# Components The AMD Model projects several visual components onto your chart. Understanding what each line and box represents is key to using the tool effectively.
### 1. AMD Phases (The Boxes) The core of the indicator visualizes the three phases of price delivery for each HTF candle: * **Accumulation (Blue Box)**: Represents the initial opening range or consolidation phase where positions are built. * **Manipulation (Red Box)**: The "Judas Swing" or false move designed to induce traders into the wrong side of the market and capture liquidity. This phase typically sweeps the highs/lows of the accumulation range. * **Distribution (Green Box)**: The true expansion move in the intended direction. This phase occurs after the manipulation is complete and structure has shifted. ### 2. HTF Candles The indicator overlays **Higher Timeframe Candles** onto your chart. * You can display up to 3 different HTF cycles (e.g., 4H, Daily, Weekly) simultaneously. * These "Ghost Candles" allow you to see the overall trend and wicks of the higher timeframe without leaving your trading execution timeframe. ### 3. Change in State of Delivery (CISD) * **What it is**: A confirmed structural shift indicating that the Manipulation phase is likely over and the Distribution phase has begun. * **Visual**: Displayed as a horizontal line extending from the candle that confirmed the shift. * **Significance**: A CISD Confirmation (often labeled with a diamond symbol ❖/◈) is a strong signal to look for entries in the direction of the distribution. ### 4. Liquidity Grabs * **Visual**: Lines connecting the manipulated low/high to the point where liquidity was swept. * **Function**: explicitly highlights exactly *where* and *when* the stops were run during the manipulation phase. ### 5. HTF Sweeps * **HTF Sweeps**: Highlights when one HTF candle sweeps the high/low of the previous HTF candle. * **Internal Sweeps**: Highlights smaller liquidity sweeps that occur *inside* the formation of the current HTF candle. ### 6. Key Open Prices (KOP) Displays significant opening times that act as price magnets or reference points for algorithms. * **00:00 (Midnight)**: True Day Open. * **09:30**: NY Stock Exchange Open. * **07:30 / 08:30**: Key data release or pre-market times. * **14:00**: PM Session Open. ### 7. EQH / EQL (Equal Highs & Lows) * Automatically detects and labels "Equal Highs" and "Equal Lows". * These areas represent pools of resting liquidity (Stop Losses) that price is likely to gravitate towards. ### 8. Lower Timeframe (LTF) Structure Traces * Draws the internal Open, High, Low, and Close paths of the HTF candle as distinct lines. * Helps visualize the detailed "anatomy" of the higher timeframe bar. ### 9. Displacement **Displacement** refers to energetic price movement that indicates a potential shift in market structure or the presence of institutional order flow. In the AMD Model, displacement is used to identify high-momentum candles that validate the "Distribution" phase. ### 10. Dashboard A panel displaying the status of the current monitored timeframe, including: * Time remaining until close. * Current Phase (Accumulation, Manipulation, or Distribution). * Trend Status (Bullish/Bearish).