smc

# Smart Money Concepts ## Purpose The modern institutional trading school (ICT / Inner Circle Trader), built around the core idea of tracking the behavior of "smart money" (institutional capital): | Concept | English | Meaning | |------|------|------| | Break of structure | BOS (Break of Structure) | Trend continuation signal | | Change of character | ChoCH (Change of Character) | Trend reversal signal | | Fair value gap | FVG (Fair Value Gap) | Price refill target | | Order blocks | Order Blocks | Institutional order concentration zones | | Liquidity | Liquidity | Stop-hunt target zones | ## Signal Logic Direction from ChoCH + confirmation from BOS + filtering by FVG: - **Long**: bullish ChoCH/BOS + bullish FVG exists - **Short**: bearish ChoCH/BOS + bearish FVG exists - **Stand aside**: no structural signal or conflicting directions ## Dependencies ```bash pip install "vibe-trading-ai[smc]" ``` ## Parameters | Parameter | Default | Description | |------|--------|------| | swing_length | 10 | Window for swing high/low detection | | close_break | True | Whether BOS/ChoCH requires a closing-price break | ## Signal Convention - `1` = long, `-1` = short, `0` = stand aside