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Dark cloud cover on Bitcoin
On Bitcoin the dark cloud cover showed up 153 times. The target came first 33% of the time, the stop 58%, and 9% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Bitcoin (BTC/USDT): daily candles from January 2021, 4-hour candles from January 2021 and hourly candles from January 2021.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 6 | 17% | 83% | 0% |
| 4-hour | 32 | 38% | 59% | 3% |
| Hourly | 115 | 33% | 56% | 11% |
Bitcoin against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 153 | 33% | 58% | 9% |
| All Crypto charts | 4,674 | 35% | 56% | 8% |
| Every market | 6,385 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 26 | 27% | 65% |
| 2022 | 19 | 32% | 63% |
| 2023 | 27 | 22% | 63% |
| 2024 | 31 | 35% | 61% |
| 2025 | 32 | 44% | 47% |
| 2026 | 18 | 39% | 44% |
The last 8 times
- 3 Sep 2026, 20:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 30 Aug 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 22 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC · 4-hour · stop first after 9 candles
- 18 Aug 2026, 00:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 15 Jul 2026, 16:00 UTC · 4-hour · target first after 5 candles
- 15 Jul 2026, 00:00 UTC · 4-hour · stop first after 3 candles
- 2 Jul 2026, 14:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
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 Bitcoin
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The dark cloud cover elsewhere
Ethereum · Solana · Litecoin · NEAR Protocol · Chainlink · Uniswap · BNB · Cardano · Polkadot · Aave · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the dark cloud cover work on Bitcoin?
In 153 cases on Bitcoin, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 33% of the time and the stop came first 58%; 9% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the dark cloud cover?
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.