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# Round number rejection
- URL: https://www.propfirmduel.com/strategies/round-number-rejection/
- Published: 2026-10-07T22:20:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T02:59:49.000Z
- Description: Traders cluster orders at round prices. Price often pokes through a round number, triggers those orders, then snaps back. This strategy trades the snap back.
- Author: Prop Firm Duel
- Tags: Reversal strategies, #strategy, #school-reversal, #level-beginner, #Import 2026-10-07 22:49

TargetStopEqual lows: stops sit belowSwept, closed back above

Example drawing, not live market data.

1Where's the level?

The nearest round number, sized to the market's recent volatility.

2What's the trigger?

A candle opens on one side of the round number, wicks through it and closes back on the side it came from.

3Where is it wrong?

Beyond the wick.

4Where does it end?

2 times the risk.

Markets

Futures, Forex, Crypto, Stocks

Timeframes

1m to 1h

Sessions

Any

Also called

psychological levels, big figure

## What it means

Traders cluster orders at round prices. Price often pokes through a round number, triggers those orders, then snaps back. This strategy trades the snap back.

## How it is confirmed without repainting

The rejection counts only when the candle closes back across the level.

## When it fails

Price closes beyond the round number and keeps going.