US stock market · candlestick pattern
Tweezer top on Apple
On Apple the tweezer top showed up 29 times. The target came first 21% of the time, the stop 72%, and 7% 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 | 8 | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| Hourly | 21 | 19% | 81% | 0% |
Apple against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | 29 | 21% | 72% | 7% |
| All US stock market charts | 859 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
The last 8 times
- 1 Sep 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 15 Jul 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 16 Jun 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 15 May 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 6 Apr 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 23 Mar 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 23 Feb 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 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 tweezer top is
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.
Imagine jumping twice and bumping your head on the same spot of the ceiling both times. A tweezer top is two candles whose highest points land at almost exactly the same price. Buyers hit a ceiling twice, and it held both times.
The full tweezer top 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 tweezer top elsewhere
Dow Jones · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Apple?
In 29 cases on Apple, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 21% of the time and the stop came first 72%; 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.