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Silver Bullet
Also: ICT Silver Bullet · SB
Definition
A time-based trading model that isolates the highest-probability one-hour windows in the US session. ICT frames it as a fixed window where the algorithm delivers a clean, quick move into a premium/discount PD array — designed to scalp with precision rather than swing.
Common mistakes
- Trading the SB window without HTF bias — becomes a coin flip.
- Chasing price mid-window after the move is already extended.
- Using SB in consolidation ([[High Resistance Liquidity Run]]) — it only works cleanly in LRLR conditions.
- Treating it as a pattern to hunt rather than a window to wait in.
Source quotes
Using just the silver bullet mentality back inside of the opening range gap but more specifically using a reason...
2023 ICT Mentorship - Opening Range Gap Repricing Macro
It's like a silver bullet. It's like it's there. It's always going to be there.
2025 Lecture Series - Algorithmic Timing & Journaling 03222025
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