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# Break and retest
- URL: https://www.propfirmduel.com/strategies/break-and-retest/
- Published: 2026-10-07T22:57:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T02:59:49.000Z
- Description: Old resistance becomes new support. After price breaks a level, wait for it to come back and hold that level before joining the move.
- Author: Prop Firm Duel
- Tags: Breakout strategies, #strategy, #school-breakout, #level-beginner, #Import 2026-10-07 22:49

TargetStopOld ceiling becomes the floorRetest holds

Example drawing, not live market data.

1Where's the level?

The high or low of the 30 candles before the last 3.

2What's the trigger?

A candle closes beyond the level. Within 12 candles price comes back to it and a candle closes back in the breakout direction while holding it.

3Where is it wrong?

Beyond the lowest low (highest high for shorts) since the break.

4Where does it end?

2R.

Markets

Futures, Stocks, Forex, Crypto

Timeframes

1m to 1h

Sessions

Any

Also called

breakout retest, role reversal

## What it means

Old resistance becomes new support. After price breaks a level, wait for it to come back and hold that level before joining the move.

## How it is confirmed without repainting

The level is set from earlier closed candles. The retest low is fixed when the trigger candle closes.

## When it fails

The retest candle closes back through the level by more than a few ticks.