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Inside bar on Bank Nifty
On Bank Nifty the inside bar showed up 548 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on Bank Nifty: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 89 | 51% | 49% | 0% |
| Hourly | 459 | 54% | 45% | 1% |
Bank Nifty against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Nifty | 548 | 54% | 46% | 1% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 44,421 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| 2018 | 7 | 29% | 71% |
| 2019 | 10 | 50% | 50% |
| 2020 | 16 | 38% | 62% |
| 2021 | 12 | 33% | 67% |
| 2022 | 10 | 40% | 60% |
| 2023 | 5 | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 | 15 | 47% | 53% |
| 2025 | 256 | 57% | 42% |
| 2026 | 210 | 51% | 48% |
The last 8 times
- 9 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 8 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 7 Oct 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 7 Oct 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 6 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 6 candles
- 5 Oct 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.
What the inside bar is
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.
Think of a small box that fits inside a bigger box. An inside bar is a candle whose whole range, wicks and all, fits inside the candle before it. Price is resting in a smaller space, like a spring being squeezed.
The full inside bar lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Bank Nifty
Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Gap up · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Sensex · Nifty 50 · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Bank Nifty?
In 548 cases on Bank Nifty, price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.