Some days the ORB gives me nothing so I try to trade the reversion instead
Not every session gives me a clean breakout. Sometimes the range breaks but there is no follow through. Sometimes price just chops around the highs and lows without committing to either side. On those days forcing a breakout trade is how you give back money for no reason.
So instead of sitting on my hands I shift my focus. The same structure that gave me nothing on the breakout side often sets up a clean exhaustion move later in the session.
The reversion side This is where I end up on a lot of sessions. When price pushes hard beyond the range and a reversion pops up, that is not my entry. That is my signal to start watching.
I wait for price to stall. Entry on the close of that candle, stop mostly around 30 ticks to 60 ticks on NY and target back toward VWAP midline or key structure. Some trades can payoff good with an RR near 10.
Having both setups available means I am never completely without a trade. Trending days give me breakouts. Overextended days where momentum stalls give me reversals. The 15m range is the same reference point for both and I never have to force anything just because the market is moving.
This is the indicator I use to track everything across sessions in real time.
How do you handle sessions where the ORB just does not give you anything?