The One Candle Strategy Every Single Day

12 Jan 2026 · 1 min
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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.

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