HDFC Bank vs ICICI Bank

We counted the same 19 buy and sell setups on both. Taken together, the target came first 38% of the time on HDFC Bank and 35% on ICICI Bank. Pattern by pattern, HDFC Bank did better in 10 and ICICI Bank in 8.

An average day's range (high to low) over the last 250 daily candles: HDFC Bank 1.71%, ICICI Bank 1.63%. The two move by a similar amount in a normal day.

Target first, pattern by pattern

Pattern	HDFC Bank	ICICI Bank
Stochastic bearish cross	38% of 246	34% of 273
Stochastic bullish cross	37% of 218	42% of 224
Gap down	36% of 135	32% of 128
MACD bearish cross	33% of 132	39% of 129
Volume profile rejection	35% of 126	25% of 123
Gap up	38% of 120	29% of 124
Volume profile bounce	36% of 117	35% of 121
MACD bullish cross	38% of 112	40% of 121
EMA 9/21 bearish cross	38% of 111	29% of 119
EMA 9/21 bullish cross	41% of 111	37% of 118
RSI overbought drop	39% of 85	41% of 92
RSI oversold bounce	36% of 58	39% of 70
Fibonacci bounce up	54% of 35	15% of 41
Fibonacci bounce down	52% of 25	22% of 41
Bullish engulfing	48% of 29	48% of 33
Bullish marubozu	36% of 36	48% of 23
Bearish engulfing	31% of 29	54% of 28
Bollinger breakout up	41% of 27	30% of 20
Bearish harami	29% of 21	38% of 21

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.

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Questions

Which is better for patterns, HDFC Bank or ICICI Bank?

In our count the target came first 38% of the time on HDFC Bank and 35% on ICICI Bank, across the same 19 setups. Neither is reliable on its own: most setups hit the stop first on both. Past data, not a forecast.

Which moves more in a day, HDFC Bank or ICICI Bank?

Over the last 250 daily candles the average day's range was 1.71% for HDFC Bank and 1.63% for ICICI Bank.