ICT Market Maker Buy Model (MMBM) Explained

What is Market Maker Buy Model in ICT?

A directional model describing a sequence in which price takes sell-side liquidity and then delivers higher toward buy-side liquidity.

Definition of Market Maker Buy Model

A bullish price-delivery narrative built around downside liquidity raid, bullish shift/displacement and expansion.

How to identify Market Maker Buy Model

Map higher-timeframe bullish context, downside liquidity, confirmation shift and upside objective; define invalidation beneath the raid low.

Bullish Market Maker Buy Model example

price raids lows, forms bullish MSS/FVG and rallies to highs.

Bearish Market Maker Buy Model example

if lows break and price accepts lower, the buy model is invalidated.

Market Maker Buy Model chart examples

Practical trading example

Price sweeps PDL during a session, displaces above an internal high, retraces to bullish FVG and targets PDH.

Common mistakes and important notes

Model sequence and exact entry rules vary. Do not assume a market maker literally engineered the move.

Related ICT concepts

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