No numbers were claimed. The material described the rule without promising a win rate, a return or a risk to reward.
What the test found
Did not hold up
-0.55R
per trade, older half (in-sample), 42 trades
-48.98R
per trade, newer half (out-of-sample), 29 trades
-1429.36R
worst drop from a high point
0 of 1
history lengths that agreed
An estimated spread of 1.53 per trade is included.
Tested exactly as written, on the older half it lost 0.55R a trade over 42 trades; on the newer half, which the rule had never seen, it lost 48.98R a trade over 29 trades.
It lost money on both halves. The claims did not survive contact with real candles.
Tested exactly as written on Boom 1000 Index M5, 17,000 candles (2026-07-18 20:55 to 2026-09-15 21:30 UTC), spread included.
What the tester could not check
CRT (candle range theory) as a distinct concept beyond the sweep+FVG logic used here
precise manual support && resistance levels the trader would draw themselves
visually displaying/drawing support and resistance levels and higher-high/lower-low structure on a chart
drawing the fair value gap on the chart
The verdict is for the rest of the rule.
The rule, in plain English
Long: Buy when price dips below the last swing low and closes back above it, and a bullish fair value gap forms (this candle's low is above the high from 2 candles before), at some point in the last 10 candles (including this one), and the candle's high is above the highest high of the 20 candles before this one, stop measured from the last swing low.Short: Sell when price pushes above the last swing high and closes back below it, and a bearish fair value gap forms (this candle's high is below the low from 2 candles before), at some point in the last 10 candles (including this one), and the candle's low is below the lowest low of the 20 candles before this one, stop measured from the last swing high.
The test itself has no AI in it: every signal is taken, every trade walked candle by candle, older days and newer days scored separately. How the testing works