Depending on what you are trading and what your end goals are, your exits will vary. If you are looking to capture a swing, some traders find it most helpful to exit trades before any opposition starts. If aiming to ride a trend, however, traders tend to trail their stop loss just as the market begins to adjust to their prediction. No pattern is the holy grail of trading, and the inside bar pattern, like many other classical chart patterns, has strengths and weaknesses. Before trading a trending Inside Bar, be sure that there is a strong trend in place.
Identify if there is going to be an upward breakout during an existing bearish market momentum or a downtrend breakout during an existing bullish market momentum. If the currency pair prices diverge from the existing trend before inside bar trading the price consolidates, a reverse price breakout is confirmed. The Inside Bar pattern works best when the market is currently trending. The stronger the trend, the easier it is for the pattern to provide a reliable signal.
It’s mostly due to the fact that this particular strategy requires a strong trend in a market that has room to run. An Inside Bar potentially means that the price action recently dominated by the sellers is now weakening. Remember, no strategy guarantees success in trading, and losses are inevitable. The aftermath of the Inside Bar depends on the preceding trend and the current market trend. 2nd candle low is higher than 1st engulfing candle.INSIDE CANDLE METHOD1.
It is called an inside bar because the first candle completely covers the second candle, which is a chart formation that helps traders predict the next price movement. As the price action continues, watch for any signs of buying pressure in the current candle, that being the candle following the close of the inside bar. Should the market equilibrium give way to buying pressure the most important level to break is the inside bar high. Once this prior consolidation resistance is broken the Inside Bar can be considered to be in a bullish breakout. As price moves within the range be cautious about the potential for a reversal pattern to form.
Both scanners search the market for stocks using these candlestick patterns. If seen, a favourable Inside Bar setup can be taken advantage of with the right accompanying information and risk management to create positive trades. Adjust your risk management approach based on your risk tolerance, trading style, and market conditions. Also do not overlook changing your time frame when using Inside Bar setup. If the preceding trend is a long term one, the potential for a significant movement can be possibly magnified. This can help you avoid false signals and acting without having the entire picture of the current market conditions.
Again, this assumes that you are placing your stop loss above the high of the inside bar rather than the high of the mother bar. A favorable risk to reward ratio is needed for any setup taken here at Daily Price Action. This is true whether we’re trading an inside bar, pin bar or wedge breakout. Each and every strategy needs to be accompanied by a favorable risk to reward ratio. The inside bars in the chart above formed on the GBPJPY daily chart in a choppy market.
Ideally, we want to see the inside bar form within the upper or lower half of the mother bar. Notice how the bullish inside bar in the above illustration formed at the top of the mother bar’s range. This is what you want to see in a favorable setup, especially if you are using the more aggressive stop loss placement, which means placing your stop loss below the inside bar rather than the mother bar.