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Inside bar on HDFC Life
On HDFC Life the inside bar showed up 561 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 52% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on HDFC Life: daily candles from November 2017 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 142 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Hourly | 419 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
HDFC Life against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Life | 561 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 44,421 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 23 | 57% | 39% |
| 2020 | 19 | 68% | 32% |
| 2021 | 25 | 56% | 44% |
| 2022 | 17 | 41% | 59% |
| 2023 | 21 | 52% | 48% |
| 2024 | 26 | 38% | 62% |
| 2025 | 283 | 52% | 47% |
| 2026 | 145 | 50% | 49% |
The last 8 times
- 5 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 3 candles
- 30 Jul 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 28 Jul 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 28 Jul 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 27 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 20 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 7 candles
- 17 Jul 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 9 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 HDFC Life
Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Sensex · Nifty 50 · Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on HDFC Life?
In 561 cases on HDFC Life, price broke up 52% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.