Order Block, Imbalance, Structure Break Strategy

Learn an SMC trading strategy that uses order blocks, imbalance, and structure breaks across multiple timeframes (H1 to M1) for precise forex entries with a 1:2

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Order Blocks

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: H1, M15, M5, M1
  • Markets: forex

Source video

Decoded from: ENTRADA con MANUAL DE BIAS. ✅ #forex #trading #trader #orderblock by Gorka Fx — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to the strategy with bias manual
  • 0:02 - H1 Order Block and bearish continuation
  • 0:07 - M15 Order Block identification
  • 0:10 - M5 Order Block with imbalance and mitigation
  • 0:14 - M1 Order Block for confirmation and entry
  • 0:16 - Execution and target

Strategy overview

An order block marks the zone a decisive move originated from, which SMC traders treat as unfinished business price may return to. What is unusual in this clip is that the order block is not paired with a different tool at each step — it is looked for four times, once on H1, once on M15, once on M5 and once on M1. Each lower timeframe is asked the same question rather than a new one, so the descent works as a repetition test: the setup earns its entry when every rung of the ladder shows the same object.

The title of Gorka Fx's video, "ENTRADA con MANUAL DE BIAS", puts the emphasis on procedure rather than accuracy — the entry is presented as the output of a bias playbook, not as a standalone signal. The order of operations follows from that: direction is fixed first on H1 as a bearish continuation, and the timeframes below are given a ratifying role, with the M5 step adding an imbalance and its mitigation and the M1 step supplying confirmation and the trigger. Nothing lower down is allowed to argue with the H1 read, which is a real design choice — it decides what happens when the timeframes disagree, a case the clip, at roughly sixteen seconds across six beats, has no room to address.

Worth being clear about scope. This entry's concept list names three things — order block, imbalance, structure break — but the third appears in the tagging rather than in any beat of the walkthrough, which runs from the H1 zone to execution without dwelling on a break of structure. No instrument or pair is declared; entry and target each get a beat while invalidation gets none; and "mitigation" is named without a definition of what counts as mitigated, a threshold that changes the setup materially. No rule set was extracted from this source, so what follows here is the concept and the framing the video gives it, not a specification you could run as-is.

Topics

order block strategy · smc strategy · ict trading · forex strategy · tradingview strategy · multi timeframe analysis · h1 strategy · m15 strategy · m5 strategy · m1 strategy · scalping strategy · trading strategy · pine script · price action

Frequently asked questions

What is a multi-timeframe order block setup?

It is one where the same zone concept is identified on several timeframes in descending order, with the higher timeframe supplying direction and the lowest supplying the entry moment. This clip runs H1 to M15 to M5 to M1, marking an order block at each level rather than switching tools between them.

What does mitigation mean in relation to an order block?

Mitigation refers to price returning into a previously formed zone, on the idea that orders left there are being filled or offset. The clip introduces it at the M5 step alongside an imbalance, but does not state what degree of return counts as mitigated — a detail that materially changes where an entry sits.

Why would a trader establish bias before looking for an entry?

Bias-first workflows fix a directional read on a higher timeframe and then only accept setups that agree with it, which filters out counter-trend entries at the cost of ignoring lower-timeframe evidence that contradicts the read. This video frames the entry explicitly as the product of that bias process rather than as an independent signal.

How should I evaluate a strategy shown in a short-form clip?

Treat it as a description of an idea rather than a specification: note what the clip declares (timeframes, sequence, direction) and what it leaves open (instrument, invalidation, exact confirmation criteria), then define the missing pieces yourself before backtesting on historical data. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies from video sources so you can see what a clip actually specifies before committing time to testing it.

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