Listen, if you really want to improve in trading, you need to understand how the big players think. Everyone talks about support and resistance, but few know that the true levels are created by whales when they place their massive orders. This is what we call an order block, and it’s the foundation of everything we’ll do today.

I’ve noticed that many traders get lost because they only look at candles without understanding what’s behind them. The reality is simple: big movements are driven by big money, not us small operators. When whales accumulate or distribute assets, they leave traces on the chart. These traces are the order blocks.

Let’s start with the most important one. A bearish order block is an area where large capitals have sold massively. After that candle, the market crashes. When the price revisits that area, you see a rejection again. How do you find it? Look where a strong sell-off begins, then mark the area between the high and the low of the last green candle before the crash. That’s your resistance created by big money.

Then there’s the bullish order block, its opposite. Here whales have bought heavily, and afterward, the market rises. When the price returns there, it bounces upward. You need to mark the last red candle before the series of green candles that follow the upward move. This becomes your support.

There’s also consolidation, which is when whales slowly accumulate while we get bored. You’ll see 4-8 candles with small bodies and long wicks. Below or above this consolidation, depending on whether it’s bullish or bearish, you’ll find an order block. That’s where whales are filling their orders.

Now, there’s another crucial element: the Fear Value Gap, the FVG. When big capitals inject massive liquidity, the market shoots straight up creating a gap between the high of the first candle and the low of the third. This gap acts like a magnetic pull. The price will go down there and bounce because whales have pending buy orders.

Here’s the secret: when you combine order blocks and FVGs, you get a strategy that works 75% of the time. Here’s how I do it. First, I mark all the order blocks on the chart. Then I mark the FVGs. When I find a bullish order block aligned with a bullish FVG, I wait for the price to drop to that level. I place a buy order on the order block and set the stop loss 1% below, considering volatility. I take profit at the first bearish FVG or the next bearish order block.

I’ve seen the price drop to the level, bounce 28%, then revisit the area and bounce again 37%. It’s not magic; it’s just how the market works when you understand the whale game.

One important thing: always use a stop loss. Don’t do futures trading, stick to spot. And most importantly, do backtesting before risking real money. It won’t always work, but when it does, the risk-reward ratio is at least 1:3 in 90% of cases.

If you start recognizing these order block patterns on every timeframe, your accuracy will increase significantly. It’s not difficult; you just need to know where to look. Next time you see a strong candle followed by an aggressive move, you’ll already know what’s happening behind the scenes.