AMD, Liquidity Sweeps, IFEG Strategy

Discover an ICT-inspired strategy using Liquidity Sweeps and Implied Fair Value Gaps (IFEG). Learn entry/exit rules based on AMD concept for long and short posi

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy

Indicators used

  • LuxAlgo Quant
  • IFEG (Implied Fair Value Gap)
  • Liquidity Zones

Source video

Decoded from: Simple But Effective ICT Strategy Built By AI by LuxAlgo — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to AMD concept and indicator
  • 0:30 - Indicator identifies liquidity zones and sweeps
  • 0:45 - Short entry example with IFEG
  • 1:00 - Take profit at next liquidity level or 2:1 R:R
  • 1:30 - Another short entry example
  • 2:00 - Long entry example with significant low sweep
  • 2:30 - Target 1:1 R:R for high volatility moves
  • 2:50 - Source code offer

Strategy overview

AMD — accumulation, manipulation, distribution — is the market-cycle lens this strategy reads price through: the idea that price first builds up orders, then sweeps an obvious level to trap the wrong side, and only then moves in its intended direction. The entry it pairs with that cycle is a fair value gap, the price imbalance left behind when a move happens too fast for both sides to transact — here in the specific IFEG (Implied Fair Value Gap) variant the tool flags once a sweep has occurred.

This entry decodes LuxAlgo's video "Simple But Effective ICT Strategy Built By AI", whose distinctive angle is packaging the whole read into a single AI-built LuxAlgo Quant indicator: it maps the liquidity zones where stops rest, marks when one of them is swept, and highlights the IFEG that follows as the trade trigger. In the walkthrough the sweep does the work of the manipulation phase — the run that clears resting orders — and the gap that forms afterward is treated as the entry, with targets referenced to the next pool of liquidity. The creator demonstrates the sequence on both short and long examples, including a reversal off a significant low.

"Simple But Effective" is the creator's framing, not a performance claim — and as with any liquidity-based approach, the outcome lives in the details the concept alone doesn't settle: which highs and lows count as real liquidity, how a genuine sweep is told apart from continuation, and how the IFEG is qualified before it becomes an entry. This page pairs the AMD concept with the source video so you can see how LuxAlgo assembles those pieces into one automated tool.

Topics

trading strategy · ict trading · liquidity sweeps · ifeg · implied fair value gap · amd strategy · price action · tradingview strategy · pine script · swing trading

Frequently asked questions

What is the AMD concept in ICT trading?

AMD stands for accumulation, manipulation, distribution — a three-phase model of price where orders build up, an obvious high or low is swept to trap traders, and price then delivers in the intended direction. This strategy uses that cycle to frame when to look for an entry.

How does a liquidity sweep fit into this setup?

The sweep is the manipulation phase — the run through a level where stop orders rest. In the source video it signals that a reversal may be forming, which the IFEG that appears afterward is used to confirm as an entry.

What does "Built By AI" mean for this strategy?

The video assembles the setup into a LuxAlgo Quant indicator that automatically identifies the liquidity zones, flags the sweep, and marks the IFEG entry, rather than the trader spotting each element by hand.

How can I test an ICT AMD strategy before trading it?

Backtest it on historical intraday data before risking capital, paying attention to how sweeps and gaps behave across different sessions. Strategy Decoder extracts the structure of strategies like this one from video sources so you can evaluate them on TradingView.

About this strategy page

This trading strategy was decoded by Strategy Decoder's AI from a public YouTube trading video and turned into a structured, reviewable specification. In the interactive app this page shows the full entry and exit logic, risk management settings, the indicators involved with their parameters, AlgoWizard-compatible logic and a Pine Script export ready for TradingView backtesting — plus an automated backtest verdict when one has been computed for this strategy.

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