{ "name": "candle_range_ratio_breakout", "source": "Toby Crabel's 'Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout'", "type": "entry_engine", "rule": "On the second bar after the opening range (first 30 minutes), if the current bar's range (high-low) is less than 50% of the prior bar's range, and price breaks beyond the high or low of the prior bar's range, enter in the direction of the break with a stop at the opposite side of the prior bar's range.", "pseudocode": "if bar_index >= 2 and bar_index < 6: or_range_high = max(high[1], high[2]) or_range_low = min(low[1], low[2]) prior_range = high[1] - low[1] if (high - low) < 0.5 * prior_range: if close > prior_high: buy = true; stop = prior_low else if close < prior_low: sell = true; stop = prior_high exit at first target = entry + 2 * (entry - stop) exit at second target = entry + 4 * (entry - stop) hard stop = entry - 1 * (entry - stop)", "why_it_works": "Crabel d Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
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