Nifty 50 vs Bank Nifty

We counted the same 17 buy and sell setups on both. Taken together, the target came first 40% of the time on Nifty 50 and 37% on Bank Nifty. Pattern by pattern, Nifty 50 did better in 10 and Bank Nifty in 7.

An average day's range (high to low) over the last 250 daily candles: Nifty 50 0.92%, Bank Nifty 1.16%. Bank Nifty moves about 1.3 times as much in a normal day, so a stop set by ATR sits further from the entry.

Target first, pattern by pattern

Pattern	Nifty 50	Bank Nifty
Stochastic bearish cross	38% of 261	36% of 243
Stochastic bullish cross	42% of 200	40% of 191
Gap up	43% of 173	32% of 129
Gap down	34% of 130	36% of 127
MACD bearish cross	41% of 104	37% of 115
MACD bullish cross	38% of 98	41% of 99
EMA 9/21 bearish cross	41% of 91	45% of 93
EMA 9/21 bullish cross	44% of 90	39% of 94
RSI overbought drop	31% of 95	30% of 73
RSI oversold bounce	45% of 67	36% of 69
Fibonacci bounce down	39% of 51	18% of 51
Bullish engulfing	50% of 32	54% of 26
Bearish engulfing	34% of 32	35% of 26
Bearish marubozu	50% of 36	27% of 22
Bullish harami	25% of 32	35% of 23
Bullish marubozu	42% of 26	41% of 27
Tweezer bottom	43% of 21	62% 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.

Every pattern on Nifty 50 › Every pattern on Bank Nifty ›

Questions

Which is better for patterns, Nifty 50 or Bank Nifty?

In our count the target came first 40% of the time on Nifty 50 and 37% on Bank Nifty, across the same 17 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, Nifty 50 or Bank Nifty?

Over the last 250 daily candles the average day's range was 0.92% for Nifty 50 and 1.16% for Bank Nifty.