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Glossary

Terms, defined plainly

MitigationSMC
Price returning into an FVG or order block after it formed.
Lesson: Order blocks and mitigation
Order block (OB)SMC
The last opposing candle before a displacement that breaks structure; a candidate zone, not proof of orders.
Lesson: Order blocks and mitigation
Smart Money Concepts (SMC)SMC
A discretionary framework for labelling price action (structure, liquidity, FVGs, order blocks). Definitions vary among practitioners; it does not reveal real institutional orders.
Lesson: Market structure and swing points