Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Inside bar on TCS
On TCS the inside bar showed up 662 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on Tata Consultancy Services: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 209 | 48% | 51% | 0% |
| Hourly | 453 | 53% | 47% | 0% |
TCS against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCS | 662 | 51% | 48% | 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 | 24 | 54% | 46% |
| 2017 | 29 | 38% | 62% |
| 2018 | 25 | 52% | 48% |
| 2019 | 17 | 53% | 47% |
| 2020 | 15 | 47% | 53% |
| 2021 | 15 | 67% | 33% |
| 2022 | 20 | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 | 22 | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 | 42 | 43% | 55% |
| 2025 | 285 | 54% | 46% |
| 2026 | 168 | 49% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 1 Sep 2026 · daily · broke down after 4 candles
- 13 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 3 candles
- 4 Aug 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 30 Jul 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 30 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 29 Jul 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 6 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 4 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 TCS
Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · 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 TCS?
In 662 cases on TCS, price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the inside bar?
A candle fully inside the one before. The market is coiling.