Order Block strategyvsPDH/PDL breakout with SuperTrend filter strategy
Order Block strategy: Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish. · PDH/PDL breakout with SuperTrend filter strategy: Prior-day-range breakouts, but only the ones that align with the SuperTrend regime.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
PDH/PDL breakout with SuperTrend filter strategy
Prior-day-range breakouts, but only the ones that align with the SuperTrend regime.
Indicators
- Order Block (swing length 10)
- Prior Period Levels
- SuperTrend (ATR 10, factor 3.0)
- SMA(1) close wrapper
Timeframes
Bias
Long & short
Long & short
Market fit
Strong directional trends
Strong directional trends
Entry rules
- Long on a bullish OB retest (bull_retest > 0).
- Short on a bearish OB retest.
- Long when close crosses above PDH AND SuperTrend state = +1.
- Short when close crosses below PDL AND SuperTrend state = -1.
Exit rules
- 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.
- Opposite-side breakout closes the trade — momentum has flipped.
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
Expected behavior
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.
Cleaner than a vanilla PDH/PDL bot — the SuperTrend filter cuts counter-trend breakouts that fizzle. Fewer trades but better quality; sits out range days where prior-range breaks fail.
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 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.
When to pick PDH/PDL breakout with SuperTrend filter strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "Prior-day-range breakouts, but only the ones that align with the SuperTrend regime."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 3 indicators (Prior Period Levels, SuperTrend (ATR 10, factor 3.0), SMA(1) close wrapper).
Prior-day-range breakouts, but only the ones that align with the SuperTrend regime.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
PDH/PDL breakout with SuperTrend filter strategy
Prior-day-range breakouts, but only the ones that align with the SuperTrend regime.
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