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Inside bar on Microsoft
On Microsoft the inside bar showed up 656 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on Microsoft: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 245 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Hourly | 411 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 656 | 54% | 46% | 1% |
| 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 | 17 | 41% | 59% |
| 2017 | 33 | 64% | 36% |
| 2018 | 22 | 59% | 41% |
| 2019 | 20 | 65% | 35% |
| 2020 | 14 | 50% | 50% |
| 2021 | 27 | 63% | 37% |
| 2022 | 14 | 64% | 36% |
| 2023 | 27 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 61 | 59% | 41% |
| 2025 | 224 | 54% | 45% |
| 2026 | 197 | 46% | 53% |
The last 8 times
- 23 Sep 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 5 candles
- 23 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 6 candles
- 21 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 17 Sep 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 5 candles
- 17 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 6 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 16 Sep 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 4 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 Microsoft
Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · Volume profile bounce · Doji · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Microsoft?
In 656 cases on Microsoft, price broke up 54% 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.