Trading Setups

Trading Setups

The Inside Bar Breakout – Trading Setups

The Inside Bar breakout is a price action setup that indicates a short-term consolidation within the broader context of an existing trend — and a potential confirmation that the trend may be continuing. It is a candle that forms entirely within the outer points of wicks that formed from the previous candle. This previous candle, often referred...

September 19, 2025
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Bollinger Band Reversal – Trading Setups

What Is a Bollinger Band Reversal? The Bollinger Band reversal is a mean-reversion strategy that looks for the price to temporarily overextend beyond its typical range before snapping back inside. It consists of three lines: An upper band A lower band A 20-period simple moving average (SMA) in the middle. The Upper band and Lower ...

September 12, 2025
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The Outside Bar – Trading Setups

The outside bar is a powerful price action pattern that often signals a potential reversal.  Unlike single-wick setups such as a pinbar strategy, the outside bar forms when a candle’s high and low both exceed those of the prior candle, effectively “engulfing” it completely. This wide-ranging bar represents a change in buying or selling...

September 11, 2025
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The Fractal Breakout – Trading Setups

Rather than looking for a reversal, fractal breakouts use the last fractal high (in an uptrend) or last fractal low (in a downtrend) as confirmation of a trend after a retracement in price It is a continuation strategy designed to capture momentum once the price has confirmed direction. When price breaks beyond the most recent fractal, it signal...

September 8, 2025
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Pinbar Reversal – Trading Setups

The pinbar reversal is one of the most-used price action signals in trading.  It reflects a battle between buyers and sellers where one side attempts to push the market further in their favour, but is met with an observable and often strong rejection.  The resulting full pinbar candle leaves a long “wick” showing where price was rejecte...

August 28, 2025
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