Candle Range Theory (CRT)

Learn the Candle Range Theory (CRT) entry model for price action trading. This strategy explains how to identify high-probability trade entries based on candles

Published · Updated · Methodology: Price Action

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: Price Action
  • Content type: educational

Source video

Decoded from: El mejor vídeo Explicando el MODELO de ENTRADA CRT (Candle Range Theory) by TradingForexTV Directos (Canal Secundario) — watch the original

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory reads a completed higher-timeframe candle as a container — its high and low are the liquidity pools price is expected to run before it commits to a direction. What distinguishes this entry is its scope: the source video is titled "El mejor vídeo Explicando el MODELO de ENTRADA CRT (Candle Range Theory)", and the operative words are *modelo de entrada* — the entry model, not the framework end to end.

That narrowing is worth naming, because CRT has two separable halves. The first decides the container and the bias: which candle, on which timeframe, which side of it should be taken, and what counts as the sweep. The second decides the trigger: what you wait to see once that sweep has happened before committing. A lesson devoted to the entry model treats the first half as already settled and spends its time on the second — which is also the half where CRT is most dependent on a chart you drop down to, since the trigger has to be read somewhere lower than the candle that defines the range. No timeframe, instrument or session is declared for this version, so the pairing that any entry model implicitly requires is left to the viewer.

The provenance sharpens the picture further. This comes from TradingForexTV's secondary channel, the one carrying live broadcasts rather than produced lessons, and it is Spanish-language material aimed at that audience. No chapter markers are on record, so there is no index pointing to where the entry model is actually defined inside the stream — a reminder that in live formats the definition and the example tend to arrive interleaved rather than separated. No rule set has been extracted for this entry; what this page holds is the concept and its source, not a reconstruction of the trigger the video teaches.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What is the "entry model" in Candle Range Theory?

It is the trigger half of the method — what a trader waits to see after the higher-timeframe candle's range has been swept, before committing to a position. It is distinct from the range and bias half, which decides which candle to use and which side should be taken first. Different teachers specify very different triggers, so an entry model only means something once its confirmation is stated explicitly.

Does learning the CRT entry model mean you know CRT?

Not on its own. The entry presumes the earlier decisions are already made: the timeframe of the reference candle, the side expected to be swept, and what qualifies as a sweep versus a genuine break. A video focused on the entry model is working downstream of those choices rather than establishing them.

What timeframe and instrument does this version use?

None are declared. This entry records no timeframes, no instrument, no session and no indicators, and the source is a live-broadcast video with no chapter markers to locate where the entry model is defined. Any timeframe pairing would have to come from watching the source directly.

How can I test a CRT entry model for myself?

Freeze it into countable definitions first — the exact reference candle, the exact sweep condition, the exact confirmation and the exact invalidation — then check it against historical data on the instrument and timeframe you actually trade. Strategy Decoder catalogues strategies extracted from video sources so you can compare how different versions specify those steps.

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