Points of Interest (POI)/
Breaker Block
TL;DR
A Breaker Block is a failed Order Block — a bearish candle that originally accelerated a move lower. Once price sweeps the Sell Side Liquidity below the swing low and prints an MSS, that same candle flips from resistance to support, becoming a high-probability long entry zone on the first retest.
How It Works
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Price is in a downtrend. A specific bearish candle acts as an Order Block, accelerating the move lower — this is the future Breaker Block.
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Price continues declining, sweeping Sell Side Liquidity (SSL) below a prior swing low.
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A strong bullish reversal occurs, breaking above the last interim swing high — this is a Market Structure Shift (MSS).
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The MSS confirms the original bearish Order Block has been violated and flipped: it is now a Breaker Block.
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Price retraces back into the Breaker Block zone (the body range of the original bearish candle).
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The zone acts as support — Smart Money absorbs sell orders here, launching the next bullish leg.
When LiquidMind identifies a Breaker Block, the system marks the body range of the flipped Order Block and monitors for a retracement into that zone. Confirmation requires a displacement candle closing back above the Breaker Block mid-point, with confluence from higher-timeframe structure. The Breaker Block zone is tracked as a high-probability POI within the structural analysis pipeline.