Jesse RogersFounder and CEO of Smart Trading Blueprint

After 10 years and hundreds of strategies, this is the one I still trade every single day.

14 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this video, the presenter, a decade‑experienced day trader, outlines a single‑instrument trading system that he still uses daily. The method starts by marking the high and low of the first 15‑minute candle to create an opening range. A volume profile is then drawn over that 15‑minute period to locate the “value area,” the price region containing roughly 70% of the traded volume. The trader waits for a 5‑minute candle to close outside this value area; when this occurs, he enters a breakout trade. The stop is placed two ticks beyond the point of control (the price level with the highest traded volume), and the profit target is set to achieve a fixed 2:1 risk‑to‑reward ratio. He urges viewers to save the description and back‑test the approach on their own charts.

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I've been trading for 10 years, and in that time I've tested hundreds of strategies and nothing comes close to this. The first candle value. Mark the high and the low of the first 15-minute candle, and that is your opening range. But instead of just trading the breakout of the range, draw the volume profile over those 15 minutes. This is gonna show you where 70% of the volume actually traded, and this range is called the value area. And here's what's so great about this strategy. All you do is wait for a 5-minute candle closure outside of this value area. Once you get that, you enter a trade on the breakout and put your stop 2 ticks beyond the point of control. You target a fixed 2-to-1 risk-to-reward. Save this and then go to your charts and test it for yourself.