Commodities · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on Gold
On Gold the inside bar showed up 555 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 53% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on Gold futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 247 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Hourly | 308 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Gold against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 555 | 53% | 46% | 1% |
| 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 | 32 | 59% | 41% |
| 2017 | 22 | 55% | 45% |
| 2018 | 22 | 59% | 41% |
| 2019 | 20 | 50% | 50% |
| 2020 | 21 | 57% | 38% |
| 2021 | 30 | 47% | 53% |
| 2022 | 28 | 46% | 54% |
| 2023 | 26 | 62% | 38% |
| 2024 | 148 | 58% | 42% |
| 2025 | 188 | 51% | 46% |
| 2026 | 18 | 28% | 72% |
The last 8 times
- 14 Sep 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 10:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 8 Sep 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 4 candles
- 14 Jun 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 26 May 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 18 May 2026, 01:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 17 May 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 23 Mar 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 3 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 Gold
Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Doji · RSI overbought drop · Volume profile bounce · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Silver · Crude oil · 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 Gold?
In 555 cases on Gold, price broke up 53% 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.