OB retest with structure filter strategyvsRSI dip with trend filter strategy
OB retest with structure filter strategy: Fine-grained order-block retest, gated by a slower market-structure regime. · RSI dip with trend filter strategy: Buy oversold RSI dips, but only when price is still above the 50 EMA.
OB retest with structure filter strategy
Fine-grained order-block retest, gated by a slower market-structure regime.
RSI dip with trend filter strategy
Buy oversold RSI dips, but only when price is still above the 50 EMA.
Indicators
- Order Block (swing 10)
- Market Structure (swing 30)
- RSI (period 14)
- EMA (period 50)
Timeframes
Bias
Long & short
Long only
Market fit
Strong directional trends
Filtered, selective
Entry rules
- Long on a bullish OB retest while market-structure state is +1.
- Short on a bearish OB retest while state is -1.
- RSI(14) below 35 AND
- Close is above the 50-bar EMA — the dip is with the trend, not against it.
Exit rules
- OB mitigation closes the trade — the SMC thesis is invalidated.
- 4% trailing stop, 3-bar cooldown.
- RSI(14) above 65, OR close drops below EMA(50).
- Hard 2.5% stop; 5% take-profit.
Expected behavior
Stricter than the bare Order Block strategy — the regime filter throws out counter-trend OBs. Fewer trades but cleaner ones; long flat stretches when fine and coarse SMC disagree.
Cleaner equity curve than vanilla RSI mean reversion because the EMA filter cuts the worst counter-trend trades. Fewer setups, but each one comes with a stacked deck.
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 OB retest with structure filter strategy
- You expect strong directional trends — the thesis is "Fine-grained order-block retest, gated by a slower market-structure regime."
- You want a long & short bot on 15m–1d candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 2 indicators (Order Block (swing 10), Market Structure (swing 30)).
Fine-grained order-block retest, gated by a slower market-structure regime.
When to pick RSI dip with trend filter strategy
- You expect filtered, selective — the thesis is "Buy oversold RSI dips, but only when price is still above the 50 EMA."
- You want a long-only bot on 15m–4h candles with a balanced rule-set.
- You're comfortable monitoring 2 indicators (RSI (period 14), EMA (period 50)).
Buy oversold RSI dips, but only when price is still above the 50 EMA.
OB retest with structure filter strategy
Fine-grained order-block retest, gated by a slower market-structure regime.
RSI dip with trend filter strategy
Buy oversold RSI dips, but only when price is still above the 50 EMA.
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