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Inside bar on SoftBank
On SoftBank the inside bar showed up 648 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on SoftBank Group: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 213 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| Hourly | 435 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
SoftBank against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoftBank | 648 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
| All Japanese stock market charts | 2,457 | 53% | 47% | 0% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18 | 56% | 44% |
| 2017 | 15 | 47% | 53% |
| 2018 | 23 | 52% | 48% |
| 2019 | 15 | 73% | 27% |
| 2020 | 29 | 59% | 41% |
| 2021 | 18 | 28% | 72% |
| 2022 | 17 | 71% | 29% |
| 2023 | 23 | 57% | 43% |
| 2024 | 37 | 57% | 43% |
| 2025 | 304 | 58% | 42% |
| 2026 | 149 | 46% | 54% |
The last 8 times
- 16 Sep 2026, 14:00 JST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 15 Sep 2026, 14:00 JST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 13:00 JST · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 11:00 JST · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 11 Sep 2026, 10:00 JST · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 JST · hourly · broke down after 5 candles
- 9 Sep 2026, 11:00 JST · hourly · broke down after 4 candles
- 9 Sep 2026, 10:00 JST · hourly · broke down after 5 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 SoftBank
Gap up · Gap down · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Doji · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Nikkei 225 · Sony · Toyota · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on SoftBank?
In 648 cases on SoftBank, price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.