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Spinning top on Apple
On Apple the spinning top showed up 196 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 57% of the time, broke down 41% and stayed inside 2%.
Counted on Apple: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 81 | 57% | 43% | 0% |
| Hourly | 115 | 57% | 40% | 3% |
Apple against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 196 | 57% | 41% | 2% |
| All US stock market charts | 5,803 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 38% | 62% |
| 2017 | 9 | 78% | 22% |
| 2018 | 3 | 100% | 0% |
| 2019 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2020 | 6 | 67% | 33% |
| 2021 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
| 2022 | 13 | 8% | 92% |
| 2023 | 7 | 57% | 43% |
| 2024 | 20 | 70% | 30% |
| 2025 | 75 | 59% | 39% |
| 2026 | 48 | 58% | 40% |
The last 8 times
- 22 Sep 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 21 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 15 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 7 candles
- 31 Aug 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 21 Aug 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 31 Jul 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 28 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 11 candles
- 21 Jul 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 5 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 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 Apple
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · MACD bearish cross · Gap down · Gap up · Doji · Volume profile bounce · EMA 9/21 bullish 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 Apple?
In 196 cases on Apple, price broke up 57% of the time, broke down 41% and stayed inside 2% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.