CRT Course · Free batch on YouTube · मराठी · हिंदी

Candle Range Theory (CRT) Trading Course

Every candle is a range. Sweep one side, close back inside, deliver to the other — CRT turns that one observation into a mechanical, timeframe-anchored model. We taught a complete CRT batch live and free in June 2026 to 200+ traders and published all 10 lectures on YouTube; the live Complete Syllabus takes it further with practice, the CRT Sniper Pro indicator and the modules around it.

▶️ Full 10-lecture batch — free on YouTube🗓️ Next live batch 26 October 2026💻 Live online + recordings🏢 Offline in PunePart of the ₹25,000 Complete Syllabus
1500+
Traders trained across our batches
200+
Traders in the free June 2026 CRT batch
9+
Years — your trainer's experience
2
Batch languages — मराठी · हिंदी
Free · Completed June 2026 · Nothing Gated

Watch the entire CRT batch first — then decide

A batch we value at ₹20,000, taught live in June 2026 and published in full. Same trainer, same Marathi & Hindi delivery, same chart-marking style as the paid batch. Judge the teaching before you spend a rupee.

▶️ Watch the Free CRT Batch — 10 Lectures

On YouTube · free · no sign-up, no payment

What You'll Learn

The CRT model, end to end

From the single idea — a candle is a range — to a full playbook with timing, filters, entries and risk rules.

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The 3-candle model

Candle 1 is the range (CRT High / CRT Low). Candle 2 is the sweep — its wick raids one side. Candle 3 is the delivery to the opposite side. Strongest when candle 1 closes at a higher-timeframe key level.

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The golden validity rule

The sweep candle must close back inside the range. Wick raid + close inside = manipulation, trade it. Body close beyond = genuine breakout, do not fade it. This one filter removes most losing setups.

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Power of Three / AMD

Accumulation, Manipulation, Distribution inside a single higher-timeframe candle — the wick is the receipt of manipulation, and the expansion is the trade.

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Timing: the 4H opens

Why the 1 AM, 5 AM, 9 AM and 1 PM New York 4H opens matter, how Asia accumulates, London manipulates and New York delivers — with every window converted to IST in class.

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Sniper LTF refinement

After the HTF sweep, drop down: LTF sweep → market structure shift (MSS) → retest of the displacement FVG or order block → entry with the stop beyond the sweep wick. The step that tightens a 1.5R idea into a 3–5R trade.

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Confluence stack & risk

Grade every setup: HTF key level, liquidity reference (PDH/PDL, session highs/lows), killzone timing, SMT divergence, HTF bias, displacement quality. Then risk: stop beyond the wick plus buffer, TP1 at the opposite extreme, TP2 at external liquidity, one sweep = one trade.

Playbook

The 8-step CRT routine you'll leave with

Mechanical on purpose — so that on a live chart you execute a checklist, not a feeling.

StepActionWhy
1Mark the rangeAnchor candle closes at or near a higher-timeframe level — demand/supply, old high/low, premium/discount extreme.
2Wait for the sweepPrice raids one side of the range. No sweep, no trade.
3Demand the close back insideThe validity rule. Entering on the wick is front-running the manipulation.
4Check the clock, SMT and confluenceKillzone timing, correlated-asset divergence, liquidity reference, bias.
5Refine on the lower timeframeMSS plus displacement; enter on the FVG / order-block retest.
6Place riskStop beyond the sweep wick plus buffer; fixed 0.5–1% fraction; know your R before entry.
7ManageTP1 at the opposite range extreme, stop to breakeven, TP2 at external liquidity.
8JournalGrade, outcome, mistake. The only statistics that matter are yours.

"Amateurs trade the breakout. Professionals trade the failure of the breakout."

How It's Delivered

Free on YouTube, deeper in the live batch

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Live classes + full recordings

Every CRT lecture is taught live by Mahesh Sir on weekdays, 8–9 PM IST — and every lecture is recorded. Miss a class or want to revise? The recording is waiting in the student recordings portal.

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Indicators & handbook included

Batch students get SM Trading Zone's own SMC, ICT and CRT TradingView indicators as invite-only scripts (a free TradingView account is enough) plus lifetime access to the 20-chapter SMC Mastery Handbook.

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Live trading sessions after the batch

When the batch ends, the learning doesn't. Join live market sessions with Mahesh Sir and apply the method on real charts — Gold, forex, crypto and US indices. Educational sessions on international markets only; never trade calls on Indian securities, and no promise of returns.

Fees & Enrolment

Two ways to learn CRT

TrackFeeWhat you get
Free CRT batch (YouTube)₹0All 10 lectures of the June 2026 live batch, in order. Watch it here.
Complete Syllabus₹25,000 (or 250 USDT)SMC + ICT + CRT + the 2 CR method, live and recorded, with the CRT Sniper Pro indicator and the other SM Trading Zone tools during the batch, plus live practice on Gold, forex, crypto and US indices.
One-to-One Education Batch₹50,000 / 2 monthsThe whole syllabus including CRT, privately with Mahesh Sir.

Watch the free batch first. If the teaching works for you, the live batch is where it becomes a practised skill.

Why SM Trading Zone

Why learn CRT with us

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Taught by a 9-year full-time trader

Every CRT session is led by Mahesh Zambare Patil (Mahesh Sir) himself — nine years across gold, indices, crypto and Indian F&O, and the developer who writes every SM Trading Zone indicator.

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In Marathi & Hindi, from the foundations

Group batches run in Marathi and Hindi (one-to-one also in English). Concepts are built up from absolute basics — if you can read a candlestick chart, you can start.

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Online across India · offline in Pune

Join live from anywhere in India, or attend in person at our office in Chinchwad, Pune, Maharashtra. Same curriculum, same trainer, same recordings.

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Honest teaching — no fake calls, no hype

We never sell "guaranteed" buy/sell calls, win-rate figures or profit promises. You learn to build and test your own playbook — and we'd tell you to walk away from anyone who promises otherwise.

Honest expectations. This is an educational programme, not a signal service, portfolio service or investment advice — and no returns are promised or implied. Trading leveraged products carries a high risk of loss; forward-test on a demo account before risking money. Live practice covers international markets only (Gold/XAUUSD, forex, crypto, US indices) and never includes buy/sell calls on Indian securities. SM Trading Zone is not a SEBI-registered adviser. See the full risk disclaimer.
FAQ

CRT course questions

What is Candle Range Theory (CRT) in one line?
Every candle is a range. When price sweeps one side of a higher-timeframe candle's range and closes back inside, it tends to deliver to the other side — CRT is the discipline of marking that range, waiting for the sweep, demanding the close back inside, and trading the delivery.
Is the free CRT batch on YouTube really the full course?
Yes — all 10 lectures of the June 2026 live batch, published in order, unedited, no sign-up. It's the same trainer and the same Marathi/Hindi delivery as the paid batch. What the paid Complete Syllabus adds is the live practice, the CRT Sniper Pro indicator, live Q&A, the recordings portal, and the SMC, ICT and 2 CR modules around it.
Is CRT the same as ICT or SMC?
CRT is a candle-level model that uses SMC/ICT building blocks — liquidity sweeps, market structure shift (MSS), fair value gaps and order blocks — inside one higher-timeframe candle. You can trade it on its own, but it gets sharper with the SMC and ICT modules behind it, which is how we teach it.
Which timeframes does CRT work on?
CRT is anchored to a higher timeframe and refined on a lower one. The classic intraday pairing is a 4H anchor with 15-minute structure and 5-minute entries; swing traders use Daily → 1H → 15m; killzone scalpers use 1H → 5m → 1m. Gold (XAUUSD) is the primary teaching market.
Are you affiliated with the original CRT creators?
No. Candle Range Theory is a widely taught model. SM Trading Zone teaches it independently, in Marathi and Hindi, with our own indicator and our own chart-marking method.
Do you promise results with CRT?
No. Any model has losing trades — including this one — and anyone quoting you a guaranteed win rate is selling something. We teach the model, the filters that remove the worst setups, and the risk rules; the results are yours to test on a demo account first.