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Open Drive (الافتتاح المندفع)
An open at or outside the fair value edge, followed by a violent price drive with no attempt to return — the clearest and riskiest-to-fade imbalance scenario.
Theoretical foundation: Auction Market Theory (AMT)
The market is a continuous auction between buyers and sellers, always searching for "Fair Value." From this principle come the concepts of Balance, Imbalance, the Value Area, and the Point of Control (POC) — the tools used to read the Open Drive scenario below.
Beginner-friendly explanation
In this scenario price opens outside — or right at the edge of — yesterday's value area, then drives hard in one direction with no lower wick showing any attempt at rejection: buyers or sellers are in full control from minute one. This is the clearest form of "Imbalance" under Auction Market Theory — price isn't searching for fair value, it's escaping it to build an entirely new value area.
بالعربية: يفتتح السعر خارج منطقة القيمة (Value Area) ليوم الأمس أو على حافتها مباشرة، ثم يندفع بقوة في اتجاه واحد دون أي ذيل سفلي (Wick) يدل على محاولة رفض — أي أن أحد الطرفين يسيطر بالكامل منذ الدقيقة الأولى. هذا هو أوضح شكل لحالة "الاختلال" في نظرية المزاد.
Reading the scenario on the chart
- Balance state
- Imbalance
- Probability
- 80% price won't return
Action plan and tactical decision
Tactical action plan
Open at or outside the fair value edge.
A violent price drive (closer to a slippage move).
No return to prior value at all.
Trend trades only — never fade this move.
One learning reference
Risk warning
Open Test Drive