Market Structure Labels vs Inside/Outside Bar Alerts

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Key terms for this guide

These glossary pages cover the ideas and platform language most closely tied to this workflow.

Structure labels organize the swing map

A market structure tool helps traders understand sequence: higher highs, lower highs, higher lows, and lower lows. That makes it more about context than about a single trigger bar.

Inside and outside bar markers stay local

Bar-pattern markers are more immediate and narrower. They point out compression or expansion on a specific bar without trying to define the broader swing sequence.

Use structure for context, patterns for timing

These tools often work best together because they answer different questions. One helps define the map. The other helps mark specific events happening inside it.