting, still waiting.
[12:39] Great, okay, look, because we waited, didn't get stopped out.
[12:41] If you just saw, "Oh, we saw a pulse up, you know, I'm I'm going to enter here."
[12:43] out.
[12:45] If you just saw, "Oh, we saw a pulse up, you know, I'm I'm going to enter here."
[12:46] enter here.
[12:48] You would have gotten stopped out on this trade, okay?
[12:50] We're still in the manipulation phase currently.
[12:52] So, what do we do?
[12:55] We see price push even lower there, okay?
[12:57] there, okay?
[12:59] After pushing lower, now we start to see price push higher, and what do we finally see?
[13:01] price push higher, and what do we finally see?
[13:03] finally see?
[13:04] We see an inversion fair value gap right here, okay?
[13:07] an inversion fair value gap right here, okay?
[13:10] Now, you can enter there, but for me, because we pushed a little bit
[13:11] me, because we pushed a little bit lower, you know, if I'm going to scale lower, you know, if I'm going to scale in the size, I might wait for a little bit more confirmation.
[13:15] And for me, usually that's going to be tapping into a fair value gap, retracing into the order block that swept liquidity, and then seeing another break to the upside.
[13:26] So, here, we get a change in the state of delivery after seeing our retracement right here.
[13:31] That's probably where I'm going to enter long.
[13:32] I love to have my stop loss at the bottom wick of this 4-hour candle, okay?
[13:36] So, now we are finally out of the manipulation phase, and we're ready to enter the distribution phase because we've gotten confirmation from our ICT concepts.
[13:46] So, what am I going to do?
[13:47] I'm probably going to long to the accumulation high in this scenario because we have more than enough risk reward.
[13:54] Um on PO3 setups that have a tighter accumulation range, we might be able to take this higher um even with a, you know, low or high risk reward.
[14:06] So, this trade looks like it would have played out pretty comfortably with trailed stops to a 4.6 risk reward,
[14:14] with trailed stops to a 4.6 risk reward, okay?
[14:16] And the reason I'm always pushing PO3 and stressing this exact concept is
[14:19] PO3 and stressing this exact concept is because it literally changed my life.
[14:21] I went from making $12 an hour as a lifeguard to having literally everything I've ever wanted in all the time in my one life that I have.
[14:29] And this isn't just one random occurrence on bar replay, okay?
[14:34] We can go back as far as we want into the market and spot PO3s.
[14:39] Let's just look at it for a second.
[14:41] Accumulation, manipulation, distribution.
[14:43] PO3 making one of the largest moves in the market, right?
[14:47] We can see again, this is a larger one, uh higher time frame candlestick for that, but here, accumulation, manipulation, change in state of delivery, right?
[14:56] Accumulation, manipulation, IFVG or change in state of delivery.
[15:01] Accumulation, manipulation, IFVG change in state of delivery, okay?
[15:04] As you can see, this moves the entire market.
[15:06] Let's look at it even more, right?
[15:09] For this, accumulation, manipulation, IFVG, boom.
[15:13] This is on a lower time frame,
[15:15] This is on a lower time frame, accumulation, manipulation, IFVG.
[15:18] Again, accumulation, manipulation, IFVG.
[15:18] Again, accumulation, manipulation, IFVG or accumulation, manipulation, IFVG or CISD.
[15:20] And it's the same thing when CISD.
[15:22] And it's the same thing when you're selling, okay?
[15:24] This isn't just a bullish concept.
[15:26] This is how orders are filled to the upside and the downside, right?
[15:28] You we can drop a time frame here, and we can see a couple more examples of PO3, right?
[15:30] Accumulation, manipulation to start a massive market reversal.
[15:35] Accumulation, manipulation, distribution,
[15:37] another great example of it right here.
[15:40] Accumulation, manipulation, distribution following the trend.
[15:41] This is how the markets are moved, and this concept will change your life if you can use it in the correct manner.
[15:43] If you can't, you're just going to stay stuck.
[15:45] These are the stats of pretty much every single ICT trader who trades with prop firms.
[15:47] 13% pass, two to three maybe get one payout, and then blow their account, and 0.1% reach live funding, okay?
[15:49] Gotten over six figures in payouts, and I've been live funded multiple times with different prop firms.
[15:51] I have beat the statistic with PO3, same thing with my students.
[15:52] This is Dan.
[15:54] This is an $18,000 payout with a Bullnox live
[16:17] $18,000 payout with a Bullnox live account, meaning he performed so well, they moved him to live.
[16:21] Here's another 10K payout from Bullnox.
[16:23] He's seven-figure funded, and this is what a typical day P&L looks like for him now using the PO3.
[16:26] And this is not because I or we are smarter than you, it's because we just stopped overcomplicating it.
[16:31] If I can do it, so can you.
[16:33] I'm not unique.
[16:35] I don't have a genius IQ.
[16:37] I wasn't even good in school.
[16:39] So, look, most people are going to watch this video, and they're going to say, "Oh, that makes sense."
[16:42] Do nothing about it, and go right back to shorting breakouts tomorrow because they think a market reversal's coming.
[16:45] If that's you, no judgment, but nothing's going to change.
[16:47] And at that point, you have to ask yourself, are you just trading for the dopamine at this point, or do you actually want to be full-time with this?
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