Entry model · v1.0
SNAKE — Sweep & Return to Open
Power of Three inside a single candle: when the current candle raids the previous candle’s high or low early — inside the first third of its duration — price tends to snap back to the current candle’s OPEN. The open is the statistical target; anything beyond it must be funded by higher-timeframe order flow.
- ASIA
- LONDON
- MIN R:R 2:1
- RISK 0.5%
Required
Every box checks or there is no trade
- HTF bias set — order flow supports the snap-back to the open
- Previous candle’s high and low marked before the new candle opens
- Current candle’s OPEN marked — that level is the magnet
- Sweep lands in the FIRST THIRD of the candle’s duration — late raids degrade the odds
- Sweep taps a meaningful PD Array (OB, FVG, breaker, inversion, old open)
- LTF confirmation before entry (CSD, MSS, FVG, compression) — a sweep alone is not a trade
- Stop beyond the swept extreme plus a margin — never exactly at the high/low
- First target = the current candle’s open; take partials there
Optional confluence
Not mandatory — each one adds weight
- Extended targets (prev 50%, opposite side, weak highs/lows) only with HTF order flow behind them
- Previous candle closed against the raid (bearish candle, high swept) — more travel to the open
Warnings
If one of these fires, stand down
- Price expands one way from the open through HTF levels, no displacement back — there is no setup
- High-impact news due around the sweep window — stand down
- Double sweep of the same extreme — expect it, margin the stop, one re-entry max
This checklist is an educational planning template. Workstation detection and backtest support are model-specific, so a checked list does not imply an automated or live signal.
Open this model in the workstation
SNAKE — Sweep & Return to Open is loaded in the educational playbook. Automation support varies.
Discipline
The model is half the trade.
No revenge trading
After a stop-out, the next trade must qualify on its own merits. If you feel the urge to "get it back", the session is over — close the platform.
Journal every trade
Screenshot, model, checklist state, emotion, result in R. The journal is where your edge is actually built — the charts just express it.
Trade the windows, not the noise
Most displacement happens in the kill zones. Trading dead hours means giving spread and chop your edge back.