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Inside bar on Bank of America

On Bank of America the inside bar showed up 642 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1%.

Counted on Bank of America: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily23453%47%0%
Hourly40854%45%1%

Bank of America against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Bank of America64254%46%1%
All US stock market charts18,99554%46%0%
Every market274,73650%48%2%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
20161947%53%
20172157%43%
20182966%34%
20191759%41%
20202055%45%
20212055%45%
20221753%47%
20232245%55%
20245046%54%
202521057%42%
202621751%48%

The last 8 times

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 of America

Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Gap up · Gap down · Doji · MACD bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them

The inside bar elsewhere

Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the inside bar work on Bank of America?

In 642 cases on Bank of America, 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.