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Smart Money Concepts · Level 4Practice

Practice: name the candle — BOS, ChoCH or sweep

The names are the first step of SMC: they only mean anything if you apply them the same way every time. Nine real moments, three of each kind.

You will learn
  • Apply the BOS, ChoCH and sweep rules to real charts
  • Tell a close through a swing from a wick through it

Before you start: The lessons on BOS and ChoCH, and on liquidity and sweeps.

How it works

Each chart is real 4-hour BTC/USDT, with the last swing high or low dashed and one candle outlined. You are told the trend before it. Say what the outlined candle is:

  • BOS — it closed through the swing, in the direction of the trend.
  • ChoCH — it closed through the swing, against the trend.
  • Sweep — its wick went through the swing, but it closed back inside.

Then the chart shows the candle's numbers and the next 12 candles.

Name the candle — nine real 4-hour moments of BTC/USDT between November 2025 and May 2026, three of each kind: break of structure, change of character and sweep. After each answer the candle's close and the swing are explained and the next 12 candles are revealed.

What it trains

The score is for applying the names the same way every time — not for guessing what came next. As the lessons showed, none of the three told you which way price would go.

Takeaways
  1. A close through the swing is a break; a wick that comes back is a sweep.
  2. With the trend: BOS; against it: ChoCH.
  3. The name describes the candle, not the next move.

Open BTC in the terminal and name the breaks live

Further reading

Education only, not financial advice · Updated 28 Oct 2026 · Data: Binance · Report a mistake