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Inside bar on Invesco QQQ ETF
On Invesco QQQ ETF the inside bar showed up 541 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 44% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on Invesco QQQ ETF: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 207 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Hourly | 334 | 54% | 45% | 1% |
Invesco QQQ ETF against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Invesco QQQ ETF | 541 | 55% | 44% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 18,995 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19 | 58% | 42% |
| 2017 | 25 | 68% | 32% |
| 2018 | 22 | 50% | 50% |
| 2019 | 17 | 65% | 35% |
| 2020 | 17 | 71% | 29% |
| 2021 | 14 | 64% | 36% |
| 2022 | 14 | 36% | 64% |
| 2023 | 21 | 57% | 43% |
| 2024 | 41 | 49% | 51% |
| 2025 | 186 | 53% | 46% |
| 2026 | 165 | 56% | 44% |
The last 8 times
- 9 Oct 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 6 candles
- 8 Oct 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 8 Oct 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 8 Oct 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 4 candles
- 2 Oct 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 5 candles
- 1 Oct 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 2 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 Invesco QQQ ETF
Stochastic bearish cross · Gap up · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · Doji · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Invesco QQQ ETF?
In 541 cases on Invesco QQQ ETF, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 44% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.