Rejection Block Scanner for Futures

A rejection block marks a candle where price pushed past a recent extreme and was rejected hard. This scanner finds them on 16 futures markets and gives you four separate alerts: when the block forms, when it is retested, when price returns into its rejecting wick, and when it reaches the wick's 50% line.

Traders disagree about whether the zone is the body of the candle or its wick, and whether the 50% level matters most. So the scanner alerts on all of them and lets you pick.

What is a rejection block?

A rejection block is a candle that sweeps liquidity and reverses. The candle pushes below a recent low (or above a recent high), then closes back with a long wick and a small body. The long wick shows the move was rejected; the candle's body becomes the zone traders watch for a return, as support if the wick points down and resistance if it points up.

Some traders mark the whole tail instead of the body. The tail is called the rejection wick, and its halfway point, the 50% line, is a level many of them focus on, in the same way that ICT traders focus on the midpoint of a fair value gap.

How our rejection block scanner decides what counts

The candle's low takes out the lowest low of the previous 10 candles (bullish), or its high takes out the highest high (bearish). No sweep, no block.
The rejecting wick is at least twice the size of the body, the body is no more than a quarter of the candle's range, and the candle closes in the far half.
The candle is at least three quarters of the recent average candle size, so a tiny candle with a long wick relative to its body is ignored.
The block is the candle's body. The wick zone runs from the candle's extreme to the edge of the body, and the 50% line is halfway along it.
A block is dead once a later candle closes through the body. The wick and its 50% line are dead once a candle closes beyond the tip of the wick.
Retests must trade at least one tick into the zone. Reaching the edge does not count.

Rejection block, wick and 50% examples

Four drawings, one for each alert. Every bearish version is the exact mirror of the bullish one.

Bullish Rejection block formed

A candle dipped below the recent lows, then closed back up with a long lower wick. That sharp rejection marks its body as a possible support zone. The alert fires when the candle closes.

Bearish Rejection block retested

A candle spiked above the recent highs and closed back down with a long upper wick, so its body became a possible resistance zone. The alert fires when price later rallies back into that body, as long as no candle has closed through it first.

Bullish Rejection wick retested

The zone is the long tail of the rejection candle, not its body. The alert fires the first time price trades back down into that tail. Some traders prefer it because it sits deeper than the body.

Bearish Rejection wick 50% tested

The dashed line is the halfway point of the upper tail. The alert fires when price rallies through it. A candle that closes beyond the tip of the tail cancels the setup.

The four rejection alerts

You can choose any combination of these when you set up an alert:

Rejection block formed: sent when the rejection candle closes.
Rejection block retested: the first time price trades back into the candle body before any candle has closed through it.
Rejection wick retested: the first time price trades back into the rejecting tail.
Rejection wick 50% tested: the first time price trades through the halfway line of that tail.

Reading rejection alerts with care

Blocks are frequent on low timeframes. On the 1-minute chart many appear every hour, and most are unremarkable. The scanner defaults to 5 minutes and above for that reason. As with every alert here, a retest tells you price has reached a level traders watch. It does not tell you which way price goes next.

Setting up rejection block alerts

Rejection alerts are four separate types, so you can start with just the one you trade. If you use the candle body as the zone, choose "Rejection block retested". If you prefer the tail, choose "Rejection wick retested" or "Rejection wick 50%". "Rejection block" on its own alerts when the candle forms.

These patterns are common on the 1 and 3 minute charts, so the 5 minute chart and above is a calmer place to start.

Choose one or more rejection alert types.
Pick your markets and timeframes.
Set a direction if you trade one side only.
Choose email, Discord or both.
Press Send test.

The alerts this scanner sends

Alert	Sent when
Rejection block formed	The rejection candle closes.
Rejection block retested	Price trades back into the candle body for the first time, before a close through it.
Rejection wick retested	Price trades back into the rejecting tail for the first time.
Rejection wick 50% tested	Price trades through the halfway line of the rejecting tail for the first time.

Frequently asked questions

What is a rejection block in ICT?

A candle that sweeps a recent high or low and closes back with a long wick and small body. Traders mark its body (or its wick) as a zone where price may react on a return.

What is the 50% of a rejection wick?

The midpoint of the candle's rejecting tail. Many traders watch it the way they watch the midpoint of a fair value gap. The scanner alerts when price trades through it.

Is the block the body or the wick?

Both are used. The scanner treats the body as the rejection block and offers separate alerts for the wick and for its 50% line, so you can use whichever you trade.

When does a rejection block stop being valid?

The block is invalid once a later candle closes through the body. The wick and its 50% line are invalid once a candle closes beyond the tip of the wick.

Why are there so many rejection blocks on the 1-minute chart?

Small timeframes produce many small candles that meet the pattern. The public scanner starts at 5 minutes and up, and you can filter alerts by timeframe.

Learn more and use it on a chart

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Alerts are informational and are not trading advice. They show that a pattern was detected, not where price will go, and patterns often fail. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss.