Failed Breakdown
Form 1 — Underside Rejection
Price breaks below a key level, backtests the underside, gets rejected, then reclaims above.
TriggerReclaim after underside rejection.
FBDBot Learn
Failed Breakdown Methodology
Learn the trading system behind FBD Bot: how key levels form, the trade setups the bot watches for, and how acceptance structure is detected before orders are sent through NinjaTrader.
How FBD Bot Reads Setups
FBD Bot watches user-defined ES/MES levels for specific price behavior. It does not enter on the first touch; it waits for structure that shows the level is being defended.
Failed Breakdown
Form 2 — Trap & Reclaim
Price breaks below, reclaims, dips back under to trap late sellers, then reclaims again.
TriggerSecond reclaim above the level.
Failed Breakdown
Form 3 — Momentum Hold
Price briefly flushes below the level, snaps back above, and holds with momentum.
TriggerImmediate reclaim and hold above the level.
Level Reclaim
Reclaim Without Flush
Price approaches a key level from below and reclaims it without a fresh breakdown.
TriggerAcceptance after reclaiming from below.
Support Buy
Bounce at Support
Price grinds into support, touches it, and bounces with conviction.
TriggerFirst clean reaction at support.
AI Evaluation
Every Setup Reviewed
Before entry, the AI reviews approach quality, timing, and structure. Setups can be skipped even when they technically qualify.
The bot is only as good as the levels you give it. Low quality or random levels produce coin-flip results regardless of settings. This is the highest-leverage thing you control.
Every level the bot monitors needs a reason to exist. That reason comes from price structure — a significant low, a prior breakout zone, a clearly defined support/resistance shelf with historical price interaction. If you cannot point to a clear structural reason why price would react at a level, the level should not be in the bot.
What makes a level worth putting in the bot
- Prior day's low or high — the gold standard. These are known, widely-watched levels that institutions trade around.
- Session lows/highs — significant intraday pivots that produced a meaningful directional move when formed.
- Swing levels — multi-hour or multi-session lows/highs where price pivoted sharply and held for an extended period.
- Breakout zones — the price from which a strong directional move originated. Price frequently returns to retest these areas.
- S/R shelves — horizontal levels with clear price interaction on both sides, visible across multiple timeframes.
What to avoid
- Random round numbers with no structural history
- Levels that price has already violated and not reclaimed
- Levels too close together — they will conflict
- More than 4–6 active levels simultaneously — the bot over-trades
Use the Level Engine to identify structural candidates. It grades them A/B/C — start with A-grade only, add B-grade selectively. C-grade levels are marginal by definition.
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