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Rejection Blocks: ICT for Futures Explained

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Rejection Blocks — Trading the wicks. An order block uses candle bodies.

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Where this fits in the Confluence Method

This lesson lives in the Stack step of the Confluence Method, where you confirm a key level and price action and structure before a setup qualifies as a trade. It also reinforces the risk and psychology that let the edge compound over many trades.

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0:00Welcome back. Rejection blocks — when the wicks tell the story, not the bodies. An order block uses candle bodies. A rejection block uses the wicks: the area where price was violently rejected, leaving long tails. That wick cluster marks aggressive supply or demand. When price returns to it, expect another sharp rejection. It's a sniper-style zone for entries with tight risk.

0:25The wicks mark violent rejection. Fade price when it returns to them.

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