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Zone Breakout Validator

Smart Money / ICT

Tells a real breakout from a trap — volume and the close decide.

how zone breakout validator works

What it does

Most breakouts fail. This bot draws the recent 20-bar range as a zone, then waits for price to leave it. A move only counts as a VALID breakout when the candle closes beyond the zone in the strong third of its range AND volume spikes above its 20-bar average — real participation, not a poke. If price instead wicks past the zone and closes back inside (a liquidity sweep / trap), it flags a FAKEOUT and fades the move back into the range.

How it works

  1. 1Draw the 20-bar range as a zone (top = resistance, bottom = support).
  2. 2Valid breakout: close beyond the zone + strong close (far third) + volume ≥1.5× its 20-bar average + a clean break (>0.2 ATR).
  3. 3Fakeout: price pierces the zone but closes back inside on a rejection candle → fade it the other way.
  4. 4Otherwise price is still inside the zone — wait.