Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on Sensex
On Sensex the inside bar showed up 587 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 53% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on Sensex: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 140 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Hourly | 447 | 52% | 48% | 0% |
Sensex against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sensex | 587 | 53% | 47% | 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 | 10 | 40% | 60% |
| 2017 | 15 | 60% | 40% |
| 2018 | 8 | 75% | 25% |
| 2019 | 20 | 50% | 50% |
| 2020 | 22 | 64% | 36% |
| 2021 | 18 | 72% | 28% |
| 2022 | 8 | 62% | 38% |
| 2023 | 7 | 29% | 71% |
| 2024 | 23 | 52% | 48% |
| 2025 | 278 | 54% | 45% |
| 2026 | 178 | 48% | 52% |
The last 8 times
- 5 Oct 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 1 Oct 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 30 Sep 2026, 15:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 17 Sep 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 11 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 16 Sep 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 5 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 9 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 Sensex
Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap up · Spinning top · Gap down · Doji · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Nifty 50 · 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 Sensex?
In 587 cases on Sensex, price broke up 53% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.