Zaad CRT

CRT is a rejection-based trading strategy that looks for a failed breakout and a return back inside a reference candle range.

In ZAAD, the strategy starts with a reference candle, usually the previous closed candle. That candle gives us two important prices: its high and its low. The next candle is then monitored to see whether price temporarily breaks above the high or below the low, but fails to continue and closes back inside the original range. That failure is the core of the idea.

For a BUY setup, price first sweeps below the reference low. This suggests that sellers pushed price lower, but could not keep control. If the candle then closes back up inside the range, the strategy reads that as a reclaim of strength and may generate a buy signal.

For a SELL setup, the opposite happens. Price sweeps above the reference high, but then fails and closes back inside the range. This suggests buyers could not hold the breakout, so the strategy may treat that as a sell signal.

The strategy becomes stronger when the sweep is meaningful and the reclaim is clear. That is why CRT usually uses extra conditions such as:

• minimum sweep size
• minimum close-back-inside distance
• optional midpoint reclaim
• optional candle body confirmation

Example:

If the reference candle has:

• High = 3020
• Low = 3000

then its range is 20 points.

If the next candle drops to 2997, that means price swept 3 points below the low. If that same candle later closes at 3012, it has returned inside the range and even reclaimed a good part of it. In that case, CRT may treat this as a BUY setup.

For a sell example:

If the next candle rises to 3024, but then closes at 3010, price swept above the high but failed to hold there. CRT may treat that as a SELL setup.

So in simple terms, CRT does not chase breakouts. It looks for breakouts that fail. Its logic is based on the idea that when price attacks one side of a range and quickly returns, that failed move can become an opportunity in the opposite direction.