Tomtrades 1hr/1m Model: CBR Simplified
The Tomtrades 1hr/1m Model, CBR Simplified, is a reversal strategy designed around a specific market behaviour in gold, XAUUSD: when price over-extends in one direction during the Asia session, it often needs to reverse and rebalance. The strategy uses the 1-hour chart to establish directional bias using gold and DXY price action, then drops to the 1-minute chart to time entries during the second hour of the Asia session, the window where these reversals most consistently occur.
The core entry trigger is a “Type 3 shift”, a specific market structure break on the 1-minute chart that follows a liquidity sweep of the first Asia session’s high or low, or a rebalancing of a recent trending range. Entries are taken at a 50% pullback of the MSB move, with the stop at the recent structural high or low, and the take profit targeting either the 50% equilibrium of the over-extension move or a fixed 1.5R. The strategy is deliberately disciplined: a maximum of two attempts per session, and done for the day after one winning trade.
How the strategy works
Key concepts
Trade checklist
- Bullish or bearish bias confirmed using 1-hour gold and DXY price action, with both moving in opposite directions.
- At least 20 minutes of price expanding away from the desired trade direction without meaningful pullbacks.
- 1-hour candle high or low sweep, or a range rebalance, followed by a valid 1-minute Type 3 MSB.
- Entry at approximately 50% retracement of the MSB move.
- Stop loss at the recent structural high or low.
- Take profit at 50% of the over-extension or fixed 1.5R.
Maximum 2 attempts per session. Stop trading for the day after one winning trade. Approximately 30% of valid setups will not offer a pullback entry. This is expected and should be accepted.
