OB Mitigation
Filter in the app: OB Mitigation
A mitigation block is the later moment when price comes back and touches an order block that was left behind. People search for a mitigation block when they want a name for that return, not a promise that the zone will hold. In PatternLabs the filter is called OB Mitigation. This page explains the mitigation block and how a scan uses OB Mitigation. It is not financial advice. A match does not mean price will go up, and it does not mean the touch must reject.
What a mitigation block shows
An order block is the earlier candle zone. A mitigation block is the revisit. Price trades back into that zone and touches it. Readers say the zone has been used, or mitigated, because the untouched area is no longer untouched. OB Mitigation in PatternLabs looks for that return to an order block. It does not invent a second kind of candle. If you have not read what an order block is, the mitigation block will not make sense on its own, because the touch needs a zone to touch.
What OB Mitigation does not say
A mitigation block is not proof that the zone worked as support or resistance. A touch can be the start of a slice straight through the order block. OB Mitigation does not score the trade that might follow. It records that price came back and made contact. PatternLabs does not send an order from this filter. There is no extra button called mitigation block. The name in the app is OB Mitigation.
How to look for OB Mitigation in PatternLabs
Open PatternLabs and choose a market. Add OB Mitigation to the filter chain on the timeframe you want to read. The scan lists pairs where that mitigation block condition matches, among the crypto spot and forex pairs the app covers. Open the chart and check which order block was touched. You can also add Order Block, FVG, or Volume if you want a tighter chain. Those are existing filters. OB Mitigation is the one that means the zone was revisited.
How to read a match
Find the original order block, then find the later candle that touched it. A mitigation block with a deep close through the zone is a different picture from a wick that only tagged the edge. The filter name OB Mitigation covers the touch. It does not grade the reaction. PatternLabs shows the match so you can see that difference yourself. This page does not tell you to fade the mitigation block or to expect a profit from it.