What makes you trust a trading setup?

A clean Break of Structure (BOS) with strong candle body displacement.

When price sweeps an obvious Equal High or Equal Low right before reversing.

Multi-timeframe alignment—Daily, H4, and M15 all pointing the same way.

A textbook Market Structure Shift (MSS) on the 5-minute chart inside a higher-timeframe POI.

Seeing an unmitigated Fair Value Gap (FVG) left behind by an impulsive move.

Price tapping the exact 50% equilibrium midpoint of an Order Block and rejecting instantly.

When a previous resistance level flips into solid, defended support.

A clear Change of Character (CHoCH) after sweeping the Asian session high or low.

Strong, aggressive candle closes rather than weak, overlapping indecision wicks.

When price respects the 0.618–0.79 Fibonacci Optimal Trade Entry (OTE) zone.

Seeing an Inverse Fair Value Gap (IFVG) confirm a sudden momentum shift.

Price filling an opening session gap and immediately snapping back into the trend.

A clean liquidity inducement built right before my actual entry zone.

When the 4-hour candle closes above a major structural swing high.

Seeing retail trendline liquidity get wiped out just seconds before my limit order fills.

A sharp V-shaped rejection wick out of a higher-timeframe Demand zone.

When price leaves a clean Breaker Block after failing to make a higher high.

Seeing three consecutive lower lows break down with increasing candle range.

When price sweeps Previous Day Low (PDL) and immediately reclaims the range.

A slow, controlled pullback into my POI instead of a violent crash straight through it.

Seeing consecutive FVG stacks confirming true institutional buying pressure.

When price respects the Weekly Open level as dynamic support during a bullish week.

A clean double-sweep of both internal and external liquidity before expansion.

When the M15 structure aligns cleanly with the Daily candle bias.

Seeing price hold firmly above the 00:00 EST Midnight Open price.