Propulsion Block

What is a Propulsion Block?

A propulsion block is an ICT order-block variant: a candle that trades back into a prior order block, respects it, and drives away, becoming a tradable block in its own right. In the bullish case, a down-closing candle dips into an earlier bullish order block's range, holds, and price propels higher; that down-close candle is the propulsion block, and its range is expected to offer support on a later revisit. The bearish case mirrors it: an up-close candle trading into a bearish order block before price drives lower.

The logic is confirmation plus refinement. The original block held on the retest; the propulsion block records exactly where it did, leaving a newer, nearer, and usually tighter level aligned with the displacement that followed. Like every order-block concept it marks a zone that may hold, not one that must — a clean trade-through typically sends attention back to the original block behind it.

How traders use it

• As a continuation entry: after the propulsion leg, a retrace into the propulsion block gives a defined place to join the move, with invalidation just beyond the block rather than beyond the whole prior range.
• As zone refinement: instead of trading the full width of the older block, the propulsion block narrows attention to the slice that actually produced the reaction; order block anatomy and refinement covers the general technique.
• As a strength read: a prior block that holds and launches a new leg is evidence of continued interest, while a propulsion block failing on its first retest is an early warning that the leg is losing participation.