IFC / SCOB: the single-candle order block

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One candle, fully confirmed

The Single Candle Order Block (SCOB) — also called the Institutional Funding Candle (IFC) — is the order block refined down to one candle. You hunt it the moment price taps a Point of Interest or a liquidity pool: drop to the lower timeframe and look for a candle that grabs liquidity and is then confirmed.

Bullish SCOB — the steps

A candle takes out the PREVIOUS candle's low (sweep) → the "A" candle.
The next candle CLOSES above the A candle → the "B" (confirmation) candle.
The instant B closes, A becomes the SCOB.

Bearish SCOB — the steps

A candle takes out the previous candle's high (sweep) → the "A" candle.
The next candle CLOSES below the A candle → the "B" candle.
A becomes the SCOB once B closes.

Why it is so clean

A SCOB packs both order-block criteria — liquidity taken, then a confirming close — into a single tight candle. That means a precise entry and a very tight stop just beyond the A candle. It is the highest-resolution version of everything you just learned.

SCOB / IFC = the order block refined to a single candle.
Hunt it when price taps a POI or a liquidity pool (drop to LTF).
A candle = takes the previous candle's liquidity (low for bull, high for bear).
B candle = closes beyond A (above for bull, below for bear) → confirmation.
Once B closes, the A candle is your SCOB — tight entry, tight stop.

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