There are basic buy and sell models and there are complex buy and sell models
Buy and Sell models or "price action" wave concepts/cycles are all the same thing, the key is understanding what is going on behind the moves and also importantly, identifying weather or not the price move is a correctional move/swing or an impulsive trending move, right?
If anybody wants to understand a bit more about price cycles, i am happy to share a bit more knowledge here...
My education within the currency markets and my own trading skills come from a vast study of price action, and you know something? ICT also has studied the currency/money markets at a very in depth level. he is not where he is today by chance, he now understands why price goes to where it wants to go and return to specific areas, and if you know ict's work, you know what i mean. But believe me when i say this, in order to be profitable amongst the hungry giants, you need to understand price and how its geared...
I am a carpenter by trade and i also play guitar a bit, since i was young, i am not a professional guitar player, though i can punch out a riff or two... also self taught, i understand that if you have the will and the desire, you can accomplish anything. I am one for motivation and i have always been like that, motivation gets the job done & motivation for education is what any and all traders need, to become the market movers... even if your not actually moving the market, do it by way of what does move the market and that is, price price price. Yes fundamentals have a way with price action, but there are objectives behind those moves, from the big players