Once or twice a day you will have an "outside" bar. This unusual bar extends beyond the ends of the prior bar. It also casts a shadow into the future. It is possible that several of the following bars will be found in the shadow that has been cast. This represents a lateral microchannel where price consolidates. While you are not making money during this period of hold, you are witnessing the extermination of the market impact of the bars and formations that occurred prior to the outside bar. At this time you mentally close the door on all of the incidents that have happened prior to the outside bar.