The Academy Strategy - Step 1 - Trader Structure Inducement Liquidity POI SMC Setups

Sep 21, 2026

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Trading strategy notes for identifying market participants and planning entries through a structured process. The material defines multiple trader types by time horizon and chart perspective, then explains market structure for bullish and bearish conditions using concepts of strong highs/lows, swing liquidity, and protected versus targeted price levels. It further describes inductement stages (primary to quaternary), liquidity-driven POI selection, and SMC setup logic to support continuation or trend-change decisions.

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Reading Time58 min

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Step 1: What kind of trader are you?

Step 2: Structure

Bullish Market

Bearish Market

Step 3: Inducement

Primary Inducement

Secondary Inducement

Tertiary Inducement

Quaternary Inducement

Step 4: Liquidity

Step 5: POI Selection

Step 6: SMC Setups

The Academy Strategy BY STRAY ALPHA Content Step 1 : What kind of trader are you? Step 2 : Structure Step 3 : Inducement Step 4 : Liquidity Step 5 : POI Selection Step 6 : SMC Setups Types of Traders POSITION TRADER Long-Term Perspective-Monthly Chart-Directional Bias & Narrative . Intermediate-Term Perspective-Weekly Chart-Framework & Structure . Short-Term Perspective-Daily Chart-Entry Purpose with Time Factors . WEEKLY RANGE TRADER Long-Term Perspective-Weekly & Daily Chart-Directional Bias & Narrative . Intermediate-Term Perspective-4 Hour & 1 Hour Chart-Framework & Market Structure . Short-Term Perspective-15 Minutes Chart-Entry Purposes with Time Factors . Types of Traders DAILY RANGE TRADER Long-Term Perspective-Daily Chart-Directional Bias & Narrative . Intermediate-Term Perspective-1 Hour Chart-Framework & Structure . Short-Term Perspective-15 & 3 Minutes Chart-Entry Purpose with Time Factors . SCALPER TRADER Long-Term Perspective-1 Hour Chart-Directional Bias & Narrative . Intermediate-Term Perspective-15 Minutes Chart-Framework & Structure . Short-Term Perspective – 5, 3 & 1 Minutes-Entry Purpose with Time Factors . Structure Bullish Market BULLISH MARKET • Creation of strong lows and weak highs • Major liquidity – swing lows • External Liquidity – swing highs • The Lows are protected, the highs are targeted Structure Bearish Market BMS BMS BMS BEARISH MARKET • Creation of strong highs and weak lows • Major liquidity – swing highs • External Liquidity – swing lows • The highs are protected, the lows are targeted Inducement Primary Inducement BMS Primary Inducement Primary Inducement • The first sign of trend change . • We always wait for the market to take out the inducement. Inducement Secondary Inducement BMS Secondary Inducement BMS Secondary Inducement • The first pullback after the major BMS. • We use secondary inducement after we have experienced impulse (distance and momentum) Inducement Tertiary Inducement Tertiary Inducement • The candlestick that closes above or below the external or major liquidity. • We use tertiary Inducement for continuation after major BMS • N. B Tertiary Inducement works best on HTF • Tertiary inducement creates secondary ~~ Inducement ~~ Inducement Quaternary Inducement BMS BMS Quaternary Inducement Quaternary Inducement • Unsupported low or high, basically the low above FVG and the high below FVG.

FAQs

What are the different inducement stages and how are they used?

The strategy defines primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary inducement as specific signals during trend change, pullbacks after impulse, continuation around higher-timeframe liquidity breaks, and unsupported highs/lows near FVG conditions.

Sep 21, 2026

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