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Inside Candle with EMA +ST +TP/SL@Saheemol Inside Candle Breakout with EMA, SuperTrend & Auto TP/SL This indicator combines the power of the Inside Candle breakout pattern, EMA trend analysis, and SuperTrend confirmation to identify high-probability breakout opportunities while automatically plotting trade management levels. Key Features ✅ Detects valid Mother-Daughter (Inside Candle) formations using customizable body-size filters. ✅ Plots EMA 9, EMA 21, and EMA 200 to help visualize market trend and structure. ✅ Uses SuperTrend confirmation to filter false breakouts: Buy signals only when SuperTrend is bullish. Sell signals only when SuperTrend is bearish. ✅ Automatically identifies breakout levels from the Mother Candle's high and low. ✅ Draws: Entry zone Stop Loss (SL) Take Profit 1 (TP1) Take Profit 2 (TP2) using user-configurable Risk ratios. ✅ Highlights Inside Candle setups and displays visual breakout signals directly on the chart. ✅ Includes alert conditions for automated notifications. How It Works The indicator searches for a strong Mother Candle followed by a valid Inside Candle. The Mother Candle's high and low become the breakout levels. A trade signal is generated only when price breaks out of the Mother Candle range and the SuperTrend agrees with the direction. TP1, TP2, and SL levels are automatically calculated based on the Mother Candle range. Best Use Cases Intraday trading Swing trading Breakout strategies Trend-following systems Forex, Stocks, Crypto, and Indices This indicator is designed to help traders quickly identify consolidation breakouts while maintaining disciplined risk management through predefined entry, target, and stop-loss zones. Disclaimer: This script is for educational and informational purposes only and does not constitute financial advice. Trading involves risk, and users should perform their own analysis and risk management before making any trading decisions.

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AG Pro Inside Bar Breakout Quality [AGPro Series]AG Pro Inside Bar Breakout Quality Overview / What it does AG Pro Inside Bar Breakout Quality is an overlay tool built to study one of the market’s most familiar compression structures: the inside bar. Instead of stopping at simple detection, the script evaluates what happens after the pattern forms and grades the breakout attempt with a structured quality model. The result is a workflow-oriented view of inside bar compression, breakout strength, and failed continuation behavior. The script first identifies a strict inside bar condition, where the current bar remains fully contained within the previous bar’s range. That parent range becomes the active reference zone. From there, the script monitors whether price resolves above or below the structure, whether the move is confirmed by close, whether volume supports the breakout, and whether the breakout later fails and re-enters the range within a user-defined window. This is not designed as a generic “any breakout” marker. Its purpose is narrower and more specific: it focuses on a compact volatility contraction event, then measures how decisively price leaves that compression. In practical chart work, this helps separate a low-commitment range poke from a more convincing expansion move. The visual presentation is intentionally structured. Inside bar zones are boxed, breakout direction is marked, quality is scored, and fakeouts are labeled when the breakout reverses back into the monitored range. This makes the script suitable for traders who want a cleaner way to inspect inside bar behavior without manually drawing every structure. Unique Edge The main difference here is that the script does not treat every inside bar break as equally meaningful. Many tools stop at “pattern detected” or “level broken.” This script adds a second layer: breakout quality. That layer is derived from close position, volume context, candle body participation, and alignment with the parent candle’s directional bias. A second differentiator is the built-in fakeout logic. After a breakout is detected, the script continues to watch price for a limited number of bars. If the move quickly returns back through the breakout boundary, the event is tagged as a fakeout. This adds post-event context instead of only marking the first directional move. Another distinction is that the methodology is deterministic and chart-native. The logic is rule-based, visible, and reproducible from bar to bar. Users can decide whether to require close confirmation beyond the inside bar range, whether to require volume confirmation, and how strict they want the displayed threshold to be through the minimum score filter. In short, this script is not only about finding compression. It is about ranking the quality of the expansion attempt that follows the compression, while also acknowledging that some breakouts fail quickly and should be read differently. Methodology 1) Inside Bar Detection An inside bar is identified when the current bar’s high is lower than the previous bar’s high and the current bar’s low is higher than the previous bar’s low. This creates a strict containment definition based on the previous candle’s full range. 2) Reference Zone Once an inside bar is detected, the prior candle becomes the parent reference bar. Its high and low define the active breakout boundaries. That range can be visualized as a box, with an optional midpoint line to make the compression zone easier to read on chart. 3) Breakout Confirmation A bullish breakout occurs when price moves above the parent high. A bearish breakout occurs when price moves below the parent low. Users can choose whether breakout confirmation should be based on close beyond the range or on a less restrictive intrabar break condition. 4) Quality Score Each breakout can be scored on a 0–10 scale. The score is built from multiple components: - close position relative to the inside bar boundary - volume ratio versus the selected moving average - body participation within the breakout candle’s total range - directional alignment between the breakout and the parent candle bias This scoring model is designed to estimate how committed the breakout candle appears, rather than assuming all breaks have equal informational value. 5) Fakeout Detection If enabled, the script monitors a user-defined number of bars after breakout. A bullish breakout that returns back below the upper boundary within that window is labeled as a bull trap / fakeout. A bearish breakout that returns back above the lower boundary within that window is labeled as a bear trap / fakeout. 6) Visual Layer The script can display the inside bar zone, midpoint, breakout arrows, score labels, and fakeout markers. A summary panel tracks aggregate statistics such as total inside bars, total breakouts, breakout direction counts, fakeouts, and the latest breakout score. Signals & Alerts The script can provide alert conditions for: - bullish inside bar breakout - bearish inside bar breakout - fakeout detection - high-quality breakout events - any breakout event These alerts are intended to help users monitor the pattern and its resolution more efficiently. They do not replace trade planning, confirmation from broader market context, or independent risk management. Key Inputs Min Score to Show Breakout Filters displayed breakout labels by quality threshold. This can be useful for reducing low-quality visual noise. Volume Confirmation Required When enabled, breakout evaluation requires volume to be above its moving average threshold. This can help remove low-participation breaks. Volume MA Period Defines the lookback length for average volume comparison. Require Close Beyond IB When enabled, breakout confirmation depends on bar close beyond the parent range. This creates a more conservative and more stable breakout definition. Max IBs to Display Controls how many recent structures and related objects remain visible on chart. Show IB Box / Midline / Breakout Arrow / Score Label Lets users decide how much visual detail they want to keep on screen. Glow Effect on High Score Adds emphasis to stronger breakout events without changing the underlying logic. Fakeout Window Defines how many bars after breakout the script should continue monitoring for a return back through the breakout boundary. Limitations & Transparency This script studies inside bar compression and subsequent breakout behavior. It does not claim to identify all meaningful consolidations, and it does not attempt to classify every market regime. The methodology is intentionally focused on one structure. The score is a rule-based quality model, not an objective measure of future outcome. A high score does not guarantee continuation, and a lower score does not guarantee failure. It simply reflects how the breakout candle and its context behave according to the script’s internal criteria. Volume-based interpretation may vary across symbols and markets. On some instruments, especially those with inconsistent or synthetic volume data, volume confirmation may be less informative than on others. Users should evaluate whether volume filtering is appropriate for the asset they are studying. Fakeout detection is also definition-dependent. The script labels a fakeout when price returns through the breakout boundary within the selected lookback window. Different traders may prefer a different timing window or a different failure definition. As with any overlay, chart readability depends on market volatility, timeframe, and user settings. On lower timeframes or during highly active periods, more visual events may appear. The built-in filters and display controls are there to help manage that density. Risk Disclosure This script is an analytical tool for chart study. It is not financial advice, not a trade recommendation, and not a promise of future results. Inside bar breakouts can behave differently across timeframes, instruments, and market regimes. Users should not rely on a single pattern, score, or alert in isolation. Context still matters, including trend condition, liquidity environment, nearby structure, volatility regime, and execution discipline. Before using this script in any live decision process, it should be reviewed in the specific market and timeframe relevant to the user’s own approach. Testing, observation, and risk controls remain essential.

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Simple Inside/Outside Bars This indicator simply displays Inside and Outside bars, that's all.

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Inside Bar (Body-based) Ind/Alert Description: This indicator detects Inside Bar patterns based strictly on the candle body (open/close range) of the mother candle, rather than the traditional high/low wick method. An inside bar is highlighted when the current candle’s entire body is contained within the body of the previous candle. It can be useful for traders who want a more conservative and reliable definition of inside bars, focusing on true consolidation periods and filtering out signals caused by extended wicks. Features: Body-based Inside Bar detection: The indicator colors and marks candles where the current bar’s body is fully within the previous bar’s body. Bullish/Bearish identification: Bullish inside bars are marked in green, bearish in red. Double Inside Bar Detection: An optional feature marks when two consecutive candles’ bodies are inside the same mother bar body—potentially indicating stronger consolidation. Alerts: Set alerts for single or double inside bars for automated monitoring. How to Use: Add the indicator to your chart. Look for colored bars or plotted shapes for inside bar signals based on candle bodies. Use alerts to get notified in real time when inside bar patterns appear. Note: This script uses only the candle body (open and close) for inside bar calculations, which may help filter out less reliable signals found with wick-based approaches.

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Compression Patterns (w/ Trend + Proximity Filter)🧠 Description: This indicator identifies high-probability price compression patterns within trending environments — a setup prized by experienced swing and day traders alike. It combines the classic NR4, NR7, 2-Bar NR, 3-Bar NR, and Inside Day formations with a powerful trend filter and proximity logic to deliver clear, focused signals. 🔍 What's Inside: ▪️ Compression Patterns The core of this tool lies in the logic of price compression. These patterns signal the market taking a breath — volatility contracts, volume dries up, and price coils like a spring. When this happens in the right context, the next move is often explosive. NR4 / NR7: Narrowest range in 4 or 7 bars — excellent for spotting the quiet before the storm. 2-Bar NR / 3-Bar NR: These identify the tightest consecutive 2 or 3-day ranges over the past 20 days — contextually rare and powerful. Inside Day: A simple but highly effective consolidation pattern, especially when it clusters around key moving averages. ▪️ Trend Filter (EMA Stack) You could say this is where most indicators fall apart — no context. This one doesn’t make that mistake. Signals only fire when the 10 EMA > 20 EMA > 50 EMA, and price is above the 20 EMA. That’s a strong, established uptrend — the only environment where breakouts are statistically favourable. Why? Because trend following works. It may not give you fixed daily returns, but it’s the only strategy with theoretically infinite profit potential. You risk little, trade less, and position yourself for rare but massive moves. That’s the edge. ▪️ Proximity Filter (1 ATR to EMA) We’ve added another layer of discipline. Signals only fire when price is: Within 1 ATR of the 10 EMA (if price is above it), or Within 1 ATR of the 20 EMA (if price is below the 10 EMA) This ensures you’re not chasing. You’re waiting for tight, controlled pullbacks into dynamic support — exactly where institutions add size, not exit. ⚙️ Fully Customisable: Toggle visibility of each pattern Custom colours and transparency for label & background Adjustable ATR length and multiplier Change label text if needed (useful for translations or tweaks) 🎯 Ideal Use Case: Swing trading off the daily chart Day trading with VWAP/MACD filters (in alternate versions) Supplementing price action strategies 🔚 Final Word: This isn’t an “everything scanner.” It’s a discerning sniper scope for traders who wait patiently for clean trends, tight consolidations, and perfect proximity — then strike.

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by LordRobrecht

Mushir's Inside Candle Indicator This indicator detects inside candle formations on the chart’s current timeframe. It highlights when a candle’s range is fully engulfed by the previous candle’s range, provided the previous candle meets specific criteria. How It Works ? It shows the formation of inside candle on the charts to help in find trades. Mother Candle Validation The previous candle must be a “leg candle” with a strong body and minimal wicks relative to its body size, ensuring a robust structure. Inside Candle Detection The current candle qualifies as an inside candle if: Its high is ≤ the previous candle’s high. Its low is ≥ the previous candle’s low. Why Use This Indicator? Adapts to the chart’s current timeframe—no manual adjustments needed. Easily gives you the identification of inside candles Minimalistic Design Better results in trending market How to use it? - when the inside candle is formed there are certain conditions: 1. if the next candle first crosses the high of inside candle, look for a potential buy trade with RR as 2:1 while stoploss being just below the low of inside candle. 2. if the next candle first crosses the low of inside candle, look for a potential sell trade with RR as 2:1 while stoploss being just above the high of inside candle. 3. if 2:1 is achieved, then increase the partial target to 3:1 while bringing the stoploss to the entry point. 4. if the high is crossed first and then the low is crossed or vice versa then the trade is invalidated. Happy Trading!

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by mushirinamdar

Inside Bars (Multiple / Consecutive)Description When an inside bar is found, the indicator remembers the high and low (= range) of the candle before the inside bar. As long as price moves within the range, every bar is highlighted as an inside bar to the range. Purpose The indicator can assist when identifying valid pullbacks and buy-side liquidity (BSL) / sell-side liquidity (SSL).

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See inside Candles: Directionality %; Constituent Bars & Gaps See inside candles based on user-input LTF setting: get data on 'Directionality' of your candle; Gaps (total and Sum; UP and DOWN); Number of Bull or Bear constituent candles //Features: -DIRECTIONALITY: compare length of the 'zig-zag' random walk of lower time frame constituent candles, to the full height of the current candle. Resulting % I refer to as 'directionality'. -GAPs: what i refer to as 'gaps' are also known as Volume imbalances: the gap between previous candles close and current candle's open (if there is one). --Gaps total (up vs down gaps). Number of Up gaps printed above bar in green, down gaps printed below bar in red. --Gaps Sum (total summed UP gap, total summed down gaps. Sum of Up gaps printed above bar in green, Sum of down gaps printed below bar in red. -Candles Total: Numer of LTF up vs down candles within current timeframe candle. Number of up candles printed above bar in green, Number of down candles printed below bar in red. //USAGE: -Primary purpose in this was the Directionality aspect. Wanted to get a measure of how choppy vs how directional the internals of a candle were. Idea being that a candle with high % directionality (approaching 100) would imply trending conditions; while a candle which was large range and full bodies but had a low % directionality would imply the internals were back-and-forth and => rebalanced, potentially indicating price may not need to retrace back into it and rebalance further. All rather experimental, please treat it as such: have a play around with it. -Number of gaps, Sums of up and down gaps, ratio of up and down constituent candles also intended to serve a similar purpose as the above. -Set the input lower timeframe; this must obviously be lower then your current timeframe. You will significant differences in results depending on the ratio your timeframes (chart timeframe vs user-input timeframe). //User Inputs: -Lower timeframe input (setting child candle size within current chart parent candle). -Choose function from the four listed above. -typical formating options: Bull color/bear color txt for gaps functions. -display % unit or not. -display vertical or horizontal text. -Set min / max directionality thresholds; and color code results. -Toggle on/off 'hide results outside of threshold' to declutter the chart. -choose label style. //NOTES: -Directionality thresholds can be set manually; Max and Min thresholds can be set to filter out 'non-extreme' readings. -Note that directionality % can sometimes exceed 100%, in cases where price trends very strongly and gaps up continuously such that sum of constituent candles is less than total range of parent candle. -Personally i like the idea of seeking bold, large-range, full bodied candles, with a lower than typical directionality %; indicating that a price move is both significant and it's already done it's rebalancing; I would see this as potentially favourable for continuation (obviously depending on context). ---- Showcase of the other functions beyond Directionality percentage ---- Candles Total (bull vs Bear). ES1! Hourly; ltf = 5min: Candles total: LTF up candles and LTF down candles making up the current HTF candle (constituent number of UP candles printed above in green, Down candles printed below in red): Gaps SUM. SPX hourly, ltf = 5min. Sum of 'UP' gaps within candle printed above in green, sum of 'DOWN' gaps printed below in red: Gaps TOTAL: SPX hourly, ltf = 1min. Simply the total of 'up' gaps vs 'down' gaps withing our candle; based on the user input constituent candles within:

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Candle Combo Screener The Candle Combo Screener allows you to see candlestick combinations for up to 5 different tickers at the same time . If one of the candle combination is detected the corresponding cell will be highlighted to alert you. Candle Combinations Detected Bullish Kicker Bullish & Bearish Oops Reversals Open Equals High / Low Inside Day Select any 5 tickers. Colors and table settings are fully customizable to fit your style. Bullish Kicker The opening price of the current candle gaps up above the body of the prior day's candle AND the prior day's candle close was less than the open. Oops Reversals Bullish: Price opens below the prior day’s low and closes above. Bearish: Price opens above the prior day's high and closes below. Open Equals High / Low The current candles opening price is equal to either the high or low of the day. Inside Day The current candles high and low are contained within the prior day's high and low.

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by Amphibiantrading

Inside Candle and mother candle range with alert ++>>This script allows you the inside bar candle and the cnadle is shown in white. The range of the mother candle is identified and tracked until it breaks. Once the first range is over ridden then the next similar pattern will be occured and the tracking will be done for the mother candle latest occurrence. It also has the alert mechanism where you can go and the alert for the indicator in Alerts. 5 min is the most preferrable time frame and while saving the alert Note to save the time frame of the chart. For which ever time frame is saved the Alert will be triggered for the same . And when th inside bar is triggered it throws an alert condition. this alert condition has to be configured in your alerts and will be buzzing on the screen. Oct 20 Release Notes: updated with Mother candle top and bottom lines of previous occurrences and tracks the current latest Inside bar mother candle Release Notes: this script allows you the inside bar cnadle and the cnadle is shown in white. highlighter is configurable and line colors as well.

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by RaviPolavarapu

Strategy Myth-Busting #10 - InsideBar+EMA - [MYN]This is part of a new series we are calling "Strategy Myth-Busting" where we take open public manual trading strategies and automate them. The goal is to not only validate the authenticity of the claims but to provide an automated version for traders who wish to trade autonomously. Our 10th one we are automating is the " 75% Win Rate High Profit Inside Bar Trading Strategy - What If You ... " strategy from " Trade Pro " who claims to have backtested this manually and achieved 11,063% profit with a 75% winrate over 100 trades. I was unable to emulate these results consistently accommodating for slippage and commission but even so, the results look promising. I was only able to achieve this win-rate with some multiple take profit staggering. Even so the markdown is above where I would normally consider comfortable (>20%). If you know of or have a strategy you want to see myth-busted or just have an idea for one, please feel free to message me. This strategy uses a combination of 2 open-source public indicators: Inside Bar Ind/Alert by CMA EMA (built-in) Trading Rules 4 hour candles Stop Loss at EMA Line with TP Target 1.5x the risk Long Entry when these conditions are true inside bar and bullish Bar close's above 50 ema Price action rises above high of inside bar . Short Entry when these conditions are true inside bar and bearish Bar close below 50 ema Price action falls below low of inside bar

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[LIB] Array / Matrix Display Library "ArrayMatrixHUD" Show Array or Matrix Elements In Table For Arrays: Set the number of rows you want the data displayed in and it will generate a table, calculating the columns based on the size of the array being displayed. For Matrix: It will automatically match the Rows and Columns to the values in the matrix. Note: On the left, the table shows the index of the array/matrix value starting at 1. So, to call that value from inside the array, subtract 1 from the index value to the left. For matrices, keep in mind that the row and column are also starting at one when trying to call a value from the matrix. The numbering of the values on the left is for display purposes only. viewArray(_arrayName, _pos, _txtSize, _tRows) Array Element Display (Supports float, int, string, and bool) Parameters: _arrayName : ID of Array to be Displayed _pos : Position for Table _txtSize : Size of Table Cell Text _tRows : Number of Rows to Display Data In (columns will be calculated accordingly) Returns: A Display of Array Values in a Table viewMatrix(_matrixName, _pos, _txtSize) Matrix Element Display (Supports float, int, string, and bool) Parameters: _matrixName : ID of Matrix to be Displayed _pos : Position for Table _txtSize : Size of Table Cell Text Returns: A Display of Matrix Values in a Table

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4C Inside/Outside Bar This indicator colors the candle body based on whether it closed as an Inside Bar (IB) or an Outside Bar (OB). Inside and outside bars can be powerful triggers to enter or exit trades from, when price breaks above or below the candle. The coloring of only the body and not the border of the candle makes it possible to still know whether the candle was bullish/bearish. This indicator has the unique ability to add/hide labels for each IB and OB. Small labels are printed on the chart directly below the candle. (See below) It also has the unique ability to paint the chart background when an IB forms directly after an OB. This is a special combination of the two, and can also be a powerful signal. This feature can be turned on/off. (See below) Thanks to Craig Stine, as some parts of this indicator were adapted from Custom Candle color Inside/Outside candles, Highwave, Star Patt. by Craig_Stine

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Tradingview Toolkit A new trader's biggest barrier to entry is lack of understanding where they are in terms of time and price and with tradingview free they are often limited to just 1 or 2 extra indicators as many new traders slap on RSI and MACD as 2/3 free ones. While these indicators are fine for trend analysis, its important to know where the price is in relation to time. Thus, this all-in-one script is meant to have a lot of customizable utility to save on indicator spots and act as a hotspot for many common needs. -2 Sets of VWAP line w/ standard deviation bands with customizable timeframes. -1 more customizable timeframe VWAP line (no std dev bands) to use as a long time frame reference -Ability to plot previous VWAP close prices over current timeframe on all VWAP lines w/ basic color changing if price closes above/below -2 Sets of Bollinger Bands with customizable source length and MA type -3 customizable moving averages with custom timeframe/resolutions -Inside candle barcolor repainter to easily notice if a candle was inside the range of the previous candle (price contraction) Not meant to have everything on at once, but simply a place to enable and disable different things and save spots for more important things

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Coloring an inside bar This script colors the candles covered in the previous candle. The candle is colored. You can make many adjustments yourself.

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by kevintimmer1111

Inside Bar and Outside Bar Simple indicator, to show outside bars and inside bars inside sellbar = "I" in red color inside buybar = "I" in green color Outside sellbar = "O" in red color Outside buybar = "O" in green color ----------//--------------- PT-BR Indicador simples, para mostrar outside bars e inside bars inside sellbar = "I" na cor vermelha inside buybar = "I" na cor verde Outside sellbar = "O" na cor vermelha Outside buybar = "O" na cor verde

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Inside Day Inside candles on all timeframes

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Babypips: Inside Bar Momentum Strategy The strategy contained in this post comes courtesy of babypips (.com), an excellent resource for all thing forex related. If you are new to trading, the site is definitely worth checking out! Code commentary and an introduction to Inside Bars are available for this post on the Backtest-Rookies (.com) website. Note: If you are interested in custom development services, please check out our services page on the Backtest-Rookies site. Strategy Overview Inside Bar Momentum Strategy. Inside Bar Detection Position sizing based on stoploss distance ( Note: Based on equity and assumes that the account currency is the counter currency. Stop buys for entries Takeprofit / Stoplosses for exits Control Stopbuy, Takeprofit and Stoploss targets with inputs Control Backtest start/end dates

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by BacktestRookies

Price Action Awesome Indicator This indicator is everything you need to do Price Action Trading. It provides signals about: Inside Bars Pin Bars Fakey Pin Bars (background color red or green for bearish or bullish fakeys)

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Inside Bar Breakout Failure Update with toggle for text label.

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Inside Bar Breakout Failure Simple indicator to highlight Inside Bar Breakout Failure patterns on chart.

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jc-Inside_Bar Copyright by jack calo -- v1.0 -- 03/04/2015 -- Paint the bar yellow when it's an inside day. When the full range of a candle is equal or within the full range of the previous bar. Credit to Rob Smith and his In The Black Strategy.

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