Build your own trading system, then measure it honestly

Notes from building a Smart Money Concepts trading bot: the ideas behind it, the code, and the numbers, including the ones that did not work out.

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Illustrative price chart with Smart Money Concepts annotations Price falls, forms a low, then rallies and breaks the previous swing high. The rally leaves a fair value gap. Price returns through the gap to the order block, the last down candle before the rally, and then moves higher. BOS FVG OB
Illustration, not market data. Price breaks structure (BOS), leaves a fair value gap (FVG), then returns to the order block (OB) before moving higher.

Where to start

  1. Forex basics

    Pips, lots, spread and leverage, and why risk management comes before any strategy.

  2. Smart Money Concepts

    Market structure, order blocks, fair value gaps and liquidity, defined precisely enough to code.

  3. Building a bot

    From an indicator to an automated system: backtests, walk-forward tests and live shadow measurement.

Methods, not signals

This site explains how tools and methods work. It never tells you what to buy or sell, and nothing here is investment advice. Every chart example is historical or illustrative.

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