Rejection Block (RB)

A Rejection Block (RB) is a two-candle rejection pattern at swept liquidity. The first candle takes the liquidity of a fractal: it runs a wick beyond the level and closes its body back inside. The second candle CONFIRMS the rejection by closing in the OPPOSITE colour. Colours are critical to the pattern's validity here — without the second candle changing colour it is not yet a Rejection Block.

Example for a long: price reached a fractal and swept it (a rejection appeared as a long candle with a wick beyond the level) → the second candle closes bearish, in the opposite colour. That area is the RB zone — a seller's zone inside a bullish direction (mirror it for a short: a buyer's zone). The pattern shows that at the swept level the opposing side displayed strength and pushed price back.

A Rejection Block is a DERIVED zone: it confirms the strength of the opposing side at swept liquidity, but it does not cause the move itself — the cause of movement remains in liquidity and imbalance. RB is convenient as a reaction point after a liquidity sweep; we often break such setups down in the Practice section. The Trade Model indicator maps structure and ranges, helping you see where the sweep and the rejection happened.