One Standard to Rank Every Zone You Ever Draw
One single standard for ranking every zone you draw — our most demanding concept.
Before you start: Assumes you're already comfortable with Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps and the other zone types this standard ranks.
Part of the My Edge Official framework — refined through thousands of hours of chart study.
This is our most demanding and comprehensive concept — a unified six-step standard by which we assess every PD Array on this site (Order Block, FVG, Breaker Block, and all the others). Without this standard, each individual concept is just a shape on a chart with no weight behind it.
- Objective
- Checklist
- Validation
- Failure Conditions
Imagine you have a whole family of different zones on the chart (Order Block, gap, Breaker Block...) — they all look different, but they all need the same check before you trust them.
This is a six-step standard we use to evaluate every one of these zones, no matter what it's called: what it is, when and where it formed, what happened right before it, where it sits relative to other important levels, what role it's currently playing, and how much priority it deserves.
Without this standard, each individual zone is just a shape on the chart with no real weight — this standard gives every zone a common language and tells you which ones actually deserve your attention.
Advanced explanation⌄
Objective
Every PD Array must be assessed through the same process. A PD Array is never judged on its shape alone — its value depends on context.
Checklist
Run every PD Array through the same six-step scorecard:
Step 1 — Identity
Identify the PD Array. Record its type, timeframe, session, and time of formation.
Step 2 — Context of formation
Before the PD Array formed, determine: which liquidity was taken? External or internal? Was a sweep present? Was a market structure shift (MSS) present? Was displacement present?
Step 3 — Time context
Determine the current trading session, the current kill zone, and the current phase of the daily SOP. Time increases or decreases the PD Array's importance.
Validation
Step 4 — Location
Assess the PD Array relative to: NDOG, NWOG, previous day's high/low, weekly equilibrium, daily equilibrium, 3-day equilibrium, RTH opening gap, and other major PD Arrays.
Step 5 — Current role
Determine its current function: draw on liquidity, entry reference, target, inversion, support, or resistance. The role can change during the trading day.
Step 6 — Priority
Increase priority if: it's on a higher timeframe, it formed after a liquidity sweep, it formed after displacement, it formed during a major session, it's near significant liquidity, it's near an NDOG or NWOG.
Decrease priority if: it has already been mitigated, it has poor location, it lacks liquidity context, it lacks displacement.
Failure Conditions
⚠️ Never assess a PD Array in isolation. Always assess: time, liquidity, context of formation, location, and current role.
How to Use It
Use this standard as a single, unified "scorecard" for every PD Array you find — whether it's an Order Block, an FVG, a Breaker Block, or anything else.
In practice:
- For every PD Array you're considering using, literally walk through all six steps in order before deciding whether it's a quality setup — take 60 seconds, don't skip steps.
- Use Step 6 (priority) as a quality filter: a PD Array with many "increase priority" factors and no "decrease priority" factors is a high-priority reference; the opposite case is a low-priority reference, or no setup at all.
- Use this standard as the shared language for every other concept on this site — when Order Block or Fair Value Gap mention "assessment" or "priority," they're referring to exactly this six-step structure.
Don't stop here — see how this fits with the rest of the framework.
Continue to RTH Opening Gap →Frequently Asked Questions
What is the PD Array Evaluation Standard?⌄
It's a unified six-step standard — identity, context of formation, time context, location, current role, and priority — used to assess every PD Array on this site, from Order Blocks to FVGs to Breaker Blocks, so no zone is judged on shape alone.
How do I use the PD Array Evaluation Standard in practice?⌄
For every PD Array you're considering, walk through all six steps in order before deciding whether it's a quality setup, then use step 6 (priority) as a quality filter between a high-priority reference, a low-priority one, or no setup at all.
Is this just another way of saying "check for confluence"?⌄
It's more structured than a general confluence check — it's the shared six-step scorecard that every other concept on this site refers back to whenever it mentions "assessment" or "priority."
Do I need this if I already understand Order Blocks and FVGs individually?⌄
Yes — without this standard, each individual concept is just a shape on a chart with no weight behind it; the standard is what turns any single PD Array into something you can actually rank and prioritize.