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Equal Highs and Lows definition
Two or more swing points at nearly the same price, marking an obvious pool of resting stop orders.
What it means in ICT
Equal highs and lows are engineered liquidity. ICT expects them to be swept rather than to hold as support or resistance.
NQ example
Two matching NQ highs inside the London session are usually run at the 09:30 open before the real move develops the other way.
Related guides
Practice Equal Highs and Lows in replay
Load a historical NQ session and watch for equal highs and lows bar-by-bar, with ICT overlays drawn automatically.
Data & methodology
All NQ and MNQ examples use Databento GLBX.MDP3 1-minute OHLCV candles for continuous front-month E-mini Nasdaq-100 futures, aggregated to higher timeframes (5m, 15m, 1h, 4h, 1D, 1W) so every bar agrees across timeframes. Sessions cover the full CME Globex day, 18:00–17:00 ET. ICT overlays are drawn algorithmically from the same price data used in the replay trainer.