Before the signal
The reference high is fixed from the 20 candles completed before the signal.
False Breakout: Move Beyond and Return
See how price moves beyond a prior high or low and returns, review the exact range rule, and explore available historical observations.
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What it looks like
False high breakout
Price moves above the highest high of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back inside the range.
The signal candle must close back below the prior high.
Exact machine rule
Price trades above the highest high of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back below that boundary.
The reference high is fixed from the 20 candles completed before the signal.
Optional practice
Check your recognition
Select the chart where the formation is already complete.
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A dotted candle is still forming; a solid candle is closed. Only one chart contains a completed signal.
The exercise checks recognition. Historical outcomes are calculated separately and do not promise a price move.Three features of False high breakout
Signal and boundary
Price trades above the highest high of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back below that boundary.
Completion
The signal candle must close back below the prior high.
Similar formations and limits of one example
A close above the boundary is a range breakout, not a false high breakout. The shape identifies an event to research. It does not predict the next move or provide a trading signal by itself.
One formation does not establish the probability of a move. The historical comparison measures outcomes against a comparable background for each configuration.
Exact machine rule and definition version
Price trades above the highest high of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back below that boundary.
Required context: The reference high is fixed from the 20 candles completed before the signal.
Completion: The signal candle must close back below the prior high.
Definition version 2.1.0 · canonical definition.
Published research at a glance
Stored publication UTC · pattern-data-v21 · methodology research-v21-session-calendar-signed-bh-plan-v1.
Latest stored candle date in the curated family table: Nov 9, 2026 UTC.
The curated family table covers 455 core and 373 additional extended configurations. These are configuration counts; the own-result registry is separate. The study compares movement after a completed signal with a matched background at the same horizon.
Go to interactive research ↓- False high breakout
- Price moves above the highest high of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back inside the range.
- False low breakout
- Price moves below the lowest low of the previous 20 completed candles but closes back inside the range.
Historical research
Select the exact market conditions. Statistics, examples and threshold evidence appear only when the same definition and complete configuration have a published row.
Research methodologyInitial conditions
Reset returns to forex, all researched instruments, H1, five candles, no higher-timeframe condition and the first teaching variant. The market scope and short address stay the same.
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Further reading
These related TLAP materials for “False high breakout” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.