Equal Highs/Lows strategyvsOrder Block strategy
Equal Highs/Lows strategy: Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event. · Order Block strategy: Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Equal Highs/Lows strategy
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Indicators
- Equal Highs/Lows (swing 3, threshold 0.1)
- Order Block (swing length 10)
Timeframes
Bias
Long & short
Long & short
Market fit
Range-bound
Strong directional trends
Entry rules
- Short on an EQH sweep — the stop-hunt fades and sellers step in.
- Long on an EQL sweep.
- Long on a bullish OB retest (bull_retest > 0).
- Short on a bearish OB retest.
Exit rules
- Opposite-direction sweep closes the trade — that's the next liquidity event.
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
- Position closes when the OB is mitigated (price closes through the opposite edge).
- An opposite-side OB retest also invalidates the trade.
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
Expected behavior
Range-friendly. Frequent small trades when price oscillates between equal-highs and equal-lows pools; can stack losses in strong trends that take out structure cleanly without reversing.
Selective — OBs are sparse and retests are rarer still. The strategy spends most of the time flat and produces concentrated trades around real structure flips.
Complexity
Which one is right for you?
Derived from the bias, timeframe and indicator profile of each strategy — not a back-test forecast.
When to pick Equal Highs/Lows strategy
- You expect range-bound — the thesis is "Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 1 indicator (Equal Highs/Lows (swing 3, threshold 0.1)).
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
When to pick Order Block strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–1d candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 1 indicator (Order Block (swing length 10)).
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Equal Highs/Lows strategy
Fade the stop-hunt — short EQH sweeps, long EQL sweeps, exit on the next liquidity event.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
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