Inside Bar Breakout Training Course
Compression before expansion. The small bar that signals the next move.
An inside bar is a bar whose range is entirely inside the prior bar's range — market indecision, volatility compression. The breakout of that inside bar often triggers the next directional move. This course teaches how to identify the setup and when the break is real.
The 5-level curriculum
Level 51
Inside bar definition
What qualifies — high inside high, low inside low.
Level 52
Breakout direction
Trade the break of either side, no pre-bias.
Level 53
Context: trend vs range
Inside bars in trends continue the trend; in ranges they whipsaw.
Level 54
Multi-bar compression
Two or three inside bars in a row = bigger breakout.
Level 55
Stop and target
Stop on the opposite side of the mother bar; target the mother bar range.
Frequently asked questions
What timeframe works best for inside bars?
Intraday: 5m and 15m. Higher timeframes (daily+) offer fewer but higher-quality signals.