Market Radar Methodology

ICT OTE Setup

The ICT OTE Setup builds a directional dealing range from an established origin swing to a later extension swing, then finds price retracing into its 62%-79% Optimal Trade Entry zone while the origin remains valid.

How Aventra defines the OTE dealing range

The ICT Optimal Trade Entry setup uses an established directional swing range. A bullish range is measured from a confirmed low to a later high; a bearish range is measured from a confirmed high to a later low.

Aventra then checks whether price retraces into the 62% to 79% OTE band, with 70.5% shown as the central reference. The origin swing must remain intact.

Confirmed directional origin
Later impulse extreme
Minimum dealing-range size
62%, 70.5%, and 79% retracement levels
Origin remains valid

OTE context and limitations

The OTE band describes a retracement location; it does not require a separate Break of Structure rule in the current Aventra implementation. FVG, Order Block, or liquidity-sweep context can improve quality but is treated as confluence rather than the definition of OTE.

The setup is invalidated if price breaches the dealing-range origin or no longer trades near the active retracement zone.

Detection Focus

Strong origin swing
Later directional impulse extreme
Dealing range of at least 1.5 ATR
62%-79% retracement
Origin swing remains intact

Quality Signals

Distance from the 70.5% ideal level
Dealing-range strength
Reaction recency
FVG, Order Block, or liquidity-sweep confluence

Invalidation

Price breaches the dealing-range origin
The retracement misses the active OTE zone
Directional structure fails

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