An order block is the last opposite candle before a strong move. Last down candle before a big push up. That's it. Simple to spot, easy to misuse.
The block is only worth trading if the move it created did TWO things:
1. It broke structure. The push out of that block has to take out a previous high (or low). No break, no institutional footprint, just noise.
2. It left an imbalance. A gap between the wicks price moved so fast one side never got filled. That gap is the receipt. No gap means no urgency, and no urgency means nobody is defending that block when price comes back.
If both are there, I mark the block and I wait. I don't chase price to it. Price comes back to me, or I skip the trade.
And I only take the FIRST return to that block. The second touch is where blocks go to die the orders sitting there have already been filled.
That's the whole filter. Break of structure + imbalance + first touch.
👉 Every setup I post in Premium has to pass those three before I send it. If you want to see them marked in real time: @Trading_HenryDNA
