How to take CRT - Candle Range Theory entry using TBS - turtle body soup with model 1?
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1. What is Turtle Soup?
In trading, Turtle Soup is a false-breakout reversal setup.
Price first moves beyond an important previous high or low, attracting breakout traders and triggering stop-loss orders. Instead of continuing, price rejects the breakout and returns inside the previous range.
Bullish Turtle Soup
1. Price moves below an old low.
2. Sell-side liquidity is taken.
3. Price rejects the breakdown.
4. Price returns above the old low.
5. Traders look for a buying opportunity.
Bearish Turtle Soup
1. Price moves above an old high.
2. Buy-side liquidity is taken.
3. Price rejects the breakout.
4. Price returns below the old high.
5. Traders look for a selling opportunity.
Notes : Price breaks a level, traps breakout traders and then reverses in the opposite
direction.
2. What are the different types of Turtle Soup?
In your CRT + TBS framework, Turtle Soup can be separated into two practical types: Turtle Wick Soup — TWS. TWS happens when a candle’s wick manipulates an old high or old low, but the candle body closes back inside the level.
Bullish TWS
● Price trades below an old low.
● Only the wick remains below the low.
● The candle body closes back above the old low. ● This indicates rejection of lower prices.
Bearish TWS
● Price trades above an old high.
● Only the wick remains above the high.
● The candle body closes back below the old high.
● This indicates rejection of higher prices.
3. Turtle Body Soup — TBS
TBS happens when a candle’s body closes beyond the old high or low, creating a
stronger-looking breakout. A later candle then fails to continue and closes back through or
inside the manipulated level.
Bullish TBS
● A candle body closes below an old low.
● The market appears to confirm a bearish breakout.
● Price fails to continue lower.
● A later bullish candle closes back above the level or body range.
● Sellers become trapped.
Bearish TBS
● A candle body closes above an old high.
● The market appears to confirm a bullish breakout.
● Price fails to continue higher.
● A later bearish candle closes back below the level or body range.
● Buyers become trapped.
“Turtle Wick Soup” and “Turtle Body Soup” are specialised labels used within your CRT + TBS methodology; they are not universally standardised names in the original Turtle Soup rules.
TWS manipulates with the wick. TBS manipulates with the candle body.
4. How to include TBS with CRT for an entry The clearest model is to use:
● CRT for direction and dealing range
● TBS for confirmation
● Lower timeframe structure for entry
Step 1: Identify the higher-timeframe CRT range
Use a higher timeframe such as the 4-hour chart Mark
● CRT high
● CRT low
● CRT midpoint
● Expected liquidity target
● Bullish or bearish CRT direction
Do not take every TBS signal. The TBS should agree with the CRT setup.
Step 2: Wait for CRT manipulation For a bullish setup:
● Price manipulates below the CRT low.
● Sell-side liquidity is taken. ● You expect price to return towards the CRT high.
For a bearish setup:
● Price manipulates above the CRT high.
● Buy-side liquidity is taken.
● You expect price to return towards the CRT low.
Step 3: Move to the lower timeframe
For a 4-hour CRT, you may monitor the 5-minute chart for the TBS entry pattern.
Mark the relevant lower-timeframe:
● Old high or old low
● Liquidity level
● Manipulation candle
● Body-close level
● Potential reversal area
Step 4: Wait for the TBS
Step 5: Place the stop-loss
Step 7: Select the target Possible targets
● Opposite side of the CRT range
● CRT high for bullish trades
● CRT low for bearish trades
● Previous high or low
● Unfilled liquidity
● Fixed risk-to-reward target such as 1:2 or 1:3