Candle Range Theory (CRT), Fair Value Gap (FVG), Break of Structure (BOS), Protected Low

Master the Candle Range Theory (CRT) strategy with Fair Value Gaps (FVG) and Smart Money Concepts (SMC). Learn to identify market structure, bias, and order flo

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Higher Timeframe (4-hour, 1-hour, Daily), Lower Timeframe (for entry)
  • Markets: GBP/JPY, BTC (Bitcoin), Any pair

Indicators used

  • Price Action
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • Break of Structure (BOS)
  • Order Block
  • Breaker Block
  • Mitigation Block
  • Candle Range Theory (CRT)

Source video

Decoded from: CRTTBS Entry part 5 by Nainrhaj — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to the video and previous parts
  • 1:50 - Importance of Structure, Bias, Order Flow
  • 2:30 - Using Higher Timeframes for Structure
  • 3:00 - Identifying Break of Structure (BOS) and TBS/TWS
  • 4:15 - Fair Value Gap (FVG) as a key component
  • 5:10 - Importance of PD Arrays and avoiding them
  • 6:50 - Example of FVG reaction on GBP/JPY 4H
  • 7:50 - Example of FVG reaction on BTC
  • 9:00 - Concept of 'Protected Low'
  • 10:40 - Applying Protected Low and FVG for entry
  • 12:00 - Entry example with FVG and Protected Low
  • 13:00 - Second entry example with FVG and engulfing candle
  • 14:00 - Third entry example and risk-reward calculation
  • 15:00 - Backtesting advice

Topics

candle range theory · fvg trading strategy · fair value gap · bos trading · protected low · smc strategy · ict trading · price action · gbpjpy strategy · btc trading strategy · smart money concepts · higher timeframe analysis · tradingview strategy · trading strategy · forex strategy

About this strategy page

This trading strategy was decoded by Strategy Decoder's AI from a public YouTube trading video and turned into a structured, reviewable specification. In the interactive app this page shows the full entry and exit logic, risk management settings, the indicators involved with their parameters, AlgoWizard-compatible logic and a Pine Script export ready for TradingView backtesting — plus an automated backtest verdict when one has been computed for this strategy.

Strategy Decoder catalogs 2,268 decoded strategies. Each one is extracted with confidence scoring, cross-linked to the indicators it uses, and kept up to date as new videos are processed daily. Load this page with JavaScript enabled to use the interactive tools, or start from the strategy explorer to filter by methodology, market and timeframe.

More decoded strategies