CRT - Candle Range Theory Indicator

Identify potential price reversals with the CRT Candle Range Theory indicator explained. Learn how it pinpoints liquidity sweeps and rejections across any timef

Published · Updated · Methodology: Price Action

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: Price Action
  • Content type: indicator
  • Timeframes: Any timeframe
  • Markets: FOREX (EURUSD example shown)

Indicators used

  • CRT - Candle Range Theory

Source video

Decoded from: CRT - Candle Range Theory: indicador de trading-guide — TradingView by TradingView — watch the original

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory (CRT) treats a single larger candle as a range in its own right and reads what happens when price runs beyond that range's high or low and then comes back inside it. What distinguishes this entry is where it comes from: a TradingView indicator guide rather than a trader narrating a setup on a live chart. The framing is tool-first — less "here is my trade plan" and more "here is what has to happen on the chart for this pattern to be marked at all."

That shift matters more than it sounds. When CRT lives in a trader's head, spotting it depends on watching the right chart at the right moment; when it lives in an indicator, the recognition step is mechanical and repeatable, the relevant levels inside the range are drawn for you instead of by hand, and detection can be pushed into alerts. The concept is also timeframe-agnostic — the same reading applies to a monthly candle and to a five-minute one — and no one can watch every timeframe at once, which is precisely the gap an automated marker is built to close.

Because the source here is an indicator publication rather than a taught setup, this entry does not carry a decoded entry, exit and risk sequence — there is no trade plan in the source to extract. What it documents is the detection layer: how CRT is identified and surfaced on a chart, which is the piece any CRT-based approach has to sit on top of. Pair it with the Candle Range Theory concept page and with other decoded CRT entries to see how different traders build execution rules around the same structure.

Topics

pine script · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · price action · forex strategy · eurusd strategy · candle patterns · reversal strategy · any timeframe strategy · range trading · liquidity sweep · indicator review

Frequently asked questions

What is Candle Range Theory (CRT)?

CRT reads one larger candle as a complete range and focuses on how price behaves when it pushes past that range's high or low and then trades back inside it — the move beyond the extreme is treated as information about where orders sat, not automatically as a directional signal.

Does a CRT indicator tell you when to enter a trade?

No. An indicator like this one handles recognition — identifying the pattern, marking the relevant levels on the chart, and raising alerts when a candidate appears. The entry, exit and risk decisions still belong to whatever trading plan you apply on top of it.

What timeframe does Candle Range Theory work on?

CRT is timeframe-agnostic by design: the range-and-reaction structure looks the same on a monthly candle as on an intraday one. This source is listed for any timeframe, which is exactly why automated detection and alerts are useful — you can monitor several timeframes without watching them all.

How can I evaluate a CRT approach before trading it?

Start by observing the pattern on historical charts to see how often the return inside the range actually follows through, then define concrete rules and backtest them on TradingView. Strategy Decoder catalogs CRT-based strategies from video and indicator sources so you can compare how different traders structure the same idea.

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.

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