Order Block strategyvsSuperTrend + VFI confluence strategy
Order Block strategy: Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish. · SuperTrend + VFI confluence strategy: SuperTrend regime flip filtered by Volume Flow direction — only trade flips backed by volume.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
SuperTrend + VFI confluence strategy
SuperTrend regime flip filtered by Volume Flow direction — only trade flips backed by volume.
Indicators
- Order Block (swing length 10)
- SuperTrend (ATR 10, factor 3.0)
- VFI
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 SuperTrend flips bullish AND VFI is positive.
- Short when SuperTrend flips bearish AND VFI is negative.
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.
- Any SuperTrend flip closes the trade.
- 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 vanilla SuperTrend — the volume filter cuts the low-conviction flips that fire in chop. Fewer trades, smoother equity curve, occasional missed early-trend entries when volume lags price.
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 SuperTrend + VFI confluence strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "SuperTrend regime flip filtered by Volume Flow direction — only trade flips backed by volume."
- You want a long & short bot on 1h–1d candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 2 indicators (SuperTrend (ATR 10, factor 3.0), VFI).
SuperTrend regime flip filtered by Volume Flow direction — only trade flips backed by volume.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
SuperTrend + VFI confluence strategy
SuperTrend regime flip filtered by Volume Flow direction — only trade flips backed by volume.
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