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Inside bar on S&P 500
On S&P 500 the inside bar showed up 466 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on S&P 500: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 196 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
| Hourly | 270 | 56% | 44% | 0% |
S&P 500 against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | 466 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 18,995 | 54% | 46% | 0% |
| Every market | 274,736 | 50% | 48% | 2% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 23 | 43% | 57% |
| 2017 | 35 | 63% | 37% |
| 2018 | 20 | 55% | 45% |
| 2019 | 15 | 60% | 40% |
| 2020 | 13 | 54% | 46% |
| 2021 | 16 | 38% | 62% |
| 2022 | 13 | 62% | 38% |
| 2023 | 19 | 53% | 47% |
| 2024 | 35 | 57% | 43% |
| 2025 | 141 | 59% | 41% |
| 2026 | 136 | 51% | 48% |
The last 8 times
- 23 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 18 Sep 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 18 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 17 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 6 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 14 Sep 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 5 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 6 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 S&P 500
Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · Spinning top · Gap down · RSI overbought drop · Doji · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The inside bar elsewhere
Dow Jones · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the inside bar work on S&P 500?
In 466 cases on S&P 500, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 45% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.