Smart Money Concepts (SMC)

Smart Money Concepts (SMC) hand-labels nothing and automates everything: internal and swing market structure, break of structure (BOS) and change of character events, bullish and bearish order blocks, equal highs and lows, fair value gaps, multi-timeframe highs and lows, and premium/discount zones. The whole markup draws in real time — a complete map for traders who read price through structure and liquidity.

How to Trade the Smart Money Concepts (SMC)?

• BOS labels: structure breaking with the trend — continuation of the current direction.
• CHoCH labels: structure breaking against the trend — the first warning of a potential reversal.
• Internal vs swing structure: dashed internal labels track the fast rhythm inside the larger moves marked by solid swing lines.
• Order blocks: zones where institutional activity may rest — confirmation entries or liquidity targets, updating as price interacts with them.
• EQH/EQL and premium/discount zones: equal highs and lows flag potential reversals; the range-based zones show whether price is expensive or cheap.

A Confluence Filter strips insignificant internal breaks so the faster layer stays readable.

Smart Money Concepts (SMC) Settings

• Mode (default Historical): full history or present-only markup.
• Style (default Colored) with Color Candles: monochrome option; candles synced to structure.
• Internal Structure / Swing Structure / Swing Points: toggle each label layer, including HH, HL, LH, LL.
• Internal Order Blocks / Swing Order Blocks: how many recent blocks of each type stay visible.
• Equal Highs & Lows with Bars Confirmation: EQH/EQL detection and its confirmation bars.
• Fair Value Gaps with Auto Threshold, Timeframe, and Extend FVG: imbalance detection, filtering, and extension.
• Highs & Lows MTF and Premium/Discount Zones: prior levels by timeframe and the value zones.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where should entries come from?

Order blocks are the classic answer: set direction from BOS and CHoCH, then seek entries as price returns to a block, targeting opposing blocks or prior levels. The standalone Order Block Detector isolates that ingredient for a cleaner chart while learning.

Does it predict institutional behavior?

No tool can promise that. SMC organizes publicly visible structure and liquidity as that school frames them; it belongs inside a broader process, not in place of one.

How do I access Smart Money Concepts (SMC)?

Free, from its LuxAlgo Library page — and it runs in Quant, LuxAlgo's AI, right from here to explore the structure settings on any market.