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ICT OTE Fibonacci Calculator

Enter a swing high and low and get the whole ICT Fibonacci set instantly — the 62–79% OTE zone, the 70.5% sweet spot, equilibrium, and the standard extension targets.

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The highlighted band is the OTE zone. Equilibrium divides premium from discount — read premium and discount if that split is new to you.

Optimal Trade Entry is a retracement band, not a single line. The calculator gives you the whole set at once — the 62% edge where the zone opens, the 70.5% level most traders treat as the target price, the 79% deep edge past which the leg is probably failing, and equilibrium at 50% dividing premium from discount.

Why 62 to 79 and not 38 to 50

Standard Fibonacci trading leans on the shallow retracements. ICT leans on the deep ones, and the reasoning is about who is filling what. A shallow pullback fills very few resting orders. A retracement that reaches into the 62 to 79 band travels back through the bulk of the previous leg's inefficiency, which is where the unfilled orders actually sit.

The practical consequence is that entering at 50% usually means entering early, taking a worse position, and sitting through the rest of the retracement in drawdown. The band exists to stop you doing that.

Location is not a signal

This is the failure mode that costs people money with OTE. Price reaching the 70.5% level tells you where you are, not what to do. What turns a location into a trade is what else is present inside the zone:

An OTE level with none of those is just a number on a chart. An OTE level with two or three of them is the setup the model is describing.

Reading the negative levels

The last three rows of the calculator are extensions rather than retracements. The −0.5 and −1.0 levels are the standard ICT targets once the entry works, and −2.0 is the full extension used on strong expansion days. They are measured beyond the end of the original leg, in the direction of the trade.

Frequently asked questions

What is the ICT OTE zone?
Optimal Trade Entry is the retracement band between 62% and 79% of a price leg. Within it, the 70.5% level is treated as the sweet spot and the 79% level as the deepest acceptable entry. The idea is that a genuine institutional retracement usually reaches this depth before continuing, so entering shallower means a worse price and entering deeper means the leg has probably failed.
Is OTE the same as a normal Fibonacci retracement?
The mathematics are identical. The difference is which levels get used and why. Standard Fibonacci trading treats 38.2% and 50% as primary. ICT treats the deeper 62% to 79% band as the entry zone and uses 50% as equilibrium, the line dividing premium from discount. The levels are the same numbers used with a different framework behind them.
Which way do I draw the swing for OTE?
For a long, draw from the swing low to the swing high of the leg you expect price to retrace into, then look for entries in the 62 to 79% retracement of that leg. For a short, draw the opposite way. This calculator handles the direction for you once you enter both prices.
What are premium and discount in ICT?
Equilibrium is the 50% level of a range. Everything above it is premium, everything below is discount. The rule is straightforward: buy in discount, sell in premium. Entering long in premium means paying more than the range midpoint, which is what the algorithm is designed to make you do.
Where does the stop go on an OTE entry?
Beyond the swing that formed the leg, with a buffer for the wick. If you entered long at the 70.5% retracement, the stop sits below the swing low that started the leg. If price trades through that point, the premise of the retracement is gone and the entry was wrong, which is exactly what a stop is for.
Does OTE work without other confirmation?
Rarely, and this is a common way to lose money with it. A retracement into the 62 to 79% band is a location, not a signal. What makes it tradeable is what else is there: a fair value gap inside the zone, an order block, a liquidity sweep that preceded it, or a market structure shift confirming the turn. Location plus confluence, not location alone.