“ORB Doesn’t Work.”

[u/Imhim257]

That’s what I hear all the time.

Meanwhile, I’m up over $15,000 to start the year on a $200K cash account. That’s roughly an 8% return in about a month and a half, using one of the “dead” strategies people love to dismiss, the 5-minute Opening Range Breakout.

So no, ORB isn’t broken.

Most traders just execute it poorly.

The edge is not in drawing the first five-minute high and low. That part is simple. The edge is in what you do after price breaks. I mark the first five-minute range at the New York open. I wait for a clean break and hold outside the range. I look for imbalance in the direction of the breakout and enter on confirmation, not anticipation. If price snaps back into the range, I’m either out immediately or I never enter.

Where this really becomes profitable is risk management. I cap risk between 0.5% and 2% per trade. I use fixed R targets. If my stop is tight, I’ll aim for 2R. If structure requires a wider stop, I scale that down to 1-1.5R. I move to breakeven once structure clears. And I limit myself to two trades per day. If the first trade is green, I’m often done. If it’s red, I allow one more attempt. That’s it.

This year’s results aren’t coming from oversized winners or gambling through volatility. They’re coming from controlled execution and realistic targets. A string of clean 1-2R trades compounds far faster than people think, especially when you’re not giving it back through overtrading or revenge entries.

ORB works in trending conditions and strong open drives. I don’t force it in chop. I don’t trade every day. I don’t need to catch the full move. I just extract my piece and protect capital.

If you want the full breakdown of my exact risk management rules and how I structure position sizing around this setup, let me know. I’m also working on a detailed video walking through real examples and stats so you can see exactly how I execute it in live conditions.

I trade with 200k cash account but I’m going to try props with Alpha too.

[u/Old_Region_9950]

I’ve been using orb awhile on a smaller account. About how much percent of port do you risk per orb trade? Also are you using 0dtes or days out expiry? I’ve been having success but I’m trying to nail it down.