Market structure shift
In a downtrend, the first close above the last lower high is a change of character: sellers have lost control. Entries come on the pullback after the shift.
Watch it play out
Replay plays a setup this strategy already finished and stops so you can call it. Live watches for the next one on Bitcoin (BTC-USD, 1-minute candles). Either way a setup is marked only when a candle closes, then it's locked and plays out to its target or its stop. Nothing to trade here.
How the live chart applies the rules
- 1-minute candles. The chart runs every strategy on 1-minute Bitcoin candles from Coinbase, whatever timeframe the strategy page suggests. Times are New York time.
- Closed candles only. Levels, triggers and stops are read when a candle closes. Entry is that candle's close.
- One setup at a time. While a setup is playing out, the same strategy doesn't start another.
- Sensible risk only. A setup counts only if its stop is between a quarter and 6 times the average candle range (ATR 14) from entry (wider for session-range strategies), and its target is at least 0.75R away.
- How a setup ends. At its target or its stop. If one candle touches both, the stop counts. A setup also ends at any exit its page names, and after 120 candles (longer for trend and session strategies) if nothing is hit.
- Replays. A replay plays the latest setup this strategy finished on the live chart's recent history, sped up. It's the same setup the live chart confirmed, with the same entry, stop and result. If the strategy hasn't finished one recently, the replay uses example candles and says so.
- The trading day. A day runs 6:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET, like futures. VWAP restarts at 6:00 PM, and "yesterday" means the last full trading day.
How Market structure shift works
- 1Where's the level?
- The last confirmed lower high in a downtrend of lower highs and lower lows (the last higher low in an uptrend for shorts).
- 2What's the trigger?
- A candle closes above it. Within 20 candles price pulls back to half of the shift move and a candle closes higher.
- 3Where is it wrong?
- Below the low of the shift move.
- 4Where does it end?
- 2R.
- Markets
- Futures, Forex, Crypto
- Timeframes
- 1m to 15m
- Sessions
- London and New York
- Also called
- MSS, change of character, CHoCH
What it means
In a downtrend, the first close above the last lower high is a change of character: sellers have lost control. Entries come on the pullback after the shift.
How it is confirmed without repainting
Swing points are confirmed before use. The shift counts only on a candle close.
When it fails
Price makes a new low after the shift.
Education only. Prop Firm Duel does not provide trade signals or financial advice. This page explains how the strategy is commonly defined. Past results never guarantee future results.
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