DE Donchian Breakout: Exclude the Test Candle
Summary
Hollow Point Trading shares a historical Deere IEX example using five-minute bars from October 8, 2026, to explain a Donchian breakout test. The threshold is based on the highest high of the 20 completed bars before the highlighted candle, keeping the candle being tested from moving its own breakout level.
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DE Donchian breakout: exclude the test candle from the threshold #S...
A breakout test needs a threshold that does not move with the candle being tested. This historical Deere IEX example uses five minute bars from October eighth, twenty twenty six. The highest high of the twenty completed bars before the highlighted candle is six forty six point three five five. The highlighted candle closes at six forty eight poi...
