Not exact matches
Price
bars contract, volume drops significantly, and the
trend pulls
against its primary direction.
Now, the obvious problem with these pin
bars is that they are
against the near - term
trend, which was clearly down at the time.
Being patient while trading with price action goes something like this: you see what looks like a decent pin
bar formation but it is going
against a rather strong
trend, because you know that this setup has a much lower probability of working out than a pin
bar setup with a strongly
trending market, you sit on your hands and pass it up, don't think anymore about it, even if it works out it does not matter because you just exercised patience, and you will be rewarded for it the more you use it.
Trying to trade inside
bars against a daily chart
trend is very hard, especially if you're a beginner or relatively new.
So, if I read this correcly; after an inside
bar, the trade can go one of two ways — either with the prevailing
trend or
against it?
Note, in the chart below we can see multiple failed counter-
trend pin
bars that would have resulted in losses if a trader took them
against the
trend.