One Shot One Kill (OSOK) – SMC and ICT Trading Model

Last Updated on August 26, 2025

Trading models are considered as precision-based trading approach using established trading principles. One shot one kill is a trading model developed by Michael J. Huddleston. This approach aims to capitalize on high-probability trade setups with limited risk. This method of trading is designed to target weekly as well as intraday price movements.

This article explores understanding of one shot one kill, its underlying principles and formation in live markets.

What is One Shot One Kill Trading?

One shot one kill trading model of Michael is a high-precision, high-probability intraday and weekly trading strategy. The core of this model is aimed at securing single quality trade per week. This trading model emphasizes on timing, precision and risk control.

In ICT trading, your ultimate goal should be to align with institutional trading behavior. Using this model, your trading style must be structured around the weekly narrative of price action. Remember, nature of price action is fractal. Whatever applied on higher timeframe can be applied to lower timeframe as well. That is the reason the strategy can be used to capture intraday price movements.

The Weekly Bias and Liquidity Draw

The core of ICT is identifying higher timeframe bias before trading on lower timeframe. The analysis of one shot one kill starts on the weekly chart. As a trader, you begin your trading analysis by identifying weekly bias. This helps you predict future price action of an asset.

Assessing weekly bias involves observing weekly opening price, identification of premium and discount zones, and also the draw on liquidity. A draw on liquidity refers to areas on price chart where stops are resting. DOL can be relative equal highs or lows, previous session highs and lows, and imbalanced price areas like fair value gaps, and BISI and SIBI.

After crafting bias and target liquidity areas, you will patiently wait for a high-impact economic catalyst to create the conditions necessary for price to sweep liquidity and then reverse direction.

Liquidity Sweep and Trade Setup

As ICT high-probability trade setups revolves around liquidity manipulation. There is a notion that price manipulate one side of the market then quickly reverse to the true direction. The true direction can be identified with the help of weekly and daily bias.

After the liquidity sweep, you must look for entry confirmations. In ICT and SMC Trading, change of character and market structure shift are the common signs of trend reversals. This must occur on lower timeframes like 15-min or 5-min. After that, price should return to an order block or FVG.

The model’s key is one trade, one opportunity, one shot. The idea is to execute a trade only after all conditions met and align with trading strategy. Remember, trading is a game of mindset. It requires patience, discipline, and precision. This model can empower you to act like institutions only if you are aligned with its requirements.

Key Concepts in One Shot One Kill

One shot one kill is a trading model that uses already explained ICT concepts. There is nothing new in this trading model but a structured form of ICT trading concepts.

The core of ICT is to be clear about market structure. Identify proper higher highs and higher lows, lower lows and lower lows, intermediate and long-term highs and lows, and previous day high and low. This helps traders monitor price delivery and price delivery and momentum shifts.

After identifying current market structure, you must look for liquidity areas of internal and external range liquidity, equal highs and lows, and imbalances. Imbalances can fair value gaps, balanced price ranges, BISI and SIBI, inverse FVG and implied FVG. Price often sweeps liquidity before reversing to a key area of interest.

For bullish traders, imbalances are powerful in discount zone, and for bearish setups, imbalances are powerful in premium zone. Your trade entries must align with these zones.

Lastly, time and sessions in SMC are key of time aspect of ICT trading. Try to focus on highly volatile sessions like London trading session and New York session. Their overlap is the most important time. ICT traders monitor these key trading times.

Trading OSOK in a Bullish Market

OSOK is considered as a sniper-like trading strategy focused on executing one-high-probability trade per week. This trading model helps in improving trading psychology of traders by removing the factor of overtrading.

In a bullish market, this model involves aligning the weekly market structure, liquidity engineering, timing trade entry with economic volatility. The following is the structured approach of implementing this model in a bullish environment.

Preparation

As an ICT trader, you should be aware about the fundamental events associated with forex and American market. You must highlight all medium and high-impact news events for currency pairs and the market you are going to trade. Having an understanding of events helps us to anticipate when liquidity is likely to be injected into the market.

Next, move to the weekly chart and IPDA dealing range. This include marking the highest highs and lowest lows. This build macro view of the market. Secondly, identify the next draw on liquidity inside that range. Remember, most of the time HTF charts are simple. For this purpose, shift in lower timeframes for further analysis.

In a bullish market, you want to find old highs where the price is likely to be drawn. Then, determine whether the market is likely to trade toward the premium or discount of the range. With a bullish bias, you are anticipating the price will eventually trade to the premium side of the dealing range.

In a bullish scenario, the upward movement is strong if market has taken internal range liquidity. Internal swing lows, FVGs, and order blocks are important in this regard. After that market targets liquidity resting above the old highs.

Weekly Bias and PD Array

After identifying the targeted liquidity area, you must identify the ICT PD array. In bullish scenario, you should look for institutional tools like previous week’s candlestick highs and lows for liquidity, internal range swing lows, order blocks, FVGs, and breaker block in discount area. These discounted PD arrays help you define areas of interest for potential trade entries.

Trade Planning

In the anticipated bullish week, you will often see manipulation against your trading bias. The market often drops early in the week into discounted level during a period when economic events are scheduled. This is viewed as a typical liquidity sweep to trap shorts and engineer the trading narrative before the market trade in its original narrative.

With this manipulation, market takes sell-side liquidity and shifts its structure to upside. This confirms bullish intent.

Trade Execution

At the end comes trade execution. ICT traders advice to drop down to the 15-minute chart during London trading session or New York session kill zones. There optimal trade entry (OTE) is the best retracement level.

You can take trade entry at market structure shift (MSS) or at any PD, especially if aligned with OTE trading zone.

Trading OSOK in a Bearish Market

In a bearish market, this model involves aligning the weekly market structure, liquidity engineering, timing trade entry with economic volatility. The following is the structured approach of implementing this model in a bearish environment.

Preparation

In a bearish market, you want to find old lows where the price is likely to be drawn. Then, determine whether the market is likely to trade toward the premium or discount of the range. With a bearish bias, you are anticipating the price will eventually trade to the discount side of the dealing range.

In a bearish scenario, the downward movement is strong if market has taken internal range liquidity. Internal swing highs, FVGs, and order blocks are important in this regard. After that market targets liquidity resting below the old lows.

Weekly Bias and PD Array

After identifying the targeted liquidity area, you must identify the ICT PD array. In bearish scenario, you should look for institutional tools like internal range swing highs, order blocks, FVGs, and breaker block in premium area. These premium PD arrays help you define areas of interest for potential trade entries.

Trade Planning

In the anticipated bearish week, you will often see manipulation against your trading bias. The market often moves upward early in the week into premium level during a period when economic events are scheduled. This is viewed as a typical liquidity sweep to trap longs and engineer the trading narrative before the market trade in its original narrative.

With this manipulation, market takes sell-side liquidity and shifts its structure to downside. This confirms bearish intent.

Trade Execution

At the end comes trade execution. ICT traders advice to drop down to the 15-minute chart during London trading session or New York session kill zones. There optimal trade entry (OTE) is the best retracement level.

You can take trade entry at market structure shift (MSS) or at any PD, especially if aligned with OTE trading zone.

Final Note

The ICT one shot one kill (OSOK) is a powerful trading strategy. No strategy work if they are not applied by a person who lacks discipline, patience, and proper market understanding. Remember, there is always risk involved in financial markets. Traders must conduct thorough analysis, manage risk carefully, and avoid overtrading. Financial markets carry risk. It is advised not to trade with the capital that you cannot afford to lose. OSOK trading model requires extensive experience and emotional experience. Never consider it one hundred percent in trading because past performance is not indicative of future results. Consult financial advisor before taking investment decisions.

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