Setup Idea
This is the most “physical” and beginner-friendly setup: after an accumulation phase, price presses into a resistance level, and when new money enters the market (visible as a sharp increase in Open Interest), the level often breaks.
The core idea is simple: adding leverage right before a level = fuel for a breakout. We don’t guess “break or fail.” We trade only when the breakout is confirmed by a fresh OI inflow.
Important: we’re not looking for “OI is rising” in general — we want a strong OI spike right near the level, after a period of ranging/compression.
What You Need on TradingView
Timeframes:
- 1m for entry
- 5m for context (accumulation/level)
- (optional) 15m to see the “day picture”
Indicators:
- VWAP
- Volume
- RSI 14
Data:
- Open Interest (OI)
- Premium Index
- (optional) Funding from the exchange/widget as a regime filter
Conditions (Checklist)
Required:
- Before the signal there is accumulation: a range/compression below resistance (15–60 minutes or more)
- You mark a clear resistance level (the top of the range)
- A strong OI increase appears (visually a “vertical stick” or a clear spike relative to prior values) right before the level
- Price makes a breakout (preferably a 1m close above the level, not just a wick)
Optional (Improves Quality):
- Premium Index is not deteriorating (ideal: stable/rising)
- Volume increases on the breakout (real impulse, not an empty poke)
- The coin is liquid (not a thin market): solid turnover and a reasonable spread
How to Enter Manually
Beginner rule: enter only after breakout confirmation.
One standard entry plan: breakout → confirmation → entry
- Mark the resistance (top of the accumulation range)
- Wait for the OI spike near the level
- Wait for breakout confirmation:
- minimum: a 1m close above the level
- better: two consecutive 1m closes above the level (filters false breakouts)
Enter long after confirmation (or on the first small pullback if it appears immediately)
Invalidation (When the Setup Breaks)
To keep risk real, you need a strict manual exit rule:
- Price drops back below the broken level and fails to hold above it (2–3 consecutive 1m candles below the level)
- Price holds below VWAP (2–3 consecutive 1m closes)
- The OI spike turns out to be one-off and then deflates (OI stops rising / starts falling) while price fails to follow through
Take Profit
- TP1: +1% (close 60–80%)
- TP2: +2% (close the remainder)
- Alternative: one take profit at +1.5%
Time Stop
If there is no continuation and price “hangs” for 30–90 minutes after the breakout, exit. A breakout without follow-through often turns into a return back into the range.
Common Beginner Mistakes
- Buying before the breakout “because OI is rising” (turns it into guessing)
- Entering on the very top candle without confirmation (getting caught in the pullback)
- Ignoring the level: if price returns below resistance, it’s no longer a breakout
- Trading breakouts on illiquid coins (spread/slippage kills expectancy)
30-Second Quick Checklist
Accumulation below the level ✅
Resistance level marked ✅
Strong OI spike near the level ✅
Breakout confirmed by closes above ✅
Entry after confirmation ✅
If any item is missing — skip the trade.
Execution Examples
SEIUSDT — a clear case: a strong OI surge right before resistance provided the fuel for a breakout.
Screener Settings (To Catch “Breakout on New Money”)
1) Base Trigger
- OI Up (600s)
- the threshold is tuned to the market, but the point is: you need a meaningful rise, not noise
2) Filters to Remove Junk
- Minimum 24h Volume (in USDT) to avoid thin alts
- Whitelist/Blacklist to lock in a working universe
- (optional) Min Age (days) to filter very fresh listings/innovation zones
3) 5-Second Manual Validation (Before Entry)
- Is there accumulation and a clear level?
- Is the OI spike truly strong?
- Is the breakout confirmed by closes above?
Screeners let you assess the chart in 5 seconds and open a trade in one click if the breakout setup is confirmed by new money.
The key difference versus public screeners is deep filtering and flexible configuration (volume, coin age, whitelist/blacklist, funding ranges, etc.), plus one-click execution directly from the screener page.
With unfiltered public signals, the workflow looks very different: you get a stream of raw noise, manually verify data across multiple platforms, bounce between charts and a terminal, and ultimately lose the most valuable things — time and focus.
Very quickly, trading turns into low-efficiency busywork: signals arrive late, the best entries disappear, and instead of following a system, you spend your session endlessly “processing alerts.”