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Order Blocks, Breaker Blocks, Market Structure, Liquidity, Fair Value Gaps Strategy

Explore an SMC strategy using Order Blocks, Breaker Blocks, Market Structure, Liquidity & FVGs. Learn to identify key price areas across markets.

Published · Archived · Methodology: SMC

  • Algo score: 70%
  • Discretionary score: 65%

This strategy was decoded from a public trading video but did not clear Strategy Decoder's codifiability bar: the extraction could not pin the rules down precisely enough to be turned into a reviewable specification. It is kept here as a reference post-mortem rather than as a strategy you can trade or backtest.

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: educational
  • Timeframes: Not specified
  • Markets: Forex, Stocks, Indices, Futures, Crypto

Why this strategy was archived

Order blocks and breaker blocks are the structural backbone of Smart Money Concepts: an order block marks the candle or zone where institutional orders are presumed to have been placed before a decisive move, while a breaker block is that same zone after price has violated it and returns to trade it from the opposite side. This entry decodes "The Ultimate Order Block and Breaker Block Trading Strategy" from Com Lucro Trader, which assembles a full SMC stack — market structure, liquidity, fair value gaps and the two block types — into a single framework applied across forex, stocks, indices, futures and crypto.

**Why this entry is archived.** Our extraction scored this video below the codifiability bar. The structural vocabulary is there and the components are clearly identified, but the rule set is incomplete: the conditions that turn a marked zone into an actual trade — which structure break qualifies, how a valid block is selected when several are present, what confirms entry on the retest, and where stops and targets sit — are referenced rather than specified precisely enough to automate without guesswork. No operative timeframe is pinned down either, and the same setup behaves differently on a 5-minute chart than on a daily one. An entry we cannot code faithfully does not belong in the active catalog, no matter how coherent the framework behind it is.

**What it still offers.** The teaching value is real. The video does the useful work of connecting SMC pieces that are usually taught in isolation — showing how a break of structure creates the context, how liquidity and fair value gaps mark where price is likely to travel, and how a failed order block becomes a breaker rather than simply being discarded. That sequencing is the part most beginners get wrong. Treat it as conceptual groundwork, then see the Order Blocks and Breaker Blocks concept hubs for decoded entries where the entry, confirmation and exit logic was fully extracted.

Source video

Decoded from: The Ultimate Order Block and Breaker Block Trading Strategy by Com Lucro Trader — watch the original

Frequently asked questions

Why is this order block and breaker block strategy archived?

Our extraction identified the SMC components clearly — order blocks, breaker blocks, market structure, liquidity and fair value gaps — but not a complete rule set. Entry confirmation, block selection, stop placement and targets are referenced without being defined precisely enough to code or backtest, so it scored below our codifiability bar.

What is the difference between an order block and a breaker block?

An order block is a zone where institutional orders are presumed to have been placed before a decisive move, traded as support or resistance on a retest. A breaker block is that same zone after price has broken through it — it flips polarity and is then traded from the opposite side.

Is the video still worth watching?

Yes, as conceptual groundwork. It connects SMC building blocks that are often taught separately, showing how market structure, liquidity and fair value gaps fit together around order and breaker blocks. That context is a useful starting point even though the operational rules need to come from elsewhere.

Where can I find codifiable SMC strategies on Strategy Decoder?

The Order Blocks, Breaker Blocks and Market Structure concept hubs, along with the active catalog, list decoded video strategies where full entry, exit and risk rules were successfully extracted.

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