Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on ONGC
On ONGC the inside bar showed up 676 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 53% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on ONGC: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 252 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| Hourly | 424 | 53% | 46% | 1% |
ONGC against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONGC | 676 | 53% | 46% | 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 | 20 | 65% | 35% |
| 2017 | 26 | 46% | 54% |
| 2018 | 29 | 48% | 52% |
| 2019 | 28 | 50% | 46% |
| 2020 | 19 | 68% | 32% |
| 2021 | 37 | 62% | 38% |
| 2022 | 35 | 51% | 49% |
| 2023 | 24 | 62% | 38% |
| 2024 | 20 | 30% | 70% |
| 2025 | 261 | 55% | 44% |
| 2026 | 177 | 50% | 48% |
The last 8 times
- 18 Sep 2026 · daily · broke up after 3 candles
- 15 Sep 2026 · daily · broke up after 7 candles
- 21 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 17 Aug 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 17 Aug 2026 · daily · broke up after 2 candles
- 30 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 29 Jul 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:15 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 ONGC
Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Volume profile rejection · Doji · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · Gap up · 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 ONGC?
In 676 cases on ONGC, price broke up 53% 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.