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Inside bar on Crude oil
On Crude oil the inside bar showed up 404 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 3%.
Counted on Crude oil futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 197 | 51% | 48% | 1% |
| Hourly | 207 | 47% | 48% | 5% |
Crude oil against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil | 404 | 49% | 48% | 3% |
| All Commodities charts | 1,818 | 52% | 46% | 2% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17 | 35% | 65% |
| 2017 | 27 | 52% | 48% |
| 2018 | 24 | 46% | 54% |
| 2019 | 24 | 62% | 38% |
| 2020 | 20 | 65% | 30% |
| 2021 | 21 | 48% | 48% |
| 2022 | 15 | 53% | 47% |
| 2023 | 11 | 64% | 36% |
| 2024 | 103 | 47% | 49% |
| 2025 | 131 | 49% | 47% |
| 2026 | 11 | 18% | 82% |
The last 8 times
- 14 Sep 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 14 Sep 2026, 14:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 14 Sep 2026, 13:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 13 Sep 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 8 Sep 2026, 01:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 30 Jun 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 14 Jun 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 20 Apr 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 11 candles
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 Crude oil
Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Volume profile bounce · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Gold · Silver · Copper · Natural gas · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Crude oil?
In 404 cases on Crude oil, price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 3% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.