Order Block
Institutional order-block zones (SMC).
What it is
Institutional order-block zones (SMC).
An order block is the last down-close candle before a strong bullish break of structure (bullish order block), or the last up-close candle before a strong bearish break (bearish order block). Smart-money concepts treat that candle's range as a zone where institutional flow was accumulated before the move, and therefore as a high-quality return-to-zone level.
Variants exist: some traders use only the candle body, others the full high-to-low range, and many filter for order blocks that coincide with an FVG or a liquidity sweep.
Order blocks are a heuristic, not a measurement. They work as well as the underlying market-structure call — get the BOS right and they age well; get it wrong and you are drawing rectangles on noise.
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Parameters
| Parameter | Default | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Swing length | 10 | 2 – 200 |
Output fields
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