A breaker block is an order block that failed and flipped. When price violates an order block and then breaks structure the other way, the old block changes role — a broken bullish block can become resistance, and a broken bearish block can become support. It is a support-becomes-resistance idea within the SMC framework.
How a breaker forms
First an order block is established. Then price trades through it and, crucially, breaks structure in the opposite direction, signalling that the original story has changed. The trapped traders from the failed block provide fuel: their stops and reversals push price the new way when it retests the zone.
Entry and stop logic
Wait for the structure break to confirm the flip, then look to enter on the retest of the breaker in the new direction. The stop belongs just beyond the breaker, since price closing back through it means the flip has failed. As always, target the next liquidity or structural level.
- A breaker is a failed order block confirmed by an opposite structure break.
- It flips role: old support becomes resistance and vice versa.
- Enter on the retest in the new direction, stop beyond the breaker.
- Requires a genuine structure shift — without it, it is just a failed block.
A breaker block is a failed order block that flips direction after a structure break — trade its retest with the trend.