A wick through a level is not automatically a breakout
The source repeatedly distinguishes a quick probe beyond a level from a genuine break. A single candle below support followed by an immediate recovery is treated differently from price moving through the level with a sustained sequence in the breakout direction.
Breakout confirmation belongs to the level's timeframe
If a level was built on the daily chart, the lesson evaluates its break on the daily chart. A lower-timeframe excursion does not by itself invalidate a higher-timeframe level.
Look for directional follow-through
The source describes a genuine break as a cycle or sequence of candles progressing through the level rather than a one-candle spike. It also uses candle bodies — not only wicks — when evaluating structural overlap later in the lesson.
Separate three states
Why this distinction matters for bots
Without explicit breakout states, an automated system can repeatedly flip its bias on every intrabar excursion. Treating touches, probes and confirmed breaks as different events produces more stable strategy logic.
Do not over-generalize the candle count
The source emphasizes several candles moving in one direction as the visual signature of a real break, but it does not provide one universal numeric candle count. In code, that threshold must therefore be a strategy parameter or be defined through a stronger structural condition.