A well defined
bearish pin bar has formed showing clear rejection of the very strong resistance zone between 0.7050 - 0.7100.
This came after a few days of consolidating after
the bearish pin bar sell signal which we discussed in our April 16th members commentary as a potential selling opportunity.
• Bullish Pin Bar at Support (PinSup) • Bullish Outside Bar at Support (ObSup) • Bullish Engulfing at support (EngSup) • Bullish Big Shadow at Support (BsSup) •
Bearish Pin Bar at Resistance (PinRes) • Bearish Outside Bar at Resistance (ObRes) • Bearish Engulfing at Resistance (EngRes) • Bearish Big Shadow at Resistance (BsRes)
Price Action Tracked detected a Premium
Bearish Pin Bar at resistance and a potential move to the downside from this area.
The NZDUSD formed
a bearish pin bar reversal signal back on January 24th up near 0.7430 key long - term resistance, a potential sell signal as we highlighted in our members commentary that day.
We can see in the weekly chart below that the recent two week sell - off was preceded by
a bearish pin bar signal at resistance.
Sure enough, two months later the market has rallied back to the 1.005 confluent resistance area and formed
a bearish pin bar in the process.
Notice where the market found support again after forming
the bearish pin bar — the 23.6 Fibonacci level.
The above EUR / USD chart is a great example of
a bearish pin bar forming during a down trend (price below 200 SMA).
A tail on a bullish pin bar signals bullish momentum whereas a tail on
a bearish pin bar signals bearish momentum.
I also noticed that when the emas indicate a uptrend and
a bearish pin bar forms the following day would invalidate the pin bar and force those sellers out often leading to explosive moves in the direction of the trend vice versa for a downtrend.
This week's question comes from several traders, who asked: Why did last week's USDJPY
bearish pin bar fail?
Note the long - tailed
bearish pin bar that formed in this market back on September 19th of 2014.
In the chart example below, we can see
a bearish pin bar sell signal that formed at a key level of resistance in the EURUSD.
A bearish Pin Bar forms, but the top shadow is quite short.
Notice
the bearish pin bar signal from last Thursday that clued us into a potential down - move which did eventuate on Friday.
In the chart below, we didn't have this issue; we had a nice large
bearish pin bar protruding from the trading range resistance, so the best placement for the stop loss on that setup is obviously just above the pin bar high.
Below we see an example of
a bearish pin bar strategy in a down trending market.
The GBPUSD moved higher last week despite
a bearish pin bar that formed on Wednesday.
See the illustration to the right for an example of
a bearish pin bar (1st bar) and a bullish pin bar (2nd bar)-- >
Finally, the last setup we will look at was
a bearish pin bar that formed on Tuesday of this week (June 14th).
2) The first major test of this key level / event area a little over a month later, resulted in
a bearish pin bar sell signal that led to another large decline.
The GBPUSD was moving lower at the time of this video's recording; we got a huge
bearish pin bar reversal that indicated prices were likely to move lower.
However, price did form
a bearish pin bar on Thursday, reversing at a key long - term resistance area up near 1.2540, visible on the weekly time frame.
In the chart below, we didn't have this issue; we had a nice large
bearish pin bar protruding from the trading range resistance, so the best placement for the stop loss on that setup is obviously just above the pin bar high.
In the chart example below, we can see
a bearish pin bar sell signal that formed at a key level of resistance in the EURUSD.
On
a bearish pin bar formation, we will typically sell on a break of the low of the pin bar and place a stop loss 1 pip above the tail of the pin bar.
When trading price action, you want to look for bullish pin bars at support and
bearish pin bars at resistance.
Not exact matches
In the example below, we see a bullish and
bearish fakey pattern with a
pin bar reversal as the false - break of the inside
bar pattern:
first find
pin bar bullish or
bearish.
Based on the size and the nice
bearish close exactly at the low of this
pin, you would have thought at the time that price would immediately start falling after this
pin bar formed.
The
bearish outside
bar failed immediately with a bullish
pin bar.
• A
bearish reversal or top reversal
pin bar formation can be called a «long wicked inverted hammer», «long wicked doji», «long wicked gravestone», or «shooting star».
You're looking for only super obvious
pin bar signals, bullish or
bearish, with long protruding tails.
• The
pin bar itself was long - tailed, this means the tail showed a very «forceful» rejection of higher prices and it was also in - line with the fresh
bearish momentum.
i think we should always wait for next candle after the
pin bar to close for confirmation whether it is
bearish / bullish or not.
Although the range of Tuesday's move isn't quite as extensive as I'd like, the
pin bar shape,
bearish momentum, and key level are all there.
Looking at the 9/22/2017 close for AUDJPY Daily chart how would you setup a trade given that a bullish
pin bar just formed right after a
bearish engulfing candle?
Even a long - tailed
bearish double
pin bar setup like we see below probably would have been a loss or breakeven at best, as we can see in the chart below.
A quality 1 hr
pin bar sell signal formed at a confluent intra-day resistance level and in the direction of the
bearish momentum on the daily chart.
Trading
bearish Significant
Pin Bar at major resitance or trading bullish pinbar at major Support.
With the bullish impulse wave still intact, this market is still has a short - term bullish bias which reduces the weight of
bearish formations like a
pin bar, or lower high until the impulse is negated.