Order Blocks & Mitigation
An order block is the last opposing candle (or zone) before a strong move that breaks structure — read as the footprint of large orders, and a zone price often returns to before continuing. This article explains bullish and bearish order blocks, what makes a high-quality one, mitigation (price returning to the zone to close earlier positions), how order blocks relate to classical supply and demand zones, and how to use them with confirmation rather than blind faith.
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