# How to Track Order Block Hit Rate in Your Journal

> Learn how to measure your order block hit rate, reaction rate, and overall OB performance using tags and analytics in Trader Journal.

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# How to Track Order Block Hit Rate in Your Journal

Order block performance has two separate questions most traders confuse: how often does price *reach* the order block, and how often does it *react* from the order block. Your journal can answer both.

## Two Metrics That Matter

**Hit rate:** How often does price return to an OB you identified *before* it was reached?

**Reaction rate:** Of the OBs price *does* reach, how often does price reverse from the OB zone?

Both matter. A 90% reaction rate is useless if you only identify OBs that price never reaches. A 90% hit rate is useless if price blows through the zone every time.

## How to Log OBs You Identified But Did Not Trade

This is the step most traders skip. When you mark an order block on your chart and set an alert, log it as a "planned trade" in your journal with:
- OB level and zone
- Whether price reached it: Yes / No
- Whether price reacted: Yes / No / Blew through
- Tag: `ob-tracked`

In Trader Journal, you can log these as notes even without a live trade.

## For Trades You Actually Take

Log every OB trade with:

| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| OB timeframe | H1 / H4 / D1 etc |
| Fresh OB? | First touch = Yes, second+ = No |
| Liquidity swept before? | Yes / No |
| Entry: inside OB zone? | Yes (precise) / No (missed entry) |
| Result | Win / Loss / BE |
| RR achieved | Actual R:R |

Tag: `OB-H1`, `OB-H4`, `OB-M15` etc.

## Building Your OB Stats

After 50 tracked OBs (traded or not), calculate:

- **Hit rate** = OBs reached / OBs identified
- **Reaction rate** = OBs with reaction / OBs reached
- **Trade win rate** = winning trades / traded OBs
- **Best timeframe** = which TF has the highest reaction rate

## Common Findings

Traders who do this analysis typically find:
- H4 and D1 OBs have better reaction rates than M15 OBs
- Fresh (first touch) OBs outperform mitigated ones
- OBs with a liquidity sweep before entry outperform those without

But your market, pair, and session may differ — which is exactly why you need the data.

## Summary

Hit rate and reaction rate are the two numbers that determine whether order blocks are actually a part of your edge. Without tracking both, you are trading on belief rather than evidence.