AMD Model, Asia Accumulation, London Manipulation, New York Distribution

Learn the AMD (Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution) model, a core SMC concept for understanding market cycles across Asian, London, and New York trading se

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Power of Three / AMD

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: educational
  • Markets: Not specified

Source video

Decoded from: Si entiendes el modelo AMD, sabrás cuándo entrar y hacia dónde va el precio. by Institucional Trading Lab — watch the original

Strategy overview

AMD — accumulation, manipulation, distribution — is the same three-act sequence as Power of Three, but this entry is built around a specific commitment: each act is given a fixed address on the clock, with Asia accumulating, London manipulating and New York distributing. The distinction matters more than it first appears. Read that way, the phases are not something you identify after the fact on a chart; they are expected in a set order, in named sessions, before the day begins.

That is what makes the session-mapped version a schedule rather than a pattern. The video, from the Spanish-language channel Institucional Trading Lab, is titled "Si entiendes el modelo AMD, sabrás cuándo entrar y hacia dónde va el precio" — if you understand the AMD model, you will know when to enter and where price is going. The claim is the presenter's, and it reads best as a statement of what the framework is trying to do: derive timing from which session you are currently in, and direction from how the preceding phase resolved. Those are two different questions, and the appeal of the three-session chain is that it attempts both from one structure.

Two practical caveats travel with any model anchored to session names. Session boundaries move with daylight saving and with whatever broker clock the chart is drawn on, so "London" is not a fixed hour across the year or across platforms. And days that skip a phase, or run them out of order, are common enough that the sequence is better treated as a way of reading a session than as an instruction for it. This page covers the concept and the video that presents it rather than a mechanical rule set.

Topics

amd model · smc strategy · ict trading · price action · trading strategy · pine script · tradingview strategy · market cycles · london open strategy · new york session · liquidity concepts · market structure · forex strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is the AMD model in trading?

AMD stands for accumulation, manipulation and distribution — a Smart Money Concepts framing that describes price building a range, running the stops sitting outside it, and then moving in the intended direction. It is the same three-phase sequence usually called Power of Three.

Why does this version assign Asia, London and New York to the three phases?

Because the three global sessions have distinct characters: Asian hours are typically the quietest and produce a compact range, London opens with the first large volume influx of the European day, and New York carries the heaviest participation. Mapping one phase to each session turns the model into a daily timetable instead of a pattern spotted retroactively.

Is the AMD model the same thing as Power of Three?

In substance, yes — both describe the accumulation, manipulation and distribution sequence. The difference is usually one of framing: AMD is often applied across a session cycle or a full trading day, while Power of Three is frequently discussed inside a single candle or timeframe.

How do I check whether a session-based model like this holds up?

Mark the three session windows on historical data in your own timezone and count how often the sequence actually ran in order, how often a phase was skipped, and what happened on the days it failed. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies and concepts like this one from video sources so you can find and evaluate them in one place.

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