Before the signal
The full high-low range is compared; the body alone is not enough.
Outside Bar Candlestick Pattern
Learn how an outside bar differs from engulfing, inspect its full high-low range, and explore published historical price-movement results.
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What it looks like
Outside bar
A new closed candle extends above the previous high and below the previous low, covering its entire range.
Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
Exact machine rule
The new candle has a higher high and a lower low than the preceding candle.
The full high-low range is compared; the body alone is not enough.
Optional practice
Check your recognition
Select the chart where the formation is already complete.
Try it
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 Outside bar
Signal and boundary
The new candle has a higher high and a lower low than the preceding candle.
Completion
Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
Similar formations and limits of one example
Outside bars compare ranges, whereas engulfing compares bodies and direction. 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
The new candle has a higher high and a lower low than the preceding candle.
Required context: The full high-low range is compared; the body alone is not enough.
Completion: Only a closed candle can confirm the formation; an open candle is never treated as a completed signal.
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 416 core and 345 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 ↓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 “Outside bar” are in Russian. Their examples do not replace the historical calculation above.