Breaker block
Also called breaker. What it means, how it looks on a gold (XAUUSD) chart, and the mistake most traders make with it.
Breaker block: A breaker block is an order block that failed. When price closes through an order block after sweeping liquidity, the block flips: a failed bullish block becomes resistance, a failed bearish block becomes support.
Breaker block on a gold chart
Gold forms a bullish order block at $4,120–$4,132, rallies, then collapses through it to $4,095 after sweeping the prior high. When price bounces back up into $4,120–$4,132, that zone is now a bearish breaker where sellers look to re-enter.
How traders use it
Breakers are traded on the retest after the break. The strongest ones form after a liquidity sweep and a market structure shift, combining three ideas in one zone.
Common mistake
Confusing a breaker with a simple support-turned-resistance level. A true breaker needs the sweep of a high or low first, then the break through the order block.
Questions
What does breaker block mean in trading?
A breaker block is an order block that failed. When price closes through an order block after sweeping liquidity, the block flips: a failed bullish block becomes resistance, a failed bearish block becomes support.
How is breaker block used on gold (XAUUSD)?
Breakers are traded on the retest after the break. The strongest ones form after a liquidity sweep and a market structure shift, combining three ideas in one zone.
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