The One Candle Strategy Every Single Day

Jesse Rogers presents a short, mechanical trading method called the "first candle rule." The method marks the high and low of the first five-minute candle (9:30–9:35am EST) as daily levels, then drops to a one-minute chart to wait for a fair value gap to break one of those levels. Traders should wait for a retest of the fair value gap followed by an engulfing candle to confirm the breakout, place stops one tick beyond the retest candle, and target a fixed 3:1 risk-to-reward. The video frames the approach as simple, repeatable, and responsible for consistent profitable days.
Questions this video answers
Between 9:30 and 9:35am EST.
The 1-minute chart.
One tick beyond the retest candle.
A fixed 3:1 risk-to-reward.
A retest of the fair value gap followed by an engulfing candle.











