Metodología CRT

Learn the CRT (Context, Reaction, Target) methodology, a structured SMC trading strategy for understanding market context, identifying price reactions, and sett

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: educational

Source video

Decoded from: Esta ABURRIDA Estrategia con la Metodología CRT me ha Hecho RENTABLE by Trading Forex TV — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to CRT Methodology
  • 0:15 - The speaker's journey to profitability with CRT
  • 0:30 - Explanation of 'Context' in CRT
  • 0:45 - Explanation of 'Reaction' in CRT
  • 1:00 - Explanation of 'Target' in CRT

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory (CRT) reads a higher-timeframe candle's range as a container that price sweeps and resolves, and most CRT material spends its time on that anatomy. This entry decodes something narrower: a short Spanish-language clip from Trading Forex TV that skips the anatomy lesson and presents CRT as a three-checkpoint routine — context, then reaction, then target — walked through in roughly a minute, one beat per step.

The value of that compression is that it shows where a CRT trader's attention actually goes in sequence. Context is the read that comes first and constrains everything after it; reaction is what price has to do at the level before the idea is live; target is where the move is expected to resolve. Framing the method as three ordered questions rather than a chart pattern is what lets the creator call the approach boring in the title — the same three checks, repeated, with no discretion added between them.

The source is an overview of that structure, not a rules walkthrough, and no operational rules were extracted from it. This page maps how the video organizes CRT into its three stages and where that framing sits inside the wider SMC vocabulary; it does not reconstruct entry, exit or risk criteria the clip never states.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What is the CRT methodology in trading?

Candle Range Theory (CRT) treats a higher-timeframe candle's range as a container for the price action inside it, focusing on how that range gets swept and where price resolves afterwards. It is usually taught as part of the broader Smart Money Concepts (SMC) vocabulary.

What do context, reaction and target mean in this video's framing?

The clip organizes CRT as three ordered checkpoints: context is the directional read established before anything else, reaction is what price must do at the reference level for the idea to be valid, and target is where the resulting move is expected to resolve. The video introduces each in turn rather than combining them into a single setup description.

Does this page include the exact entry and exit rules from the video?

No. No operational rules were extracted from this source, so the page covers the concept and how the video structures it rather than a rule-by-rule breakdown. Strategy Decoder marks entries clearly when a source contains no extractable ruleset, so you know what you are getting before you dig in.

Is the source video in English?

No — Trading Forex TV is a Spanish-language channel, and this clip is presented in Spanish. The decoded summary on this page is in English, but the original walkthrough of the three stages is in the source's language.

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