Within the ICT trading methodology, Breaker Blocks represent a natural evolution of Order Blocks. They emerge when a previously valid Order Block fails and flips its role in the market. Rather than acting as support or resistance, the zone becomes a signal of shifting order flow.
Many traders struggle with Breaker Blocks because they require an understanding of both continuation and failure. This makes them difficult to trade discretionarily — but extremely powerful when automated.
This is exactly why Breaker Blocks are perfectly suited for algorithmic trading and automated execution.
Since we focus on building automated trading systems for MetaTrader 5, we will refer to these systems as Expert Advisors (EAs).
A Breaker Block is a failed Order Block that has been violated by price and later acts as a reaction zone in the opposite direction. From an ICT perspective, Breaker Blocks represent a shift in institutional intent and a change in market regime.
In a bullish context, a bearish Order Block is broken to the upside and later acts as support. In a bearish context, a bullish Order Block is broken to the downside and later acts as resistance.
Breaker Blocks are significant because they often act as:
These characteristics make Breaker Blocks objective zones of interest rather than subjective trade entries. However, on lower timeframes, when stacked with other confluences, Order Blocks can be used to place trade orders directly.
To automate Breaker Blocks, each condition must be mechanical and clearly defined. For a bullish Breaker Block:
For a bearish Breaker Block, the logic is inverted.
Institutions constantly adjust their positioning based on liquidity, efficiency, and market response. When an Order Block fails, it signals that the original institutional intent has been absorbed or invalidated.
The market often revisits these failed zones because they represent unfinished business — making Breaker Blocks powerful reaction areas.
With Profectus, traders can transform the Breaker Blocks concept into a fully automated module without writing code.
Using Profectus, you can:
This no-code trading approach allows traders to experiment, refine, and deploy institutional concepts in minutes.
I named the blocks to make it easier for you to understand what we’re doing in each Profectus block. We can divide the creation of this no-code EA for Breaker Blocks into 3 steps.
And that’s it! It only takes a few minutes to drag-and-drop the blocks and build the Breaker Block module in Profectus. You can now add an execution module to start taking trades, or add more rules to refine the OB, or add more confluences to the strategy.
You can use the Order Block Module for your base and add the invalidation rule yourself.
👉 Get the Order Block Automation Template → ICT OB Profectus template
Once automated, the Order Block strategy can be deployed as:
Why MT5?
This allows you to move from manual chart analysis to mechanical automated trading.
Yes. In our blog library, you can find a selection of automated ICT concepts and strategies
If a strategy has:
It can be automated.
Order Blocks are just one example of how institutional trading concepts translate perfectly into algorithmic systems.
Want to see how this Breaker Block strategy works when fully automated?
Access an enhanced automation template used to turn this ICT concept into a deployable MQ5 trading bot inside Profectus. This template has a trade execution module included, so you can start testing it right away!
Disclaimer: Templates are for educational purposes only!
👉 Get the Breaker Block Automation Template → ICT Breaker Block Profectus template
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