Inverse tCISD (iTCISD) — Mastering Continuations

This is a highly requested one — breaking down the inverse tCISD (iTCISD) from A to Z. A concept I founded myself, which originates from another concept I founded: the tCISD. It's a slightly more advanced entry technique, but used correctly it's very powerful, and it can frame the narrative and bias for you. I like to say the inverse tCISD is how you master continuation trades.

If you're using the tCISD indicator at oracleindicators.com, it surfaces both the regular and inverse tCISD signals so you can spot the overlap setups described below in real time.

The two steps

It's two simple steps (the slide shows three only because one is the bearish version and one the bullish).

Step one: a regular tCISD must form. That's it.

Step two — to activate the inversion:

• For a bearish iTCISD: the close of a bullish regular tCISD candle must be closed below.
• For a bullish iTCISD: the close of a bearish regular tCISD candle must be closed above.

Think about it the same as any other PD array. What do you need before a bullish inversion gap? A bearish gap that gets closed above. Same with the tCISD, but instead of gaps, we're using tCISDs.

Bearish inverse tCISD, step by step

In a bullish SSMT scenario: the candle that creates the SSMT must close bearish (if it doesn't, use the most recent bearish candle prior). That's a regular tCISD. Mark the open, wait for a close above → that confirms a bullish regular tCISD.

Now, how do you get the bearish inversion from this? Simple: the close of that bullish tCISD candle must then be closed below. The open was closed above (making the regular tCISD); then the close of the tCISD candle gets closed below → that's a bearish inverse tCISD.

You can enter immediately after the close below, or wait for a retest of the iTCISD (which is the whole body of that tCISD candle). As long as price doesn't close back above the open of the tCISD, the inversion is still valid and you can look for an entry inside it.

Bullish inverse tCISD, step by step

If you want a bullish iTCISD, you must first have a regular bearish tCISD form. In a bearish SSMT scenario: the candle that creates it closes bullish (or use the most recent bullish candle), mark the open, wait for a close below → regular bearish tCISD.

Then for the bullish inversion: wait for a candle to close above the close of that bearish tCISD candle. Mark the open (close below activates the bearish tCISD); mark the close, and as soon as we close above it, that activates the bullish inversion tCISD. Enter immediately after the close above (stop on the recent swing low), or wait for price to drop back into the iTCISD.

Stop placement

The best stop is on the recent swing high before the bearish inversion took place (bearish scenario), or the recent swing low before the bullish inversion (bullish scenario). The logic: if the tCISD has been inversed, price shouldn't come back above it — so the invalidation sits on that recent swing.

Why it's so powerful — the continuation logic

Use everything I teach — narrative, daily bias, direction, draw on liquidity. Say the higher-timeframe narrative is bullish and the draw is higher. How do you take a bullish iTCISD entry? As long as the draw is intact, when you see a bearish SSMT form (confirmed by a bearish tCISD), you just wait — wait for price to close above and invalidate the bearish tCISD. Price closes above the close of the tCISD → enter, stop on the low, target the draw above.

Here's the logic. Narrative is bullish, draw is bullish. Every bearish SSMT that doesn't align with that narrative should just act as a retracement. So you wait for price to retrace, then wait for it to show the retracement is over by forming the bullish iTCISD, and you enter — placing your stop on the low, because you don't expect price to drop back below the tCISD now that the short-term manipulation is over.

Think about what a bearish SSMT and bearish tCISD indicate: a bearish reversal. If we were truly going to reverse and drop, those concepts should hold and reject price lower. But if they fail, that tells you price isn't ready to turn around yet — meaning it's more likely to hunt liquidity above before any reversal. So when a bearish tCISD fails and the bullish iTCISD forms near a higher-timeframe draw, there's no reason price can't run to that draw now. That's the best scenario to use it: close to a higher-timeframe draw, an opposing SSMT forms, then the iTCISD activates → take it.

Overlapping = highest probability

When you see a bullish iTCISD and a bullish regular tCISD overlap, it becomes very high probability — because it's simultaneously invalidating the idea price goes lower (the bearish tCISD failing) and validating the idea price goes higher (the bullish tCISD). Price will trade into that zone and reject from it multiple times before a clean move.

You'll notice on the charts: the regular tCISDs tend to be there at the actual reversal points (the very tops and bottoms), while the inversion tCISDs form for the continuations. So if a regular tCISD forms against your bias, more likely than not it becomes an inversion tCISD you can enter from in line with your bias. This is also why I incorporate it into my 90-minute tCISD model — same window, bias, narrative, one SSMT, then either a regular tCISD entry or an inversion tCISD entry.

Key Takeaways

• iTCISD is built on the tCISD: a regular tCISD must form first, then it must be invalidated to create the inversion.
• Bearish iTCISD: a bullish tCISD's close gets closed below. Bullish iTCISD: a bearish tCISD's close gets closed above.
• Same logic as an inversion gap, but using tCISDs instead of FVGs.
• Enter on the close, or on the retest of the iTCISD body (valid as long as the tCISD open isn't reclaimed). Stop on the recent swing before the inversion.
• The power is in continuations: an opposing tCISD that fails tells you price isn't ready to reverse and will likely run the draw — so the inversion becomes your entry in line with bias.
• Best used near a higher-timeframe draw; overlapping regular + inversion tCISDs = highest probability.