CRT Indicator

Learn how the CRT Indicator can help you determine market direction. This video explores its analytical techniques without specific trading rules.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Technical Indicators

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: Technical Indicators
  • Content type: indicator

Indicators used

  • CRT

Source video

Decoded from: Cómo Encontrar la Dirección del Mercado con CRT en 2026 by Gorka Fx — watch the original

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory (CRT) reads a single candle's high and low as a container of resting liquidity that a later candle tends to sweep before the real move resolves in the opposite direction. Most CRT material circulating online is organized around the entry — what to do once the sweep completes. The video decoded here starts one level above that: Gorka Fx's "Cómo Encontrar la Dirección del Mercado con CRT en 2026" uses CRT as a directional compass, treating the range and the way it resolves as a way to decide which side of the market to be on before any specific setup is considered.

That ordering is the video's distinguishing feature. A sweep looks identical whether it marks the end of a move or the start of one; what separates the two readings is the directional context the trader brings to it, and this source spends its time on establishing that context rather than on trigger mechanics. The framing is also a current-year one — the title positions it as how to apply the read in 2026, which puts it closer to a refresh for traders who already recognize a range sweep than to a first introduction to the concept.

It is also worth noting where this one comes from: the source is Spanish-language, part of a growing body of CRT teaching outside the English-speaking channels where the idea first spread. This entry is catalogued from that video and no structured rule set has been extracted for it, so there is no mechanical breakdown of entries, exits or risk parameters attached to this page — what it offers is the source and the directional angle it takes on CRT, which is a bias layer rather than a complete trade plan on its own.

Topics

crt indicator · market direction indicator · technical analysis · trading indicator · tradingview indicator · pine script · trading strategy · indicator review

Frequently asked questions

How is CRT used to determine market direction?

Rather than treating a range sweep as an entry signal in isolation, a directional application of CRT asks what the sweep implies about control of the market — which side's liquidity was taken and where price expanded afterwards — and uses that reading as bias before looking for a setup. This video is built around that question specifically.

Is CRT an indicator or a chart-reading concept?

CRT is a price-reading concept. Tools that carry the CRT name simply mark the candle ranges and their sweeps on the chart automatically; the directional interpretation — deciding what a given sweep means for bias — still sits with the trader, which is what this source focuses on.

What language is the source video in?

The source, "Cómo Encontrar la Dirección del Mercado con CRT en 2026" from the channel Gorka Fx, is in Spanish. Worth knowing if you want to watch the original — the CRT terminology itself (range, sweep, expansion) is used in English throughout.

Are the exact rules from this video available?

No structured rule set has been extracted for this entry, so this page does not publish entries, stops or targets from the video. Strategy Decoder catalogues it as a concept reference pointing back to the source; entries where a rule set was successfully decoded carry a full breakdown instead.

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 2,229 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.

Other versions of this strategy

More decoded strategies