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Apple chart patterns
We ran 60 candlestick patterns, chart patterns and indicator signals over Apple (daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024) and counted 3,574 cases. Here is how often each one reached its target before its stop.
Best on Apple: bollinger breakout up (56% of 34), inverted hammer (55% of 22), ema 9/21 bullish cross (52% of 112). Weakest: tweezer top (21% of 29), bearish engulfing (24% of 42), volume profile rejection (24% of 98). 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollinger breakout up | 34 | 56% | 44% | 0% |
| Inverted hammer | 22 | 55% | 45% | 0% |
| EMA 9/21 bullish cross | 112 | 52% | 41% | 7% |
| Fibonacci bounce up | 35 | 51% | 40% | 9% |
| MACD bullish cross | 94 | 50% | 47% | 3% |
| Gap up | 149 | 48% | 48% | 5% |
| Bullish marubozu | 43 | 47% | 49% | 5% |
| Volume profile bounce | 146 | 46% | 52% | 2% |
| Fibonacci bounce down | 42 | 45% | 55% | 0% |
| OBV bearish divergence | 30 | 43% | 53% | 3% |
| Stochastic bullish cross | 229 | 42% | 52% | 6% |
| Bearish marubozu | 25 | 40% | 56% | 4% |
| MACD bearish cross | 154 | 39% | 58% | 3% |
| Shooting star | 26 | 38% | 58% | 4% |
| Bullish engulfing | 38 | 37% | 58% | 5% |
| RSI oversold bounce | 68 | 37% | 57% | 6% |
| EMA 9/21 bearish cross | 110 | 35% | 61% | 4% |
| Hammer | 32 | 34% | 66% | 0% |
| Bearish harami | 44 | 34% | 61% | 5% |
| Tweezer bottom | 24 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| RSI overbought drop | 157 | 31% | 64% | 5% |
| Hanging man | 29 | 31% | 62% | 7% |
| Dark cloud cover | 29 | 31% | 69% | 0% |
| Gap down | 154 | 31% | 66% | 4% |
| Stochastic bearish cross | 374 | 30% | 69% | 1% |
| Bullish harami | 20 | 25% | 65% | 10% |
| Volume profile rejection | 98 | 24% | 76% | 0% |
| Bearish engulfing | 42 | 24% | 76% | 0% |
| Tweezer top | 29 | 21% | 72% | 7% |
Neutral patterns
| Pattern | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inside bar | 626 | 58% | 42% | 0% |
| Spinning top | 196 | 57% | 41% | 2% |
| Doji | 146 | 56% | 43% | 1% |
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 Apple 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 Apple?
In our count the bollinger breakout up reached its target first most often on Apple: 56% of 34 cases. No pattern works every time; past odds are not a forecast.
Which candlestick pattern works best on Apple?
The inverted hammer: target first 55% of 22 times on Apple.
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.