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The Pin Bar Reversal

Johnathon Fox
03/17/2012 | UPDATED ON: 11/21/2018

The Pin Bar Reversal

The Pin Bar is a Price Action formation that can be found on any timeframe in any market.

The Pin Bar or full name Pinocchio Bar, is given its name because the signal is lying to the market or tricking traders that price is going one way when in fact it is reversing back the other way. The Pin Bar is laying a trap and for traders that are aware of this trade they can make a lot of money when price snaps back the other way.

The Pin Bar and in particular the better Pin Bars are the bars that stick out and are very obvious. The less well defined Pin bars and smaller Pin Bars are generally the trades we don’t want to be trading. The very large and obvious Pin Bars can be very powerful and high probability trading signals when they are traded from the correct areas in the market. These types of signals can be high probability signals for price action traders.

 

A Pin Bar must have:

–  Open and close within previous bar

–  Candle wick minimum 3 times the length of the candle body

–  Long nose protruding from all other bars (must stick out from all other candles)

 

Bearish Pin Bar Example

Picture

Pin Bars can be traded in all sorts of markets. Pin Bar formations are reversal signals. Often you will find Pin Bars are the signals that are produced when an existing trend is changed.

 

Bullish Pin Bar Changes the Trend

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Bullish Pin Bars at Support
Bullish Pin Bars

Bearish Pin Bar at Key Resistance

Bearish resistance false break

 

Bullish Pin Bar Making False Break of Support

False break pin bar

 

 

Traders will be able to spot this very easily identifiable Price Action formation all over their charts. Just because a Pin Bar has been produced in the markets does not mean that it is a tradeable setup.

 

Traders also need to learn:

–         Where to trade Pin Bars from in the market

–         How to manage the stops on Pin Bars

–         What are the best Pin Bar to trade

–         How to enter Pin Bars

–         How to manage the trade that allows as minimum risk as possible

–         When to take profit

–         When not to take a Pin Bar setup

–         The best type of market to trade Pin Bars

 

All this information and more can be found inside the Members Only Advanced Price Action Course. 

Inside the members course you will be taught advanced techniques not covered on the public site such as continuation and break-out trading plus a heap more.

You can also read about how these setups should be played in live time in our markets trade setups & commentary, that we release each day after each New York close. You can find that here: Forex trade Setups & Market Commentary

I hope you enjoyed this article and look forward to talking to you soon in the member’s forum. Comments on all articles are always welcome.

 

Safe trading and all the success,

Johnathon Fox

 

 Related Forex Trading Articles & Videos

– Where Traders Go Wrong With The Pin Bar

– Pin Bar Trading From Key Areas *Video*

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Johnathon is a Forex and Futures trader with over ten years trading experience who also acts as a mentor and coach to thousands and has written for some of the biggest finance and trading sites in the world.

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Comments

  1. Sandi Rosenau says

    03/06/2019 at 3:28 PM

    Johnathon, thank you so much for all your knowledge. I think you have provided such valuable information. You are truly an epidemy of a very knowledgeable coach. Maybe others have the knowledge, but they don’t really teach it or don’t think it’s important enough to express these things for new traders. I had left a questions in my last comment and as I keep reading, you have answered so many of my questions. Thank you for all your teaching and knowledge you have given us. I am very appreciated.

    Reply
    • Johnathon Fox says

      03/06/2019 at 3:45 PM

      Hi Sandi,

      just replied to your other comment.

      Let me know if need anything else.
      Johnathon

      Reply
  2. [email protected] says

    01/30/2019 at 3:13 AM

    hi thanks for all the info, i want to know 1) wich timeframe is better to search pin bars (30m – 1H – 4H, etc), 2) after getting the pin bar how much bars we have to wait to enter a order.

    Thanks

    Reply
    • Johnathon Fox says

      01/30/2019 at 10:58 AM

      Hi Adrian,

      if you like the higher and smaller time frames, then you can hunt both at the same time using major levels.

      I discuss how to do this here; https://www.forexschoolonline.com//ultimate-guide-marking-support-resistance-price-action-charts/

      You can also read about entry here; https://www.forexschoolonline.com//are-your-entries-blowing-up-your-trading-account-high-probability-price-action-entries/

      Safe trading,
      Johnathon

      Reply
  3. Samuel says

    05/04/2018 at 9:19 PM

    Hi Johnathon,

    I have one doubt about the without body pin bar. In your article, you say that the candle wick must be minimum 3 times the length of the candle body.
    What happens if the Pin Bar does not have the body, it is 0 length, but the wick is only 2 times?
    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Samuel says

      05/04/2018 at 9:21 PM

      Is this a good Pin Bar then?

      Reply
    • Johnathon Fox says

      05/10/2018 at 12:17 PM

      Hi Samuel,

      if a pin bar does not meet your rules – or your min requirements, then you don’t trade it and move on.

      Safe trading.

      Reply
  4. Kanya says

    05/10/2016 at 5:48 AM

    Powerful .Thanks Johnathon

    Reply
  5. marians says

    04/22/2016 at 10:02 PM

    …amazing!! thx

    Reply
  6. Johnathon Fox says

    01/07/2016 at 3:14 AM

    Heya Robbie,

    check it out here; https://www.forexschoolonline.com//johnathonfox/

    if you need anything else please let me know,

    Johnathon

    Reply
  7. Robbie says

    01/05/2016 at 7:36 AM

    Hi John,
    May I have your biography,please? I would like to know how did you attain this level of expertise.
    Please email me the link.

    Reply
  8. Cucu pok leh says

    10/05/2014 at 12:12 PM

    great

    Reply
  9. Nima says

    05/05/2014 at 5:32 AM

    sorry guys,i was talking about pin bar @ support.

    Reply
  10. Himal Thapa says

    02/22/2014 at 9:16 AM

    really nice

    Reply
  11. Art Mapstead says

    11/11/2012 at 2:47 PM

    Great place to learn how to trade the Pin Bar. Thanks for your help.

    Reply
  12. Jeetu Ray says

    11/11/2012 at 4:19 AM

    GREAT

    Reply
  13. Raees Ad says

    10/26/2012 at 6:04 PM

    really great strategy.

    Reply

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