IB Break-or-Fade Trainer

The first hour draws the initial balance. Every test of that IB high or IB low after it forms comes down to one number: how many IB widths price has pushed past the edge. Watch the IB form, then call it the moment the edge gets tested: fade it, ride the extension, or stand aside. The 0.25 IB and 1.0 IB extension bands are Dalton's, Mind Over Markets (1990), the same thresholds the IB Day Type Screen classifies with. Grading is on the call, not the coin flip that follows it.

How it grades. The IB is the first two bars on the chart, its high fixed at the top of the shaded band and its low at the bottom. Extension is measured in IB units: how far the low (or high) has pushed past that edge, divided by the IB's own width. Under 0.25 IB is a normal day so far and the call is FADE. Between 0.25 and 1.0 IB, if the last bar is still outside the edge, the extension is holding and the call is RIDE IT; if it closed back inside, the extension failed and the call is back to FADE. At 1.0 IB or more with the last bar still outside, it's a trend day and the call is STAND ASIDE, no range trade on that edge. Hard mode hides the IB band until the reveal, so the read comes from the bars alone. Keyboard: F R S, then 1 to 4, then Enter for the next rep.

Educational tool only, not financial advice. Bars are synthetic and built to isolate the initial balance extension rule. Live sessions carry gaps, volume, and news that this drill leaves out, and a rule with a strong track record still loses individual reps.

Built by Jason Parker, founder of Trading Ranges.

Built by Jason Parker, founder of Trading Ranges.