CRT CISD Indicator Strategy

Discover the CRT CISD Indicator Strategy based on Smart Money Concepts. This guide uses higher and lower timeframe analysis to identify liquidity draws and chan

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 4-hour, 1-hour, Lower timeframe (unspecified)
  • Markets: Not specified

Indicators used

  • CRT (Change in Trend)
  • CISD (Change in State of Delivery)
  • PD Arrays (Premium/Discount Arrays)

Source video

Decoded from: This NEW CRT CISD Indicator is Actually Good by LuxAlgo — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:07 - Trading session time
  • 0:12 - Higher timeframe CRT identification
  • 0:23 - Lower timeframe CISD confirmation
  • 0:32 - Entry conditions (PD arrays)
  • 0:36 - Stop loss and take profit
  • 1:00 - Indicator building process
  • 1:45 - Indicator settings (cooldown, session filter)

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory treats a completed higher-timeframe candle's range as the map for what the next one does — which side gets swept, and where price is drawn afterwards. In this entry, CRT is not the whole method but the top layer of a three-part chain: the higher timeframe supplies the draw on liquidity, a change in state of delivery (CISD) on a lower timeframe supplies confirmation, and premium/discount arrays — the examples named here are the fair value gap and the order block — supply the place where an entry actually sits. Each layer is borrowed from a different corner of the Smart Money Concepts vocabulary, which means the CRT read is doing less work than the name implies: it sets context and hands the trigger to something else entirely.

The source is a LuxAlgo clip titled "This NEW CRT CISD Indicator is Actually Good", and it runs about a minute — its chapter list moves from session time to higher-timeframe CRT identification, lower-timeframe CISD confirmation, entry conditions and risk placement, before closing on the indicator-building process itself. That final chapter is the tell. The title's verdict is a review of a tool rather than a claim about a method, and "actually good" is a comparative judgement whose comparison set — the indicators it is supposedly better than — is never named. What is being demonstrated is software that draws these levels, with the trading logic sketched around it at demo speed.

The timeframe stack is only partly on record: four-hour and one-hour are declared for the higher-timeframe context, but the execution timeframe is left unspecified — and that is precisely where both the CISD confirmation and the entry are meant to happen, leaving the most decision-dense part of the sequence undefined. The indicator parameters are not detailed in the source either. This page therefore covers the concept and how the video frames it, rather than a rule-by-rule breakdown.

Topics

crt cisd indicator · smc strategy · smart money concepts · pine script · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · price action · 4 hour strategy · 1 hour strategy · intraday strategy · liquidity trading · order blocks strategy · fair value gaps · custom indicator strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is CISD in trading?

CISD stands for change in state of delivery — the point at which price stops being delivered in one direction and begins being delivered in the other. In SMC-style workflows it is used on a lower timeframe as confirmation that a higher-timeframe read is starting to play out.

How do CRT and CISD work together?

They sit at different levels of the same stack. The higher-timeframe CRT read establishes the directional context and the draw on liquidity; the lower-timeframe CISD is the confirmation that the move is beginning. One supplies context, the other supplies timing — neither is used alone in this approach.

What are PD arrays in this context?

Premium/discount arrays are reference zones price is expected to react to; the examples named in this source are the fair value gap and the order block. In this sequence they define where an entry is located once the higher-timeframe context and the lower-timeframe confirmation are already in place.

Does this page include the full rules of the strategy?

No — the source is a short indicator demonstration rather than a full lesson, so this entry covers the concept and how the video frames it. Strategy Decoder extracts the structure of strategies from video sources so you can evaluate and test them on TradingView before risking capital.

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