Pin Bar Trading Strategy (https://priceaction.com/price-action- university/strategies/pin-bar/) Posted by Nial Fuller (https://priceaction.com/contributors/nialuller/) © Leave a comment (https://priceaction.com/price-action-university/strategies/pin-bar/#respond) The Pin Bar Pattern (Reversal or Continuation) Apin bar pattern consists of one price bar, typically a candlestick price bar, which represents a sharp reversal and rejection of price. The pin bar reversal as it is sometimes called, is defined by a long tail, the tail is also referred to as a “shadow” or “wick”. The area between the open and close of the pin bar is called its “real body’, and pin bars generally have small real bodies in comparison to their long tails. The tail of the pin bar shows the area of price that was rejected, and the implication is that price will continue to move opposite to the direction the tail points. Thus, a bearish pin bar signal is one that has along upper tail, showing rejection of higher prices with the implication that price will fall in the near-term. A bullish pin bar signal has a long lower tail, showing rejection of lower prices with the implication that price will rise in the near-term. Pin Bar Patterns Bearish pin bars: Bullish pin bars: Tail Tail Real body—> “Real body—> Tail Tail (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/pinbar1.png) How to Trade with Pin Bars When trading pin bars, there are a few different entry options for traders. The first, and perhaps most popular, is entering the pin bar trade “at market”. That simply means you enter the trade at the current market price.Note: the pin bar pattern must be closed out before entering the market based on it. Until the bar is closed as a pin bar pattern, it's not really a pin bar yet. Another entry option for a pin bar trading signal (https://priceaction.com/price-action- university/strategies/pin-bar/), is entering on a 50% retrace of the pin bar. In other words, you would wait for price to retrace to about the halfway point of the entire pin bar's range from high to low, or its “50% level”, where you would have already placed a limit entry order. A trader can also enter a pin bar signal by using an “on-stop" entry, placed just below the low or above the high of the pin bar. Here's an example of what the various pin bar entry options might look like: Entering the market from a pin bar Stop entry just above pin bar high (bullish pin) = @& Market ent: serpent & Limit entry near shortly after pin Y bar closes pin bar 50% level Market entry entry near dem shortly after pin pin bar 50% level bar closes Stop entry just below pin bar low (bearish pin) (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pinbar2.png) Trading Pin Bar Signals in a Trending Market Trading with the trend is arguably the best way to trade any market. A pin bar entry signal, in a trending market, can offer a very high-probability entry and a good risk to reward scenario. In the example below, we can see a bullish pin bar signal that formed in the context of an up- trending market. This type of pin bar shows rejection of lower prices (note the long lower tall), so its called a “bullish pin bar” since the implication of the rejection reflected in the pin bar is that the bulls will resume pushing price higher..." GBPUSD.Dsiy Less secs 165360 7208 We 6530 Pin bar buy signal with up trend — 16550 1465200 ett L610 Eproui Tete iver Nverzet ioAp iO G2ap abit EWeyaiie lavayiOM SeNey ate Fimi0ee hn ztit (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/201 4/08/pinbar3.png) Trading Pin Bars against the Trend, From Key Chart Levels When trading a pin bar counter to, or against a dominant trend, it’s widely accepted that a trader should do so from a key chart level of support or resistance. The key level adds extra ‘weight’ to the pin bar pattern, just as it does with counter-trend inside bar patterns (https://priceaction.com/price-action-university/strategies/inside-bar/). Any time you see a point in the market where price initiated a significant move either up or down, that is a key level to watch for pin bar reversals.1 HAUUSD.Oahy 18259 128565128150 185.03 Pin bar sell v key resistance level signal at k aD ii “if Teen bn Seno Sumo Teo Mao Signo Wigan Wagmi Copan Wapato: (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/201 4/08/pinbar4.png) Pin bar Combo Patterns Pin bars can also be traded in combination with other price action patterns (https://priceaction.com/price-action-university/strategies/). In the chart below, we can see an ide pin bar combo pattern. This is a pattern in which the inside bar is also a pin bar pattern. These inside pin bar signals (https://priceaction.com/price-action-university/strategies/pin-bar- inside-bar-combo/) work best in trending markets like we see below.TEIRGSD Gay 1a HS LS TSE mM Ly “4 =—— “I ft : it “ly +4! 1380 1200 (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/201 4/08/pinbar5.png) The pattern in the chart below could be considered the ‘opposite’ of the inside-pin bar, it’s an inside bar inside a pin bar signal. It’s relatively common to see an inside bar form within the range of a pin bar pattern. Often, a large breakout move will follow an inside bar formed within a pin bar's range, for this reason, the pin bar + inside bar combo setup is a very potent price action trading (https://priceaction.com/price-action-university/beginners/what-is-price-action/) pattern, as we can see in the chart below...TSOGE bay OAT OST OSI DSTI Pin bar, Inside bar i im : I, 7 “Liu eH ban Hn Sinkn Sinbe Sonke indus rons ras nas Zrbue (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/201 4/08/pinbar5-1.png) Double Pin Bar Patterns It is not uncommon to see back-to-back or “double pin bar patterns" from at key levels in the market. These patterns are traded just like a normal pin bar, except they provide a trader with a little more ‘confirmation’ since they reflect two consecutive rejections of a level...TORSUSD aly LETS Lames LT LES sesso | ~ = \, | = 18000 Double pin bars at support level ae Ghevsom Soscaeis Taoasois Sewn unsioia eimaeie byesoid Epous0ld Te RSD30a SRPODWOIA TP ar 3014 (https://priceaction.com/wp-content/uploads/201 4/08/pinbar6.png) Pin Bar Trading Tips As a beginning trader, its easiest to learn how to trade pin bars in-line with the dominant daily chart trend, or ‘in-line with the trend’. Counter-trend pin bars are a bit trickier and take more time and experience to become proficient at. Pin bars basically show a reversal in the market, so they are a very good tool for predicting the near-term, and sometimes long-term, direction of price. They often mark major tops or bottoms (turning points) in a market. Not every pin bar is going to be one worth trading. The best ones occur in strong trends after a retrace to support or resistance within the trend, or from a key chart level of support or resistance, ‘As a beginner, keep your eyes peeled for daily chart time frame pin bars as well as 4 hour chart time frame pin bars, as they seem to be the most accurate and profitable. Longer tails on a pin bar indicate a more significant reversal and rejection of price. Thus, long-tailed pin bars tend to be a little higher-probability than their shorter-tailed counter- parts. Long-tailed pin bars also tend to see price retrace to near the pin bar’s 50% level more often than shorter-tailed pins, this means they are typically better candidates for the 50% retrace entry discussed previously. Pin bars will show up in any market. Be sure you practice identifying and trading them on a demo account before trading them with real money. 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