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Inside bar on Nifty 50
On Nifty 50 the inside bar showed up 537 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on Nifty 50: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 106 | 61% | 39% | 0% |
| Hourly | 431 | 53% | 47% | 0% |
Nifty 50 against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 537 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2017 | 15 | 73% | 27% |
| 2018 | 8 | 38% | 62% |
| 2019 | 11 | 27% | 73% |
| 2020 | 20 | 70% | 30% |
| 2021 | 15 | 67% | 33% |
| 2022 | 15 | 73% | 27% |
| 2023 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 24 | 50% | 50% |
| 2025 | 254 | 56% | 44% |
| 2026 | 167 | 50% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 17 Sep 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 5 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 6 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 11 Sep 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 9 Sep 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 8 Sep 2026, 12:15 IST · 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 Nifty 50
Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap up · Spinning top · Doji · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Sensex · Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on Nifty 50?
In 537 cases on Nifty 50, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.