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XAUUSD | Bearish Order Block Rejection in Premium | Short Setup🔥 XAUUSD – 5M Timeframe Smart Money Setup | April 30, 2025 Gold just printed the kind of setup Smart Money waits for: liquidity sweep + order block retest + Fibonacci confluence — all in the Premium Zone. 📍 Price Action Breakdown: We marked a Clear Bearish Order Block after a strong move down. Price retraced cleanly back into the 61.8%–79% Fibonacci Premium Zone — the exact area where Smart Money sells to retail buyers. Price wicked into the OB, filled the imbalance, and showed strong bearish rejection. Entry triggered on confirmation candle after tap. 🎯 Key Setup Elements: ✅ OB in Premium ✅ Bearish BOS before entry ✅ Fibonacci rejection (61.8–79%) ✅ Clean mitigation of the OB ✅ Low time frame confirmation entry 🧠 Smart Money Flow: Retail: “Gold’s recovering! Time to buy!” Smart Money: “Thanks for the liquidity. Here’s your SL.” 🫡💸 Every wick into that OB zone is a buy stop getting sniped by institutions. 💥 Trade Setup: Entry: OB rejection zone at 3,328–3,332 SL: Above 3,332 (wick high / OB invalidation) TP: TP1: 3,314 TP2: 3,306 TP3: 3,299 (full RR completion) Risk:Reward ~ 1:3+ 📈 Risk Management Note: Trailing SL advised once we reach TP1. Let price prove itself. Gold is volatile, but this structure is textbook. 🔮 What to Watch Next: BOS below 3,320 confirms further bearish momentum. Any re-entry into OB without momentum = trap. 🎤 Final Thoughts: This is a play straight out of the institutional handbook — it’s not about chasing, it’s about letting price come to you. Patience = Profit. 🧠💰 🗣️ Drop “GOLDEN SNIPER” in the comments if you caught this too. 💾 Save this chart — it's a lesson in precision. 👥 Tag your scalping squad — no excuses on this clean setup.
OANDA:XAUUSDShort
by ChartNinjas88
BTCUSD | Bearish Rejection from Order Block Zone | Choch Confirm📉 BTCUSD – 30M SMC Breakdown | April 30, 2025 Bitcoin just printed a clean bearish reaction from a high-probability supply zone, aligned with Smart Money tactics. 📍 Technical Breakdown: Order Block (OB) marked clearly near 95,474 – 95,756, sitting in a premium price zone. Price returned to this OB after a previous Change of Character (Choch) to the downside — a clear signal of distribution. The Strong High remains intact — no structural break = institutional control still active. Rejection wicks and slow momentum near the OB confirm buyer exhaustion. 🎯 Setup Breakdown: Entry Zone: 95,474 – 95,756 SL: Above 95,800 (invalidates OB) TP Zone: TP1: 94,600 TP2: 94,000 TP3: 93,480 (next liquidity pool near the Weak Low) Risk:Reward ~ 1:3.5+ 🧠 Smart Money Insight: This is where retail traders start buying the breakout — but Smart Money knows better. They set traps in the OB, then reverse price for maximum stop hunts. 🔁 Market Psychology: Choch = shift in sentiment Price retesting OB = liquidity hunt Weak Low = magnet for future price sweep This short setup aligns with mitigation + manipulation + distribution. 📌 What to Watch: If price fails to break Strong High → short bias remains If we break below 94,600 → hold for full TP at 93,480 Re-entry possible on LTF pullbacks into new internal OBs 🧠 Execution Note: Be patient — price might dance in OB before melting. Let it reject, confirm, and flow. 🔥 Final Word: This setup is clean, logical, and follows institutional flow. If you missed the first touch, wait for a lower-timeframe pullback entry. Smart traders don’t chase price — they let it come to them. 🧘‍♂️📉 🗣️ Comment “BTC BEAR ZONE” if you caught this short setup. 📥 Save this post — real case study for Smart Money traders. 📡 Share this with your trading group — gems like this don’t show up daily.
CRYPTO:BTCUSDShort
by ChartNinjas88
"GBPUSD Ready for the Kill After Premium Zone Reaction!"⚡ GBPUSD Analysis - 1H Timeframe | April 28, 2025 📈 What's Happening: GBPUSD just tapped deep into the Premium Zone while simultaneously reacting off a clean Fair Value Gap (FVG). Signs of bearish rejection are stacking up — Smart Money might be preparing for the kill shot! 🎯 🚨 Key Levels Highlighted: Strong High = Major invalidation (~1.34317). Premium Zone = Where sellers ideally step in. Fair Value Gap (FVG) = Where price imbalance triggered a reaction. Weak Low = Major liquidity target (~1.32036). 🧠 Key Observations: Price filled the FVG and immediately showed a reaction = sign of Smart Money stepping in. Strong High untouched = still valid for bearish play. Weak Low + Sell Side Liquidity = magnets below. 🎯 2-SCENARIO PLAN: Plan A — Short Setup (Primary Bias): ✅ Look for bearish confirmation via M15 or M5 structure shift. ✅ Ideal entry around Premium/FVG zone. ✅ TP1 = Minor structure lows around 1.33000. TP2 = Full Weak Low sweep (~1.32036). ✅ SL = Above Strong High (~1.34317). Plan B — Invalidated if: ✅ Strong High is broken impulsively = setup failed. No chasing! 📊 Risk Management Tip: "Fair Value Gap reactions inside Premium = sniper-level setups. Focus on confirmations, not assumptions." 🧘‍♂️ Summary: ✅ Premium Tap ✅ FVG Fill ✅ Bearish Reaction ✅ Weak Low Target Patience = Power. This could be the sniper setup you've been waiting for! 🔥 ➡️ Save this playbook. ➡️ Comment "SNIPE THE GAP" if you're setting the trap! 🎯
Short
by ChartNinjas88
"BTC Just Triggered ChoCh! Are You Ready For The Next Big Play?"⚡ BTCUSD Analysis - 15M Timeframe | April 28, 2025 📈 What's Happening: BTC hunted liquidity above the previous highs (notice those $$$ grabs 🔥). A sharp sell-off followed = Clear ChoCh (Change of Character) printed. Price is now marching back into the Fair Value Gap sitting right inside the Premium Zone. 🚨 Critical Levels Highlighted: Strong High = Ultimate invalidation for bears if price closes above. Fair Value Gap (FVG) = First supply area. Order Block (OB) = Deeper, higher probability short zone. 🧠 Key Observations: Smart Money grabbed liquidity to trap breakout buyers. Now price retraces into the imbalance = prime sniper setup. 🎯 2-SCENARIO PLAN: Plan A — Short Setup (Main Bias): ✅ Wait for rejection signs inside FVG or OB. ✅ Trigger short entries only after bearish structure forms (M5 or M1 timeframe). ✅ TP1 = Previous minor low. TP2 = Weak Low (~92,800 zone). ✅ SL = Above Strong High (~95,400). Plan B — Breaker Play (Alternative): ✅ If price smashes through OB + Strong High with strength, flip bias. ✅ Look for bullish Breaker structure (retest + continuation). ✅ Target fresh liquidity zones above. 📊 Risk Management Tip: "React to confirmation, not prediction. Let price prove itself before you jump." 🧘‍♂️ Summary: ✅ Liquidity swept ✅ ChoCh confirmed ✅ Premium Zone retest incoming ✅ High Risk-Reward opportunity forming 🔥 This is where patience = profits. ➡️ Mark this setup, and let's trade like Smart Money, not like retailers. ➡️ Comment "PATIENT SNIPER" if you’re waiting for the perfect trigger!
CRYPTO:BTCUSDShort
by ChartNinjas88
What is ICT Order Block and How to Trade it 👉🏻 ICT order block is basically an area on the price chart which indicates the huge institutional orders and signals the strong reversal or continuation of price. You can use the order block as a confirmation of your trade entry or for the reversal of price. In this article, we will teach you all about order block trading strategy from definition to its identification and to use along with examples. You can jump to the part of this guide, you are most interested in or you can continue reading the whole article : Table of Contents 👇🏻 1 : What is ICT Order Block? 2 : Types of Order Block 3 : Bullish Order Block 4 : Bearish Order Block 5 : Bullish Order Block Trading Strategy 6 : Bearish Order Block Trading Strategy 7 : Final Thoughts What is ICT Order Block? ⚡️ ICT Order block is the area in the price chart, where a large number of orders are executed by institutional traders in the market and market shows sudden strong move from that area. Retail traders follow institutional foot prints, so they wait for these order block zones to buy or sell in the market & make profit along with big institutions like banks. You can see the example of order blocks in the picture given below : Types of Order Block As you know market has two price moves bullish & bearish. So on the basis of price moves, order block is divided into two types. (I) Bullish Order Block (II) Bearish Order Block Bullish Order Block A bullish order block is the last bearish candle before the bullish impulse (strong sudden) move, it typically consist of two candles, with the first candlestick being a bearish and the second candlestick being a bullish one. How to Identify a Bullish Order Block? ⚡️ To identify a valid bullish order block you need to check following things. (I) Second candle being a bullish candle, should grab the low of previous bearish candle. Price should go below the low of previous bearish candle. (II) Second candle being a Bullish candle should close above the high of previous bearish candle. (III) Imbalance in lower time frame in the order block zone. (IV) Structure shift in lower timeframe. To sum it up we can say, second candle should completely engulf the first candle – body to body & wick to wick. You can see the example of bullish order block in the picture below : Bearish Order Block ⚡️ A bearish order block is the last bullish candle before the bearish impulse move, it typically consist of two candles, with the first candlestick being a bullish and the second candlestick being a bearish one. How to Identify a Bearish Order Block? ⚡️ To identify a valid bearish order block you need to check following things. (I) Second candle being a bearish candle, should grab the high of previous bullish candle. Price should go above the high of previous bearish candle. (II) Second candle being a bearish candle should close below the low of previous bullish candle. (III) Imbalance in lower timeframe in the order block zone. (IV) ICT Market Structure Shift in lower timeframe. To sum it up we can say second candle should completely engulf the first candle – body to body & wick to wick. You can see the example of bearish order block in the picture below : Bullish Order Block Trading Strategy ⚡️ In bullish order block trading strategy you would look for shift of price delivery from bearish to bullish and then execute a buy trade utilizing a bullish order block. When the trend is bearish and it approaches a demand zone where you would seek reversal of price and at that area price shifts its structure to the buy-side. Then you will be looking for the order block at the bottom of the impulse move which changed market trend. When you find the bullish order block in that move, it means it was a move involving institutions so you need to wait for the price to test the bullish order block zone to execute a buy trade. When price retraces back and tests the bullish order block zone you can execute a buy trade as shown in the picture below : When tradin bullish Order block trading strategy your stop loss will be 10/20 pips below the low of order block zone. Bearish Order Block Trading Strategy ⚡️ In bearish order block trading strategy you would be looking for the shift of trend from bullish to bearish and then execute a sell trade utilizing a bearish order block. When market trend is bullish and it approaches a supply zone where you seek reversal of price and at that area price shifts its structure to the sell-side. Then you would look for the order block at the bottom of the impulse move which changed price trend. When you find a bearish order block in that move it means it was a move involving institutions so you need to wait for the price to test the bearish order block zone to execute a sell trade. When price retrace back and tests the bearish order block zone you can execute a sell trade. A real market example of bearish order block trading strategy is shown below in the picture. Final Thoughts⚡️ When trading using bearish Order block trading strategy our stop loss will be 10/20 pips above the high of order block zone. Order blocks can also be found in a trend after a pull back and these order blocks confirm the strength of trend. We can use these order blocks to trade the trend or to add new positions in the trend. Like in a bearish trend after a bullish pullback a bearish order block may form, which confirms the strength of bearish trend and we can add a new sell order to enjoy the bearish trend. Likewise in a bullish trend after a bearish pullback a bullish Order block may form which confirms the strength of bullish trend and we can add a new buy order to enjoy the bullish trend ❤️ .
FX:NAS100Education
by InnerCircleAnalysis
Is This The End of Pullback?BINANCE:SUPERUSDT has entered the support zone between 0.5142 – 0.4754 after a strong impulsive move to the upside. This support zone is considered valid due to multiple rejections that occurred within this area in the past—indicating strong buyer interest. Ideally, this is where we expect price to bounce and resume the bullish trend. The first sign of confirmation would be a break above 0.5272, which may open the path toward higher targets. However, the bullish scenario remains valid only if the price stays above 0.4983—a key invalidation level. Note: If this level is breached before a clear candlestick confirmation, the candle pattern being used to validate the move becomes invalid. Even if the price breaks below the invalidation level, as long as it remains within the support zone, the support is still valid — but it would require the formation of a new bullish candlestick pattern to re-confirm the potential for an upward move.
Long
by EkyFabyanto
Best Technical Indicator to Identify Order Block & Imbalance Your ability to correctly identify Order Blocks on a price chart is essential for profitable trading Smart Money Concept. In this article, I will show you a great technical indicator that will help you to spot Order Blocks on any financial market. First, in brief, let me give you my definition of Order Block. The problem is that in SMC trading there is no one single definition of that and many traders interpret it differently. To me, an Order Block is a specific zone on a chart from where a strong price movement initiates and where a significant imbalance between supply and demand occurs . This imbalance should strictly originate from a liquidity zone. That definition implies that in order to identify an Order Block zone, one should learn to properly identify the imbalance and liquidity zones. And again, there is no precise definition of an imbalance on a price chart. To me, a bullish imbalance is a formation of a bullish engulfing candle - the one that engulfs a range of previous bearish candle with its body. Above is the example of a valid Order Block on GBPUSD. A bearish imbalance is a formation of a bearish engulfing candle - the one that engulfs a range of a previous bullish candle with its body. Above, you can see the example of an Order Block on USDCAD, based on a bearish imbalance. There is one technical indicator that will help you to recognize such Order Blocks. It is called " All Candlestick Patterns" on TradingView. Open settings of the indicator and make it show ONLY Engulfing Candles and choose "No Detection" in "Detect Trends Based on". After that, hide the indicator and first, Identify the liquidity zones on a chart and wait for a test of one of these zones. Here is a test of a liquidity zone on NZDUSD on an hourly time frame. After that, turn on the indicator, and wait for its signal. You can see that after some time, the price formed a bullish imbalance with a bullish engulfing candle. The indicator highlight that candle. The Order Block zone will be based on the lowest low of 2 candles and the high of a bearish candle preceding the imbalance. One more example. We see a test of a significant liquidity zone on EURAUD on a 4H time frame. We turn on the indicator and look for a signal. A bearish imbalance is formed and the indicator immediately notifies us. An Order Block Zone in that case will be the area based on the highest high of 2 candles and the low of a bullish candle preceding the imbalance . Of course, there will be the rare cases when the indicator will miss the imbalances. But while you are learning to recognize Order Blocks, this indicator will definitely help you a lot! Thank you for reading! ❤️Please, support my work with like, thank you!❤️ I am part of Trade Nation's Influencer program and receive a monthly fee for using their TradingView charts in my analysis.
TRADENATION:XAUUSDEducation
by VasilyTrader
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VOE LONGAs you can clearly see the VOESTALPINE AG stock has found support at a key order block, aligning closely with the 50% Fibonacci retracement — a typical entry point for smart money. Since then, price action has stabilized and is starting to push higher. The declining short interest ratio suggests bearish pressure is easing, while the rising volume delta points to increasing demand. This confluence could signal accumulation and a potential continuation to the upside. Watching for further confirmation and a clean break above recent highs. #SmartMoney #OrderBlock #VolumeDelta #Fibonacci50 #ShortSqueeze #AccumulationPhase #TradingStrategy #TechnicalAnalysis #MarketStructure #BullishSetup #PriceAction #Orderflow #SwingTrading #TradingViewIdeas
VIE:VOELong
by osas_eth
Looking for shorts on EUR/USD on pullback from previous EU seshLooking for a retrace, new liq. sweep that will make an nice order block then enter on BOS confirmation. These confluences will give a solid short position with a nice 2R with a good stop buffer and previous session highs. This draw down is result of bad EU news and the US not cutting the interest rates just yet leading to a strong dollar. These shorts will probably not take out the full move on EUR/USD but this pull back and short is highly likely to play out with the end of the week near. Comment below what you think.
Short
by jasonrraynor
USD/JPY Market Analysis – Potential Reversal or Continuation?This 15-minute chart of USD/JPY displays a clear bullish impulse following a Change of Character (ChoCh) and a Break of Structure (BoS) . Price action has reached a key resistance zone, and traders are now anticipating the next move based on market reactions. Key Observations : 1. Change of Character (ChoCh) : - This indicates a shift from bearish to bullish sentiment. - The market rejected lower prices and started forming higher highs and higher lows. 2. b]Break of Structure (BoS) : - This confirms bullish momentum as previous resistance levels are broken. - A strong bullish move suggests demand is dominating. 3. Current Price Action : - The price has approached a liquidity zone (previous high). - Potential rejection at this level suggests profit-taking or a shift in order flow. Possible Scenarios: ✅ Bullish Continuation : - If price retraces into the M15 demand zone (marked on the chart) and finds support, a continuation to the upside is likely. - A break above the current high could push price towards 149.950 or even 150.000. ❌ Bearish Reversal : - If price aggressively rejects the current high and breaks the M15 demand zone , we could see a bearish move towards **149.100 - 148.900**. - This would indicate a deeper correction or potential trend reversal. Trading Plan: - **Wait for confirmation at the M15 demand zone.** - **Look for bullish price action signals for continuation trades.** - **If demand fails, shift bias to bearish setups.** 📌 Conclusion : USD/JPY is at a critical decision point. The next move will depend on whether buyers defend the demand zone or if sellers step in to drive price lower. Stay patient and react to market structure shifts accordingly. 🚀📉
by BeaucoupPips
XAUUSD ( GOLD ) | 1 DAY | SWING TRADING | ICT STRATEGY Hey there, friends! 👋 I’ve prepared a gold analysis for you using the swing trading style. 📊 Currently, the daily analysis aligns with the ICT market maker sell model. However, for these models to work, we need to see some sort of reaction in the market. Patience is key, so hang tight and wait for my analysis to be updated. ⏳ Once I spot a reaction, I'll share a golden target with you! 🎯 Don’t forget to hit the like button to stay tuned for updates! 🚀
OANDA:XAUUSD
by TraderTilki