inside bar

A candle whose whole range fits inside the candle before it, like a small box inside a bigger box.

The fuller meaning

A candle whose high and low both lie within the previous candle's range, the mother bar. It shows the market coiling; traders use the mother bar's high and low as a breakout box, but the first break is often false.

inside bar.

Related words

bearish · bearish engulfing · bearish harami · bearish marubozu · body · bullish · bullish engulfing · bullish harami · bullish marubozu · candlestick