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Dark cloud cover on AUD/USD
On AUD/USD the dark cloud cover showed up 41 times. The target came first 39% of the time, the stop 54%, and 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on AUD/USD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 5 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| Hourly | 36 | 36% | 56% | 8% |
AUD/USD against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD/USD | 41 | 39% | 54% | 7% |
| All Forex charts | 439 | 33% | 54% | 12% |
| Every market | 6,385 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 50% | 25% |
| 2025 | 18 | 22% | 72% |
| 2026 | 14 | 50% | 43% |
The last 8 times
- 4 Sep 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 3 Sep 2026, 13:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 26 Aug 2026, 06:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 6 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 18 Jun 2026, 07:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 21 May 2026, 18:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 17 Apr 2026, 09:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 8 Apr 2026, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first 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 dark cloud cover is
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.
Imagine a sunny sky, and then a dark cloud slides over more than half of it. A dark cloud cover is like that: after a big green candle, the next red candle pushes down past the middle of the green one. Sellers took back more than half of the climb.
The full dark cloud cover lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on AUD/USD
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The dark cloud cover elsewhere
GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · NZD/USD · EUR/GBP · USD/CAD · EUR/INR · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the dark cloud cover work on AUD/USD?
In 41 cases on AUD/USD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 39% of the time and the stop came first 54%; 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the dark cloud cover?
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.