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Spinning top on Amazon

On Amazon the spinning top showed up 181 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 46% of the time, broke down 54% and stayed inside 0%.

Counted on Amazon: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily7637%63%0%
Hourly10553%47%0%

Amazon against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Amazon18146%54%0%
All US stock market charts5,80352%47%1%
Every market88,07749%49%3%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
2016540%60%
20171145%55%
2018425%75%
2019367%33%
2020540%60%
2021520%80%
2022729%71%
2023922%78%
20241650%50%
20257451%49%
20264250%50%

The last 8 times

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 spinning top is

Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.

A spinning top toy whirls fast but stays in one spot. This candle is the same: price ran up and down a lot, but it ended close to where it began. Buyers and sellers were both busy, and neither took charge.

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Other patterns on Amazon

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Doji · Gap up · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them

The spinning top elsewhere

Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the spinning top work on Amazon?

In 181 cases on Amazon, price broke up 46% of the time, broke down 54% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.

What is the spinning top?

Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.