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Inside bar on NZD/USD

On NZD/USD the inside bar showed up 1,242 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 48% of the time, broke down 51% and stayed inside 1%.

Counted on NZD/USD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily18552%48%0%
Hourly1,05747%52%1%

NZD/USD against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
NZD/USD1,24248%51%1%
All Forex charts14,47149%49%2%
Every market274,73650%48%2%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
20161958%42%
20172763%37%
2018838%62%
20191839%61%
20201968%32%
20212544%56%
20223456%44%
20231547%53%
202410046%52%
202547549%49%
202650244%55%

The last 8 times

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.

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Other patterns on NZD/USD

Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI oversold bounce · RSI overbought drop · all of them

The inside bar elsewhere

GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · GBP/INR · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the inside bar work on NZD/USD?

In 1,242 cases on NZD/USD, price broke up 48% of the time, broke down 51% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.

What is the inside bar?

A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.