Order Block strategyvsTrend Magic strategy
Order Block strategy: Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish. · Trend Magic strategy: CCI-gated ATR ratchet — long on a bullish wick break of the trail, short on the mirror.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Trend Magic strategy
CCI-gated ATR ratchet — long on a bullish wick break of the trail, short on the mirror.
Indicators
- Order Block (swing length 10)
- Trend Magic (period 20, ATR 5, coeff 1.0)
- SMA(1) wick wrappers (low / high)
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 the bar's low wick crosses up through the Trend Magic trail line.
- Short when the high wick crosses down through the trail line.
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.
- CCI regime flip through zero closes the active position.
- 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.
Selective entries — the wick-cross condition is strict, so trades fire only when momentum really pushes through. Strong in trending regimes, quiet during balanced ranges.
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 Trend Magic strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "CCI-gated ATR ratchet — long on a bullish wick break of the trail, short on the mirror."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–1d candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 2 indicators (Trend Magic (period 20, ATR 5, coeff 1.0), SMA(1) wick wrappers (low / high)).
CCI-gated ATR ratchet — long on a bullish wick break of the trail, short on the mirror.
Order Block strategy
Retest of the last opposite candle before a Break of Structure — long bullish OBs, short bearish.
Trend Magic strategy
CCI-gated ATR ratchet — long on a bullish wick break of the trail, short on the mirror.
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