The indicator now compares the current candle’s open, high, low, and close on the daily timeframe with the previous candle’s key levels and then assigns one of 17 distinct scenarios.
Each scenario is labeled to show both the candle’s structure and the important support and resistance levels, which helps you understand the market’s bias.
Here’s an explanation of how the scenarios are defined and what they mean:
A) Breakouts
- Bullish Breakout: When the body of a bullish candle crosses above yesterday’s high, it is considered a bullish breakout. The previous high now becomes support as the price has moved decisively higher.
- Bearish Breakout: When the body of a bearish candle crosses below yesterday’s low, it signals a bearish breakout. The previous low becomes resistance as the price has dropped decisively.
B) Trap Bar
- Bullish Trap Bar: A bullish candle that dips below yesterday’s low and closes below yesterday’s close. This pattern can trap short sellers and may signal an upcoming reversal.
C) Failed Attempts
- Failed Breakdown: A bullish candle that temporarily tests below yesterday’s close but then recovers to close above it, indicating that the breakdown attempt was rejected.
- Failed Bullish Rally: A bearish candle during an attempted rally—its high goes above yesterday’s high, yet it still closes above yesterday’s close—suggesting that the rally has failed.
- Failed Bullish Breakout: A bearish candle that tests above yesterday’s high but closes below yesterday’s close, showing that the attempted bullish breakout did not hold.
D) Rejections (with an expected reversal bias)
- Bearish Rejection (Variant 1): A bearish candle whose low goes below yesterday’s low and closes below yesterday’s close, reinforcing the bearish move.
- Bearish Rejection (Variant 2): A bearish candle whose low goes below yesterday’s low but closes above yesterday’s close. Although the candle appears bearish, the overall expectation is for a reversal to the upside (hence the “Bullish:” prefix in this context).
E) High Tests and False Breakouts
- Previous High Test: A bullish candle that closes above yesterday’s close and also pushes above yesterday’s high, suggesting that yesterday’s high might now act as support.
- False Bullish Breakout: A bullish candle whose upper wick exceeds yesterday’s high but ultimately closes below yesterday’s close, meaning the attempted breakout was not sustained.
F) Inside Candles
- Bullish Inside Candle: A bullish candle that stays completely between yesterday’s close (acting as support) and yesterday’s high (acting as resistance), indicating consolidation.
- Bearish Inside Candle (Variant 1): A bearish candle confined between yesterday’s low and yesterday’s close.
- Bearish Inside Candle (Variant 2): A bearish candle confined between yesterday’s close and yesterday’s high.
G) Close Breaks (with or without a wick)
- Close Break: A candle that breaks the previous close while the rest of its body stays within yesterday’s range. For bullish candles, the close is above yesterday’s close; for bearish candles, it is below.
- Close Break with Wick: For bullish candles, this means the candle closes above yesterday’s close but has a lower wick (indicating a brief pullback). For bearish candles, a similar concept applies with an upper wick rejection. In both cases, the support and resistance levels remain defined by the previous day’s low and high.
Overall, these 17 scenarios provide a detailed framework for analyzing how the current candle interacts with the previous day’s key levels.
By clearly defining which levels serve as support or resistance and categorizing the candle’s behavior accordingly, this indicator removes ambiguity from candlestick patterns and offers a clear, rule-based method for gauging market bias.