Zones

Breaker Block

A failed Order Block that was broken through by price and now acts as a support or resistance zone in the opposite direction. It signals a trend reversal.

Diagram: Breaker Block

What Is a Breaker Block

A Breaker Block is an Order Block that failed: price broke through it with force, invalidating it as a reaction zone. However, that failed OB now flips polarity and acts as a support/resistance zone in the opposite direction. Think of it as support turning into resistance, but with the precision of an Order Block.

How to Identify It

  1. Find an Order Block that was completely broken (price closed beyond it).
  2. The breakout must have occurred with displacement (large candles, FVGs).
  3. The zone of the failed OB is now a Breaker Block.
  4. Bullish Breaker: a bearish OB that was broken to the upside. It now acts as support.
  5. Bearish Breaker: a bullish OB that was broken to the downside. It now acts as resistance.

How to Use It in Trading

  • Wait for price to return to the Breaker Block after breaking through it.
  • The Breaker acts as a re-entry zone in the new trend direction.
  • It is especially powerful when it aligns with a Fibonacci level (61.8-79%) of the new impulse.
  • Breaker Blocks confirm that the structure has shifted: the Smart Money that was defending that zone has now abandoned it.

Difference from a Mitigation Block

  • Breaker Block: a failed OB that flips polarity. Forms at trend reversals.
  • Mitigation Block: an OB that was partially mitigated and may still produce a reaction, but with less strength.