You've spent five modules inside one framework — ICT / Smart Money Concepts. It's the default in TradeFern because it's precise and popular. But it is a lens, not the lens.
Here's the liberating truth: the major strategies are all describing the same thing — where big participants accumulate, where liquidity rests, where price is cheap or expensive — in different vocabularies.
- Wyckoff reads it through phases and volume.
- Order flow / Auction Market Theory reads it through actual transactions and volume profile.
- Supply & Demand reads it through zones of imbalance.
- Classic TA reads it through levels, patterns, and indicators.
- ICT/SMC reads it through liquidity, displacement, and PD arrays.
A liquidity sweep, a Wyckoff spring, and a supply-zone stop-run can be the same candle — named three ways.
Why this matters for you. You don't need to master all five. You need to find the lens that clicks for your brain and your instrument, then get deep. The next lessons are a quick tour so you can recognize each — and pick.