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Breaker blockAdvanced
An order block that failed: price broke through it after a liquidity sweep, and it is now expected to act from the other side.
Simplified illustration, not real market data.
What it means
Typical bearish breaker: price makes a high, takes it out with a higher high (the sweep), then breaks below the low that started that last push. The up candle at that low becomes a bearish breaker.
How to spot it
- A sweep of a high or low.
- A break of the swing on the other side.
- The failed order block in between is the breaker.
Common mistakes
- Confusing it with a plain failed order block that has no sweep before it.
Related terms
Order blockThe last opposite-colour candle before a strong move, seen as the zone where lar…Mitigation blockLike a breaker, but without the sweep: a failed swing whose last opposite candle…Liquidity sweepPrice trades beyond a high or low, triggers the stops there, and closes back ins…
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