More than a basic candlestick pattern, this indicator highlights price consolidation and breakout structure with precision and clarity.
What does Inside Bar Pro do?
Inside Bar Pro is a NinjaTrader candlestick indicator designed to detect inside bar structures and highlight key price consolidation zones within a mother bar’s range.
Inside bars are one of the most widely used price action patterns among professional traders. This indicator enhances the classic concept by clearly defining the consolidation region and visualizing critical retracement levels that help traders anticipate breakouts and market shifts.
How can this NinjaTrader inside bar indicator improve your trading performance?
Below are the key ways this indicator helps price action traders read the market more effectively:
- Identify sideways price consolidation inside a mother bar
- Spot high-probability breakout zones with clear structure
- Visualize how price reacts within the range before expansion
- Improve timing for trend continuation and reversal setups
- Refine multi-timeframe analysis around consolidation zones
Key features
The following key features show why the NinjaTrader Inside Bar Pro indicator is a powerful tool for traders who focus on price action and breakout trading:
Inside bar detection with flexible definitions
Strict mode enabled – traditional definition
- Inside bars are identified by comparing the high and low of the current bar to the high and low of the mother bar
Strict mode disabled – flexible definition
- Inside bars are identified by comparing the open and close of the current bar to the high and low of the mother bar
This flexibility allows traders to adapt inside bar detection to different instruments and market conditions.
Range visualization with key retracement levels
- Automatically draws:
- Range high
- Range low
- Range center
- Upper mid
- Lower mid
- Mid levels are calculated using a user-defined mid percentage
- Helps traders visualize how price behaves inside the consolidation range
Practical real-world trading applications
- In trending markets, inside bars can signal continuation when price breaks out in the trend direction
- At support and resistance zones, inside bars followed by a breakout against the prevailing trend may signal a potential reversal
- On higher timeframes, inside bars help define consolidation before traders zoom into lower timeframes for execution
Mother bar size filtering
- Filter valid mother bars based on size
- Define minimum size requirements such as:
- 0.5 ninZaATR
- 10 ticks
- Avoid low-quality setups caused by insignificant consolidation ranges
ninZaATR integration
- Uses ninZaATR instead of standard ATR for better intraday performance
- Improves consistency across different market conditions
- ninZaATR is a standalone FREE indicator available for ninZaFamily users
Important usage notes
- This indicator does NOT work on the following chart types:
- Range
- ninZaRenko
- KingRenko$
- Similar Renko-based intervals
Special offer
When you purchase this indicator, you will receive 2 FREE alert sounds that read “inside bar” in both male and female voices.
These sounds can be used for audio alerts to help you stay aware of new inside bar formations in real time.
What’s included with your Inside Bar Pro indicator
Your Inside Bar Pro indicator comes with the following benefits:
- Inside Bar Pro lifetime license
- Free upgrades
- Lifetime support from our friendly team
- 45-day exchange policy
Inside bars provide a simple yet powerful way to read market compression and expansion. With clear range visualization, flexible detection logic, and advanced filtering, this indicator helps traders turn a classic price action pattern into a structured and repeatable trading approach.