Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on NTPC
On NTPC the inside bar showed up 642 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 50% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on NTPC: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 246 | 48% | 51% | 1% |
| Hourly | 396 | 50% | 49% | 1% |
NTPC against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTPC | 642 | 49% | 50% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 27 | 52% | 48% |
| 2017 | 28 | 50% | 50% |
| 2018 | 34 | 38% | 59% |
| 2019 | 19 | 58% | 37% |
| 2020 | 23 | 57% | 43% |
| 2021 | 32 | 47% | 53% |
| 2022 | 22 | 45% | 55% |
| 2023 | 19 | 63% | 37% |
| 2024 | 28 | 21% | 79% |
| 2025 | 250 | 51% | 48% |
| 2026 | 160 | 50% | 49% |
The last 8 times
- 16 Sep 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 10 Sep 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 1 Sep 2026 · daily · broke down after 1 candle
- 28 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 1 candle
- 24 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 14 Aug 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 13 Aug 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 12 Aug 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
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 NTPC
Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · MACD 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 NTPC?
In 642 cases on NTPC, price broke up 49% of the time, broke down 50% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.