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Inside bar on EUR/GBP

On EUR/GBP the inside bar showed up 1,265 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 44% of the time, broke down 53% and stayed inside 3%.

Counted on EUR/GBP: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily17648%51%2%
Hourly1,08944%53%3%

EUR/GBP against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
EUR/GBP1,26544%53%3%
All Forex charts14,47149%49%2%
Every market274,73650%48%2%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
20162462%38%
20172357%39%
20181839%61%
20191650%44%
20202245%50%
20212635%65%
20221741%59%
20232446%54%
20248648%51%
202555743%53%
202645244%54%

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.

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Other patterns on EUR/GBP

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The inside bar elsewhere

GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · NZD/USD · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · GBP/INR · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the inside bar work on EUR/GBP?

In 1,265 cases on EUR/GBP, price broke up 44% of the time, broke down 53% and stayed inside 3% within 12 candles.

What is the inside bar?

A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.