Jesse RogersFounder and CEO of Smart Trading Blueprint

One Candle Is All You Need.

30 Sept 2025 · 1 min

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Jesse Rogers walks through a daily trading plan using a single 5-minute candle from 9:30-9:35am. Mark its high and low, switch to the 1-minute chart, enter on a break confirmed by a fair value gap, stop at the first candle that closes outside the range, and target a 2:1 risk-to-reward ratio.

Questions this video answers

The 5-minute candle that forms between 9:30 and 9:35am.

The 1-minute chart.

A fair value gap indicating buyers or sellers taking control.

At the first candle that closed outside the 5-minute candle's range.

Fixed 2:1 risk-to-reward.

Chapters

This one candle contains my entire trading plan for the day. It includes what levels I look for, what time of day to take trades, and my entry, stop, loss and target. And it works so consistently that I stopped looking for anything else. First, you're going to mark the high and the low of the 5 minute candle that forms between 9:30 and 9:35am Then drop down to the 1 minute chart and look for a break. Now to confirm a good break, you need a specific type of behavior. And no, it's is not just a candle closure and it's most certainly not just a wick. What you're looking for is called a fair value gap. And this shows us that either buyers or sellers are taking control and we want to be on the right side of the market. Once this happens, you enter the trade and you put your stop loss at the first candle that closed outside the range. And as for our target, you just use a fixed 2 to 1 risk to reward. Then repeat this every single day. Now save this video for when you're testing it. That way you can ensure that you get it right.