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What is actually happening?
A high beyond a reference establishes an intrabar trade-through. A completed close beyond establishes a different condition. A later close back inside is subsequent contrary evidence for a sustained move. None of these observations reveals a participant’s motive.
Guided example · Three distinct events · synthetic bars
Name the event before trading it
A wick-through, a close-through and a return inside are three different observations.
Restart & example assumptions
Authored synthetic observations, shown in sequence. Every comparison uses only the revealed data. This is a worked learning example, not live prices, broker execution or a profitability backtest. Follow the article’s exact definitions; measurements and pattern names alone do not authorize a trade.
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Make the conditions explicit.
Select a reference from earlier prices and choose whether the rule concerns a line or a band. Do not choose the level by looking at where the attempted breakout eventually stopped.
For a close-based exercise, mark a candidate only after a candle closes above 110. Treat a high at 112 with close 109 as a wick-through, not that candidate close.
If a later completed candle closes back below 110, record failure of the sustained-outside interpretation. Do not erase the original qualifying event.
The quoted rules are illustrative research specifications. Parameters are not recommendations and have not been presented as profitable backtest results.
What can this cost?
An observable failed move is not automatically an executable reversal. A new position still needs a trigger, invalidation and cash-risk check.
How the idea can fail.
Calling every losing breakout a “stop hunt” adds a causal explanation absent from OHLC. Calling only profitable moves “real breakouts” biases the sample.
Practical habit
Use three separate journal labels: trade-through, close-through, return-inside.
Go one level deeper
Track the reference that was available at decision time, not a revised boundary drawn through later candles.
Check your understanding
High 112, close 109, reference 110. Has a completed close above 110 occurred?
Further reading & boundaries
These examples are original educational exercises. General background: CME Group: position sizing; Fidelity: technical analysis. Neither endorses these example rules. No hypothetical result establishes future profitability.
Editorial revision: 13 October 2026 · Synthetic data · Educational use