LEARNING TO USE THE ICT-SMC CONCEPTS INDICATOR: Buffers

Buffers

The ICT SMC indicator has 30 buffers.

Below I explain in a simple way what each one stores:

• Buffer 0: Bullish Order Block
  Stores price 2 of the bullish order block closest to the current price.

• Buffer 1: Bearish Order Block
  Stores the price 2 of the bearish order block closest to the current price.

• Buffer 2: Bullish FVG
  Saves price 2 of the nearest bullish fair value gap.

• Buffer 3: Bearish FVG
  Guard the price 2 of the nearest bearish fair value gap.

• Buffer 4: Bearish Gap
  Guard the price 2 of the nearest bearish gap.

• Buffer 5: Bullish Gap
  Guard the price 2 of the nearest bullish gap.

• Buffer 6: Bullish Imbalance
  Guard the price 2 of the nearest bullish imbalance.

• Buffer 7: Bearish Imbalance
  Guard the price 2 of the nearest bearish imbalance.

• Buffer 8: Swing High
  Saves the price of the last swing high.

• Buffer 9: Swing Low
  Saves the price of the last swing low.

• Buffer 10: Bullish Choch
  Save the price of the last Choch bullish (price of   swing high that broke).

• Buffer 11: Bullish BOS
  Saves the price of the last bullish Bos (price of the   swing high that broke).

• Buffer 12: Bearish Choch    
  Save the price of the last Choch bearish (swing low price that was broken).

• Buffer 13: Bearish Bos
  Saves the price of the last bearish Bos (price of the   swing low that broke).

• Buffer 14: BSL
  Saves the current BSL price.

• Buffer 15: SSL
  Saves the current SSL price.

• Buffer 16: HH (Higher High)
  Stores the highest recorded swing high price.

• Buffer 17: HL (Higher Low)
  Stores the highest recorded swing low price.

• Buffer 18: LL (Lower Low)
  Saves the lowest recorded swing low price.

• Buffer 19: LH (Lower High)
  Saves the lowest recorded swing high price.

• Buffer 20: Bullish RDRB
  Save the second closest bullish RDRB pattern price.

• Buffer 21: Bearish RDRB 
  Save the second closest bearish RDRB pattern price.

• Buffer 22: Bullish Order Block Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bullish order block.

• Buffer 23: Bearish Order Block Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bearish order block.

• Buffer 24: Bullish Gap Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bullish gap.

• Buffer 25: Bearish Gap Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bearish gap.

• Buffer 26: Bullish FVG Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bullish FVG.

• Buffer 27: Bearish FVG Height
  Stores the height in points (or USD) of the nearest bearish FVG.

• Buffer 28: Bullish CIDS 
  Saves the price of the nearest bullish CIDS.

• Buffer 29: Bearish CIDS 
  Saves the price of the nearest bearish CIDS.