Mark the parent candle
Choose a completed reference candle and identify its high, low and 50% midpoint.
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READ THE RANGE.
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Learn to interpret candle ranges, liquidity sweeps and market structure with clear, practical forex education. Less noise. Better questions. Smarter risk.
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ILLUSTRATIVE PRICE ACTION● CRT CONCEPT
BULLISH CANDLE BEARISH CANDLENOT LIVE MARKET DATA
01Identify the range
02Observe the sweep
03Wait for confirmation
04Define your risk
THE FOUNDATIONUnderstand the range.
Understand the range.
Then read the reaction.
Candle Range Theory (CRT) uses a completed candle's high and low as reference points for observing price behaviour. It's a framework for analysis, not a prediction machine.
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Watch for a liquidity sweep
Study whether price trades beyond a range boundary and then returns inside it.
Plan before you act
Consider confirmation, invalidation, position sizing and the possibility that the idea fails.
OUR APPROACHTrade ideas are easy.
Trade ideas are easy.
Disciplined thinking is harder.
We break down both valid and failed setups, so you can learn what a chart actually shows without hindsight pretending to be certainty.
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Context before signals
A sweep only matters in relation to the wider market structure.
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Confirmation before conviction
Returning inside a range is an observation, not proof of reversal.
03
Risk before reward
Every idea needs a defined point at which it no longer makes sense.
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