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# Three-bar play
- URL: https://www.propfirmduel.com/strategies/three-bar-play/
- Published: 2026-10-07T22:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T22:02:00.000Z
- Description: A wide ignition candle shows strong buyers (or sellers). One or two small candles pause near its top without giving much back. A close above the ignition high says the move is continuing.
- Author: Prop Firm Duel
- Tags: Breakout strategies, #strategy, #school-breakout, #level-intermediate, #Import 2026-10-07 22:49

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Example drawing, not live market data.

1Where's the level?

The high of the ignition candle (the low for shorts).

2What's the trigger?

After one or two small pause candles that stay in the top half of the ignition candle, a candle closes above the ignition high.

3Where is it wrong?

Below the low of the pause candles.

4Where does it end?

2 times the risk.

Markets

Futures, Stocks, Forex, Crypto

Timeframes

1m to 15m

Sessions

Opening hour

Also called

Ignition bar pattern, 3 bar play

## What it means

A wide ignition candle shows strong buyers (or sellers). One or two small candles pause near its top without giving much back. A close above the ignition high says the move is continuing.

## How it is confirmed without repainting

The ignition and pause candles are all closed before the trigger, and their highs and lows are fixed.

## When it fails

The pause gives back more than half of the ignition candle. That is no longer a pause, it is a reversal.