US stock market · candlestick pattern
Hammer on Apple
On Apple the hammer showed up 32 times. The target came first 34% of the time, the stop 66%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Apple: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 19 | 26% | 74% | 0% |
| Hourly | 13 | 46% | 54% | 0% |
Apple against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 32 | 34% | 66% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 732 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2025 | 11 | 45% | 55% |
| 2026 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 5 Aug 2026 · daily · stop first after 5 candles
- 10 Jun 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 10 candles
- 29 Jan 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 16 Jan 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 18 Dec 2025 · daily · stop first after 10 candles
- 23 Oct 2025, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 8 candles
- 9 Sep 2025, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 2 Sep 2025, 14:30 ET · hourly · target first after 2 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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
The full hammer lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Apple
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · RSI overbought drop · MACD bearish cross · Gap down · Gap up · Doji · Volume profile bounce · all of them
The hammer elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the hammer work on Apple?
In 32 cases on Apple, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 34% of the time and the stop came first 66%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.