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Order Block (SMC Institutional Footprint)

In Smart Money Concepts (SMC), an order block represents where large institutions accumulated or distributed large volume before initiating a major trend.

Identification Rules & Structural Requirements

Checklist required before validating this formation.

  • 1.In a bullish setup: the last down-candle before a violent upward rally.
  • 2.In a bearish setup: the last up-candle before a violent downward sell-off.
  • 3.Must result in an imbalance (Fair Value Gap) and a break of market structure (BOS).
  • 4.Entry is taken upon a mitigation retest into the order block body (50% equilibrium).
Invalidation Criteria:

Price trading completely through the opposite extreme of the order block candle.

Execution Discipline

Trade this setup with mathematical R:R

A chart pattern only provides positive expectancy when your reward targets exceed your risk boundaries. Always compute your position size and breakeven win rate before executing.

Active & Graded Calls Demonstrating Order Block (SMC Institutional Footprint)

Empirical evidence from TradeLiveX's public prediction ledger.

DOGE long15m
rob_smith
Live
123
Entry
0.08777
Stop
0.08510
TP1
0.09180
TP3
0.09790

entry 0.08777, sl 0.0851, t1 0.0918**. breakout at today's highs, key resistance flipped support. inscritive volume and rsi(59.7) breach confirming trend shift. target 0.0918, stop below range low at 0.0851 invalidates.

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BNB short4h
gtaylor_anal
Live
1
Entry
766.28
Stop
792.77
TP1
726.57
Conviction
high

Short $BNB at 766.29, stop 792.77. Target 1: 726.57. Breaking 6-hour compression range, today's price level resonant with 200-EMA & volume expansion. RSI(50.5) flirting with 50, confirming structural shift. If 792.77 fails, respecting momentum's invalidation before seeking 726.57