Order Block strategyvsPrior Period Levels strategy
Order Block strategy: Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish. · Prior Period Levels strategy: PDH / PDL breakouts — long above the prior day high, short below the prior day low.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Prior Period Levels strategy
PDH / PDL breakouts — long above the prior day high, short below the prior day low.
Indicators
- Order Block (swing length 10)
- Prior Period Levels (daily / weekly / monthly)
- 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 the prior day's high.
- Short when close crosses below the prior day's low.
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.
- 4% trailing stop, 2-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.
Intraday classic — fires on the first decisive break of yesterday's range. Strong in trend days, choppy when price oscillates around the PDH/PDL.
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 Prior Period Levels strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "PDH / PDL breakouts — long above the prior day high, short below the prior day low."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 2 indicators (Prior Period Levels (daily / weekly / monthly), SMA(1) close wrapper).
PDH / PDL breakouts — long above the prior day high, short below the prior day low.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Prior Period Levels strategy
PDH / PDL breakouts — long above the prior day high, short below the prior day low.
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