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Everyone has their own trading style, risk tolerance, etc. The idea behind the indicators is to provide some options for entry and exit.
One trader might enter immediately after a reversal bar and ride the string out until the trend reverses. Then repeat. In essence no indicators are needed for this trading style.
The next trader might wait to enter a trade only after certain conditions are met, a trend confirmation for example.
Bar Style
When using this style of bar most indicators see each up bar the same and each down bar the same. The high and low are 20 ticks apart. Nothing in particular stands out from one bar to the next except for reversal bars. The good news for traders is we don't have to see how the sausage is being made behind the scenes. The bad news is it can be tricky selecting entry and exit points when all bars look the same to most indicators.
Every bar style has it's pro's and con's and IMO exits are particularly difficult with this bar style. You give back the gains on the previous 10 bars once the market turns against you. So here again the idea behind the indicators is to provide some options for entry and exit.
