This 1-minute SMC scalping strategy has yielded over $100,000 in verified trading profits in the 2024 trading year. Today’s video shows exactly how it is done step-by-step. It takes three straightforward and easy steps that begin with what I do as soon as I get on the charts each morning to determine my game plan for the day.
Step 1: Setting Up Your Directional Bias
Before diving into any trades, it’s essential to understand the market’s direction. Every day, I begin by assessing the current market structure. This is crucial for ensuring that I’m trading in alignment with the broader trend.
At any point in time, the market is creating a series of highs and lows—highs, lows, lower highs, lower lows—and these movements are telling me what the prevailing trend is. If I see lower highs and lower lows, I know that the market is bearish. That helps me build a directional bias for the day.
However, markets are dynamic, and trends can change. For instance, after a series of lower highs and lows, the price may reverse and form a higher high that signals changing the trend; such a phenomenon is called a “change of character.” Knowing this change is crucial in adjusting my bias to either long or short positions.
I always analyze the market from the 15-minute time frame, marking key highs and lows, and wait for price to pull back before executing a trade. Identifying these structural levels and understanding market flow are essential to scaling profits effectively.
Step 2: Identifying Smart Money Manipulation
The second step involves understanding manipulation in the market. Smart money, or institutional traders, often manipulate the price to target liquidity. They drive price into areas where retail traders place their stop losses, like equal highs or lows, trendlines, or major support/resistance levels. These areas are often called liquidity zones.
It will make the retail traders to enter based on these popular levels only, and it reverses price once the liquidity is captured. So, it begins to create stop-losses, and when it reaches the said levels, it sets the market up for reversal, and this smart money takes the chance to fill in their position at better prices.
First, I analyze the direction of the market and look for these obvious liquidity levels. On tapping prices in these areas, I wait for the manipulation to play out before entering a position aligned with the overall trend. It keeps me out of the trap of false breakouts.
Step 3: Multi-Time Frame Entry Confirmation
Once the direction and manipulation are identified, I use a multi-time frame entry confirmation model. Then I can proceed for execution using the lower time frames, such as the 1-minute or 5-minute charts, for high-risk-to-reward setups.
For example, in a bullish market, I’m waiting for the price to pull back into one of the key Fibonacci levels – be it 50%, 61.8%, or 78.6% – before getting long. The trade will only be taken once the price is confirmed by respect of structural key levels and liquidity zones.
I observe the price action after executing a trade to confirm that it is moving in the right direction. I also look for high-risk-to-reward ratios; I target at least 5:1 or higher. Such accurate entry points, coupled with smart money manipulation and multi-time frame analysis, ensure that I only enter high-quality trades.
Real-Life Example
Well, in my live trades, I can take you through how these steps come together. For example, just a few days ago, I did a call that anticipated the downward move, targeting a weak low after the break in the structure. I showed the exact setup to my inner circle members a few hours before it played out, thus proving that the strategy plays out in real time.
Building directional bias, knowing smart money manipulation, and entry confirmations by using multi-time frame entry confirmation can help one scale profits steadily. The 1-minute SMC scalping strategy is simply about the right conditions for the market, waiting for the right time, and right execution.
But remember, not just the right direction, it is about timing and execution. A smart money manipulation can guide you into high-quality trades that give you a max risk-to-reward ratio. Stick to those principles, and you are set for profitable scalping.
