The Pattern Library
Your Dealer Cycle Playbook
Every Dealer Setup in One Place
This library is your complete study system.
From Price Patterns (setups you’ll actually trade), to EMA Patterns (trend context), to TDI Patterns (momentum tells)- it's all here.
Use these flashcards like a playbook: spot the setups, confirm with your tools, and train your eye to read the dealer cycle in real time.
Price Pattern Library
The dealer’s playbook — structure setups you’ll actually trade.
Organized into seven families (A–G), these patterns are the core dealer setups that show up week after week at key points in the dealer cycle.
Learn them, and you’ll spot where the market is headed before it even moves.
Know what you're looking for? Filter by phase, type, or session.
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Each family has its own overview page and linked flashcards.
Learn the context → Check cross-references between the decks (Price + EMA + TDI).
Drill daily → Use flashcards like a playbook to build memory.
The dealers don’t reinvent the wheel every week
They just wrap it in new headlines & feed it to the impatient.
Your edge comes from recognizing them early, executing them cleanly, and walking away without overtrading.
If you ever feel lost or uncertain, come back here. Each pattern is a map. Learn the maps. Trade with the current, not against it.
Legend
📘 Price Patterns (Families A–G) → the setups you trade
📕 EMA Patterns (R/C/T) → the structure context
📗 TDI Patterns (R/C/T) → the momentum confirmation
Setup Badges:
🔄 Reversal | ➡️ Continuation | 🎭 Trap | ⏸ Neutral
Not sure where to start?
Try 📘🟥 A.1 – L3 Trap Reversal (M/W) the most common dealer pattern and the best way to train your eyes for cycle reversals.
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Inside the Tribe, we take these flashcards off the screen and into live trading, study sessions, and a community of people who geek out over dealer cycles just like you.
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Dealer Cycle Map (Interactive Section)
Where are you in the cycle? Use this visual map to see how setups connect- and click into the cards that live in each phase.
Accumulation
End-of-cycle traps & reversals
Distrubution
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TDI Cards
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Dealer Cycle Map
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Big image of your Dealer Cycle Map (L1 → L2 → L3 → Reset).
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Make it clickable: each stage links to flashcards in that phase.
Resources
Take your study deeper with these extras.
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📖 How to Use the Flashcards
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📝 Flashcard Quiz Mode
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📂 Download Cheat Sheets
📚 Flashcard Legend
Quick-glance guide to decode every flashcard:
1. Decks = Book Colors
📘 Price Patterns → Dealer setups (Families A–G)
📕 EMA Patterns → Trend + structure behavior (R/C/T)
📗 TDI Patterns → Momentum + confirmation signals (R/C/T)
2. Price Pattern Families (A–G)
📘 = all Price Patterns → Family color tells you which type:
🟥 A – Reversals → cycle flips (M/W, Shark Fin, Stop Hunts)
🟧 B – Pullbacks & Reentry → Safety Trade, L1 resets, news plays
🟨 C – Continuations → momentum pumps, flags, breakouts
🟩 D – Extensions → anchors, stretched dealer moves
🟦 E – Traps → Asian range, London fakeouts, news traps
🟪 F – Session Plays → intraday setups, midweek reversals, closes
🟫 G – Weekly Traps → Friday fades, double traps, weekly resets
Example: 📘🟥 A.1 – L3 Trap Reversal (M/W)
3. EMA Families (R/C/T)
📕 = EMA Patterns → marked by function:
🔴 R – Reversal Structures (flatlines, slope flips, trap rejects)
🟢 C – Continuation Structures (fanouts, steep slopes, bounces)
⚫ T – Trap & Neutral (chop zones, squeezes, fake crosses)
Example: 📕🟢 EMA C.1 – Baseline Bounce
4. TDI Families (R/C/T)
📗 = TDI Patterns → momentum context:
🔴 R – Reversal Signals (divergence, Shark Fin, angle flips)
🟢 C – Continuation Signals (baseline bounce, rail ride, angle runs)
⚫ T – Trap & Neutral (oversold bait, flatline, fake fins, coils)
Example: 📗🔴 TDI R.2 – Shark Fin Extreme
5. Setup Type Badges
(Shown at the end of the flashcard title, like restaurant icons 🍴):
🔄 Reversal
➡️ Continuation
🎭 Trap
⏸ Neutral / No Trade
Example:
📘🟥 A.1 – L3 Trap Reversal (M/W) 🔄
📕🟢 EMA C.1 – Baseline Bounce ➡️
📗⚫ TDI T.4 – Flatline Dead Zone ⏸