Judge Your POI with a Logical-Hierarchical-Breakdown

Judge whether your POI is likely to hold, or the price will dive deeper to the bullish FVG below.


โœ… 1. First Principle: In a bullish structure, discount FVGs have priority over higher-premium POIs

When you have:

  • Sweep of a low โœ”๏ธ
  • Reversal BOS (market structure shift) โœ”๏ธ
  • Return to OB inside discount = POI
  • BUT an unmitigated bullish FVG exists even deeper in discount ๐Ÿ‘€

Then the question becomes:
Which inefficiency has greater โ€œmagnet strengthโ€ to attract price?

In ICT logic, the hierarchy is:

Inefficiency Filling > Mitigation of OBs (unless OB created the displacement)

Meaning:

  • If the deeper bullish FVG is clean, large, untouched, and in deeper discount,
    it has higher probability of being targeted before real expansion.

โœ… 2. Probability logic (not numbers, but structure-based odds)

Your POI is likely to hold IF:

You have:

  • A strong displacement leg that originated from your POI
  • Your POI includes a breaker block or rebalanced wick
  • The FVG below is small, already partially filled, or sits below a higher-timeframe range boundary
  • Multiple liquidity pools sit above, meaning price doesnโ€™t need to dig deeper
  • Larger timeframe (H4/D1) shows no need to go to that deeper imbalance

โžก๏ธ In this case, your POI has 60โ€“70% probability of reacting before filling the deeper FVG.


Your POI is likely to be taken out IF:

  • The deeper FVG is completely unmitigated
  • It sits at equilibrium or deeper discount (below 50%, 62%, 70%, 79% retracement)
  • The current pullback is slow, weak, overlapping = โ€œseeking efficiencyโ€
  • The POI youโ€™re watching is not the origin of the BOS (weak OB)
  • There is liquidity (equal lows, clean swing lows) resting above the deeper FVG, which needs to be taken

โžก๏ธ Here the probability shifts strongly (70โ€“80%) that your POI is a reaction only and price dives into the deeper FVG.


โœ… 3. The KEY FILTER: Where is the previous dealing range equilibrium?

Take the impulse that caused the BOS:

  • Mark its swing low
  • Mark its swing high
  • Find 50% equilibrium

Now check the 2 levels:

POI location?

If your POI is above 50%, itโ€™s less likely to hold during a deep pullback.

Deep FVG location?

If the bullish FVG is below 50%, 62%, 70%, it is high-probability draw.

In bullish structures, true accumulation happens under equilibrium, not above.


โœ… 4. Play the โ€œLiquidity + Inefficiency Stackโ€ Game

Count the confluences:

Above your POI:

  • If there is resting liquidity (equal highs, Asian highs, FVGs above)
    โ†’ Market wants to attack them first, not reverse deeply.

Below your POI:

  • If there is a massive untouched FVG
  • And clean lows leading directly to it
    โ†’ Market will likely use your POI ONLY to โ€œgrab liquidityโ€ then continue lower.

This is why your setup includes:

  • sweep โœ”๏ธ
  • BOS โœ”๏ธ
  • but the presence of a clean inefficiency below may indicate
    โ€œthe sweep and BOS were internal, not the final low.โ€

๐Ÿ”ฅ 5. The simplest way to tell which one price wants:

Look at the nature of the pullback to your POI:

If pullback is impulsive โ†’ trending reaction = POI likely holds.

If pullback is choppy, overlapping, slow โ†’ efficiency-seeking = FVG below is the target.

The slow, corrective pullback means:

  • market is not ready to move up
  • price is simply balancing inefficiencies before the next expansion

So it will likely hit the deeper bullish FVG.


โญ 6. Practical Trader Answer:

If the deeper FVG is clean, unmitigated, and deeper in discount, the odds are HIGH that price will take out your POI first before going higher.

Your POI may give a reaction (scalp),
but the true long entry is usually at the deeper FVG.


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Judge Your POI with a Logical-Hierarchical-Breakdown

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Alright, Iโ€™ve analyzed your chart carefully.
Hereโ€™s the precise, structure-based conclusion:


๐Ÿ” 1. Your POI was internal liquidity โ€” not the true reversal point

From the image:

  • The market formed a sweep + BOS, yes.
  • But that BOS was internal, not a macro shift.
  • Your POI sits above equilibrium, and importantly:
  • It sits before a large, clean external downside inefficiency.

This automatically makes your POI:

โœ”๏ธ valid for reaction scalps
โŒ weak for swing positions

Because internal BOS + internal OB = liquidity draw, not a true low.


๐Ÿ”ฅ 2. The bullish FVG below is the real magnet (and price is already respecting it)

From the chart:

  • That bullish FVG is clean, wide, untouched
  • It lies deep in discount of the entire rally
  • There is a clean downside run of lows that lead directly to it
  • The current drop into that zone is a fast displacement candle, not a choppy pullback

This is textbook โ€œprice is being delivered to the real imbalance.โ€

Your POI was simply a stop raid on internal liquidity before the real target (FVG).

This is why price ignored your POI cleanly.


๐ŸŽฏ 3. What the market is doing right now

Price has:

  • Cleared the internal POI
  • Filled the FVGโ€™s upper portion
  • Tagged the midpoint of the FVG block

Now you must watch if it wants to go deeper into the FVG
or if this is enough to resume bullish structure.

Hereโ€™s how to read what comes next:


๐Ÿ”‘ 4. Two scenarios โ€” and how to tell which one is happening

Scenario A: The FVG holds and becomes the true swing low (higher probability)

Signs to look for:

  • A strong M1โ€“M5 displacement away from the FVG
  • A BOS on the retracement
  • A new OB inside the FVG forming the new POI

If this happens โ†’ long from inside the FVG is the best trade.


Scenario B: Price digs deeper (into the wick low)

This happens when:

  • Price tests only the top half of the FVG
  • But no bullish displacement forms
  • Price compresses sideways above the bottom of the FVG

This compression = market preparing to fill the entire imbalance.

If that happens:
Expect price to reach the extreme low at 1.38900 (your green line).


๐Ÿง  5. Why your POI failed โ€” clean breakdown

Your POI was likely to fail because:

  1. It was a weak OB (not origin of displacement).
  2. There was a clean unmitigated FVG below (stronger magnet).
  3. Price formed equal lows / clean lows leading to the FVG (liquidity chain).
  4. Pullback to your POI was slow and corrective, signaling inefficiency-seeking.
  5. The deeper FVG sat at a better discount level (true buy zones are 62โ€“79%).

All 5 factors were pointing to a deeper draw.


๐ŸŸข 6. My recommendation right now

DO NOT buy your previous POI again.
It has already been used as liquidity.

Instead:

Wait for a bullish BOS from inside the FVG.

Then:

  • Mark the OB that forms inside the FVG
  • Enter on its mitigation
  • Target the previous high around 1.406โ€“1.410

This becomes the real swing entry.

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