# Candle Imbalance

Detects strong swings and manages pullback setups with a candle imbalance score.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/7138-candle-imbalance
Record ID: 7138
Catalog rank: 240 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Price Action & Market Structure (E)
Source: https://www.mql5.com/en/articles/23613
Evidence label (unverified): source_code

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

No automated warnings recorded; this is not validation.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: any
- timeframes: any
- sessions: any
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

- EMA: {}; applied to: close
- ATR: {"period": 14}; applied to: close

## Recorded long-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded short-entry rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded exit rules

- Not specified.

## Recorded filters

- candle imbalance score

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: breakeven first, then trailing stop
- Take profit: RR x stop distance
- Position sizing: fixed lot size