Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on IRCTC
On IRCTC the inside bar showed up 590 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on IRCTC: daily candles from October 2019 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 122 | 55% | 43% | 2% |
| Hourly | 468 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
IRCTC against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRCTC | 590 | 54% | 45% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 0% | 60% |
| 2021 | 32 | 53% | 44% |
| 2022 | 27 | 59% | 41% |
| 2023 | 21 | 57% | 43% |
| 2024 | 20 | 60% | 40% |
| 2025 | 253 | 57% | 43% |
| 2026 | 232 | 52% | 48% |
The last 8 times
- 12 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 4 candles
- 9 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 8 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 6 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 6 candles
- 1 Oct 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 1 Oct 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 1 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 30 Sep 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke down 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 IRCTC
Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bullish cross · RSI oversold bounce · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · Volume profile bounce · 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 IRCTC?
In 590 cases on IRCTC, price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.