The Wick That Marks Where Price Was Violently Turned Away
A wick, not a body, marks the level — proof price was pushed back hard enough to leave a mark.
Before you start: Easiest read alongside Order Block — same idea, drawn from the wick instead of the body.
Part of the My Edge Official framework — refined through thousands of hours of chart study.
Not every important level is a candle's body — sometimes it's the wick. A Rejection Block marks the range where price was pushed back hard enough that the rejection itself, not the close, becomes the reference for the next reaction.
- Core Idea
- Why It Exists
- How Professionals Read It
- Practical Application
Core Idea
A Rejection Block is drawn from the wick(s) of one or more candles that show a strong, one-directional rejection at a swing high or low. The zone runs from the wick's extreme to the candle's open/close — the opposite of an Order Block, which is drawn from the body.
Why It Exists
It marks a level where aggressive opposing pressure showed up and failed to hold, leaving a visible mark instead of a clean close. Because it's built from a rejection rather than a directional launch, it tends to act as resistance or support on a later retracement, not as the origin of a fresh displacement.
How Professionals Read It
Before using a Rejection Block, assess: wick size relative to the candle's full range, whether it sits at a genuine market structure swing high/low, timeframe, and confluence with other PD Arrays.
Higher priority if the Rejection Block: forms at a clear structural swing, sweeps resting liquidity just before the rejection, and aligns with higher-timeframe context.
Lower priority if: the wick sits mid-range with no liquidity behind it, or it contradicts the higher-timeframe direction.
Practical Application
⚠️ Never trade a Rejection Block in isolation — same rule as an Order Block. It only becomes high-probability with higher-timeframe context, liquidity behind the rejection, and lower-timeframe confirmation on the retest.
How to Use It
In practice:
- Draw the zone from the wick's extreme to that candle's open/close — not the full candle range.
- Check what liquidity sat just beyond the wick before treating the rejection as meaningful.
- Wait for lower-timeframe confirmation on the retest, exactly as you would for an Order Block.