🔵1. Spring (Accumulation Trap)
Price dips below support, takes liquidity, and aggressively reclaims the level.
Key characteristics:
- •Sharp wick
- •Immediate reclaim
- •Stop-hunt behavior
ICT equivalent: Sell-side Liquidity Sweep
🟣2. Test (Confirmation)
After a Spring, price returns with a shallow test.
Key characteristics:
- •Low volume
- •Higher low
- •Confirms Spring was valid
ICT equivalent: MSS confirmation + retracement
🔴3. Upthrust & UTAD (Distribution Trap)
The bearish version of a Spring.
Key characteristics:
- •Break above range
- •Aggressive rejection
- •Trap liquidity above highs
ICT equivalent: Buy-side Liquidity Sweep
🟡4. SOW (Sign of Weakness)
Strong downward move confirming distribution.
Key characteristics:
- •Aggressive displacement
- •FVG formation
- •Weak retracement
- •Structural breakdown
🟢5. LPS (Last Point of Support)
A clean retest that confirms accumulation.
Key characteristics:
- •Higher low
- •Low-volume pullback
- •Trending continuation
ICT equivalent: Retracement into discount after displacement
⭐How Wyckoff Events Align With ICT
Together, they tell the full story of market structure.
Key characteristics:
- •Spring → SSL Sweep
- •UTAD → BSL Sweep
- •Test → MSS Confirmation
- •Phase D Expansion → Displacement + FVG
- •Cause → Effect Cycle → Premium/Discount Logic