How to Trade CRT, Step by Step

The steps, at a high level

First, mark the range — identify the higher-timeframe candle whose high and low define your zone. Second, wait for the sweep — let price push beyond one edge to take the liquidity resting there, and resist the urge to chase that break. Third, read the shift — look for the sign the manipulation is done and price is turning. Fourth, enter on the expansion toward the opposite edge, with your stop protected beyond the sweep and a target that respects the range.

One line is missing from that skeleton and it does more work than any of the four steps: the range's midpoint. The 50% level splits the range into a premium half and a discount half, and it is what tells you which edge you should even be interested in — sells after a sweep of the high while price is in premium, buys after a sweep of the low while in discount. Take the right setup on the wrong side of that line and you are paying a poor price for a good idea.

That's the skeleton. Notice how much of it is patience — the hardest part of trading CRT isn't spotting the setup, it's waiting through the sweep without flinching and without chasing.

Where beginners go wrong

The most common mistake is trading the sweep as a breakout — entering in the direction of the liquidity grab, right as it's about to reverse. The second is a stop that's too tight, placed inside the range where a normal wick takes it out. The third is taking every range instead of only the clean, well-aligned ones. All three come from thin screen time, not a broken strategy.

Fix them by sizing every trade properly with the position size calculator, checking the reward is worth the risk with the risk/reward calculator, and — above all — logging setups until the pattern is automatic. For the concept behind the steps, revisit CRT strategy explained.

The precise method is in the course

This overview is deliberately general. The exact rules that turn it into an edge — which candle anchors the range, the precise entry trigger, where invalidation sits, how mitigation sharpens the entry, and how to grade A-setups from marginal ones — are taught in the CRT course, with the journal to practise on.

It's a one-time purchase, lifetime access via Whop. Buy once, learn the method properly, and keep it. If you want a worked example first, read the CRT trading strategy explained.