Order Blocks Strategy

Learn a simple Order Blocks strategy with 3 rules for identifying high-probability trading setups using price action. Ideal for various markets and timeframes.

Published · Updated · Methodology: Price Action

Part of: Order Blocks

  • Methodology: Price Action
  • Content type: strategy

Indicators used

  • Order Block

Source video

Decoded from: Order Blocks: 3 Simple Rules That Actually Work by Justin Bennett — watch the original

Strategy overview

An order block is the zone a significant move originated from, revisited later as a reference area for entry. What distinguishes this entry from the rest of the order block catalogue is arithmetic: the title commits to a number. Three rules — a countable, finite checklist rather than an open-ended way of reading a chart. That is a claim about *how many* conditions a valid setup requires, which is a stronger and more falsifiable promise than most order block material makes, since it implies everything else a trader might add is optional.

The video comes from Justin Bennett's channel, and this entry sits under price action rather than under the smart-money vocabulary order blocks are normally taught in. The title supports that placement: no break of structure, no liquidity sweep, no mitigation — just the block and the word "rules". The second half, "That Actually Work", operates by exclusion: it presupposes a body of order block teaching that does not, without naming what is being excluded or on what basis the separation was made. Read together, the title is a simplification argument — that the concept has been overbuilt, and that stripping it back to three conditions is the fix.

What the title leaves undeclared matters as much as what it states. There is no market, no timeframe, and no indication of whether the three rules govern entry alone or divide across entry, invalidation and exit — three entry filters and three rules spanning a full trade are very different objects. No structured rule set has been extracted for this entry, so this page covers the concept and how the video frames it rather than a rule-by-rule reconstruction; the source video remains where the three are actually defined.

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Frequently asked questions

What is an order block in trading?

An order block is the candle or price zone from which a significant directional move originated, marked on the chart and treated as a reference area if price returns to it later. The idea is that the area holds unfilled interest from the participants who caused the original move.

What are the "3 simple rules" in this order block video?

The title states a count, not the content — it commits to three conditions without specifying them. The rules are defined inside the source video, and no structured rule set has been extracted for this entry, so the specifics are not reproduced here.

Are order blocks a price action concept or a smart money concept?

Both communities use them. Order blocks originate in smart-money and ICT-style teaching, where they sit alongside liquidity sweeps and market structure breaks, but the underlying observation — that strong moves leave behind areas price often reacts to — is a classical price action idea. This entry is catalogued under price action, and its title uses no smart-money vocabulary.

How can I evaluate an order block approach before trading it?

Define the zone rules mechanically first, then test them on historical data across more than one market and timeframe, since order block behaviour is sensitive to both. Strategy Decoder catalogues strategies like this one from video sources so you can compare how different channels define the same concept before committing to one version.

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