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Alibaba chart patterns
We ran 60 candlestick patterns, chart patterns and indicator signals over Alibaba (daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024) and counted 3,967 cases. Here is how often each one reached its target before its stop.
Best on Alibaba: volume profile bounce (59% of 87), atr expansion up (58% of 24), obv bearish divergence (57% of 21). Weakest: bullish marubozu (26% of 27), fibonacci bounce down (28% of 64), bollinger breakout up (29% of 31). Most patterns hit the stop more often than the target: that is why the app teaches context and risk, not single signals.
Buy and sell setups, ranked
| Pattern | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volume profile bounce | 87 | 59% | 38% | 3% |
| ATR expansion up | 24 | 58% | 33% | 8% |
| OBV bearish divergence | 21 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| EMA 9/21 bearish cross | 106 | 53% | 44% | 3% |
| Bollinger breakout down | 25 | 52% | 40% | 8% |
| Fibonacci bounce up | 79 | 46% | 51% | 4% |
| Bearish marubozu | 33 | 45% | 55% | 0% |
| Volume profile rejection | 103 | 45% | 53% | 2% |
| Bearish harami | 34 | 44% | 53% | 3% |
| Bullish engulfing | 35 | 43% | 57% | 0% |
| Hanging man | 26 | 42% | 58% | 0% |
| Gap down | 320 | 42% | 53% | 4% |
| EMA 9/21 bullish cross | 108 | 42% | 57% | 1% |
| Bullish harami | 32 | 41% | 59% | 0% |
| Stochastic bullish cross | 284 | 40% | 57% | 2% |
| Gap up | 332 | 40% | 57% | 3% |
| Stochastic bearish cross | 282 | 40% | 57% | 4% |
| Bearish engulfing | 39 | 38% | 59% | 3% |
| MACD bearish cross | 141 | 38% | 57% | 4% |
| RSI oversold bounce | 102 | 38% | 60% | 2% |
| Tweezer top | 31 | 35% | 61% | 3% |
| OBV bullish divergence | 20 | 35% | 65% | 0% |
| RSI overbought drop | 116 | 34% | 61% | 5% |
| MACD bullish cross | 149 | 34% | 62% | 4% |
| Hammer | 30 | 33% | 63% | 3% |
| Tweezer bottom | 24 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| Shooting star | 32 | 31% | 69% | 0% |
| Inverted hammer | 29 | 31% | 62% | 7% |
| Bollinger breakout up | 31 | 29% | 65% | 6% |
| Fibonacci bounce down | 64 | 28% | 69% | 3% |
| Bullish marubozu | 27 | 26% | 63% | 11% |
Neutral patterns
| Pattern | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doji | 141 | 50% | 49% | 1% |
| Inside bar | 663 | 49% | 50% | 0% |
| Spinning top | 223 | 48% | 52% | 0% |
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.
Learn to read Alibaba charts
- United States: stocks, ETFs and extended hoursUS stocks trade mainly from 9:30 to 4:00 New York time, with thinner trading before and after.
- What one candle tells youEvery candle shows four prices: where it started, its highest, its lowest and where it finished.
- Bodies and wicks: the tug of warA big body means one side won; a long wick means a push that got pushed back.
- The hammerA hammer after a fall shows sellers pushed hard but buyers pushed the price back up.
- Rule one: stay in the gameLose half your money and you must double what is left just to get back to the start.
- The stop-loss: decide your exit firstA stop-loss is the price where your idea is wrong, and you choose it before you enter.
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Questions
Which pattern worked best on Alibaba?
In our count the volume profile bounce reached its target first most often on Alibaba: 59% of 87 cases. No pattern works every time; past odds are not a forecast.
Which candlestick pattern works best on Alibaba?
The bearish marubozu: target first 45% of 33 times on Alibaba.
How were these numbers counted?
Every case enters at the signal candle's close with a target 1.5 × ATR(14) away and a stop 1 × ATR(14) away, and gets 12 candles to reach one of them. Only clean stretches of real sessions are used.