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Tweezer top on Bank Nifty
On Bank Nifty the tweezer top showed up 20 times. The target came first 40% of the time, the stop 55%, and 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Bank Nifty: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 3 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| Hourly | 17 | 41% | 53% | 6% |
Bank Nifty against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Nifty | 20 | 40% | 55% | 5% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 1,417 | 36% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
The last 8 times
- 25 Jun 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 18 Jun 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 7 May 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 1 Jan 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 27 Nov 2025, 11:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 12 candles
- 12 Nov 2025, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 17 Oct 2025, 11:15 IST · hourly · target first after 1 candle
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 Bank Nifty
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Gap up · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · ICICI Bank · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Tata Power · Vedanta · Bajaj Finance · Tata Steel · Dow Jones · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Bank Nifty?
In 20 cases on Bank Nifty, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 40% of the time and the stop came first 55%; 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.