Introduction to Structure Mapping

Welcome to the first lesson of the Smart Money Concepts (SMC) Masterclass.

Before diving into advanced concepts like Liquidity Sweeps, Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps (FVG), and Institutional Entries, it’s essential to understand how the market is structured. Every price movement follows a pattern, and professional traders rely on these patterns to determine trend direction and identify high-probability trading opportunities.

Throughout this lesson, you will learn how trends are formed, how institutional traders analyze market structure, and why understanding BOS and CHoCH is one of the most important skills in Smart Money Concepts.

What You’ll Learn

✅ What Market Structure is

✅ Why Market Structure is the foundation of SMC

✅ Difference between Bullish and Bearish Market Structure

✅ Higher High (HH), Higher Low (HL), Lower High (LH), Lower Low (LL)

✅ Break of Structure (BOS)

✅ Change of Character (CHoCH)

✅ How institutions identify trend continuation and reversals

✅ Common mistakes beginners make while reading market structure