The Bar Direction solver gives a favorable output value when the bar has closed up when evaluating the Long side and closed down when evaluating the Short side. Bars must be at least as large as the Minimum Bar Size in range before being counted.

This demonstrates the basic function of the Bar Direction solver by outputting a value in the direction of the bar.

• Add the Bar Direction Solver, and use the default setting

As is seen in the chart, an output of 1 indicates price moved higher, and an output of -1 indicates price moved lower.

In this example we want to detect strong price movement with a certain maximum amount of volume or less. Normally traders are looking for strong price moves with high volume to note conviction behind the move. However, this example is looking for a strong price move with a fixed amount of volume, which could denote lack of conviction or a “fake-out”. The chart uses a Volume bar which limits the volume per bar, so only the price movement needs to be analyzed. The price movement wanted is a least 5 ticks per bar for 3 bars in a row.

• Add the Bar Direction Solver
• Set the Minimum Bar Size to 5 Ticks
• Set Mode to “All or Nothing”
• Set Number Bars to 3

As can be seen in this example, a “fake-out” did not occur, but price did rest a while after those detected moves before continuing.

Now let’s apply the same test to a 200 Tick chart that we started out with in example 1.

• Change the charts Data Series to 200 Tick
• Open the BH template from the Indicator panel
• Click the Chart button to add a secondary data series
• change the 1 Min chart to a 1500 Volume chart
• Add a Bar Direction Solver after the 1500 Volume chart
• Set the Minimum Bar Size to 5 Ticks
• Set Mode to “All or Nothing”
• Set Number Bars to 3

When you compare the Tick chart below with the Volume chart above, you can see the “signals” line up.