Entry model · v1.0
Unicorn (Breaker + FVG)
The highest-conviction zone: a breaker block overlapping a fair value gap. The failed OB flips direction and the imbalance gives the algorithmic reason to trade back into it.
- LONDON
- NY AM
- NY PM
- MIN R:R 2.5:1
- RISK 0.75%
Required
Every box checks or there is no trade
- A breaker block exists (OB swept then broken through)
- An FVG overlaps the breaker — the unicorn zone
- The break that created it had real displacement
- First return to the overlap zone
- Entry in the overlap, stop beyond the breaker
Optional confluence
Not mandatory — each one adds weight
- Kill-zone timing
- Target: nearest untapped liquidity pool
Warnings
If one of these fires, stand down
- Zone overlapped by heavy news candle — unreliable
This checklist ships inside the workstation: the Decision Cockpit scores every rule against the live chart and holds the plan at “needs confirmation” until the required boxes check. Where the model is automated, the backtester replays the same rules over years of history — no lookahead, stop-first fills.
Run this model on live data
Unicorn (Breaker + FVG) is loaded in the playbook. Free in open beta — no account.
Discipline
The model is half the trade.
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.
Respect the calendar
High-impact news is engineered liquidity. Stand aside 30 minutes around red folders unless news volatility is explicitly your model.