Crypto · candlestick pattern
Hammer on Bitcoin
On Bitcoin the hammer showed up 310 times. The target came first 27% of the time, the stop 57%, and 16% 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 | 7 | 43% | 43% | 14% |
| 4-hour | 56 | 30% | 62% | 7% |
| Hourly | 247 | 26% | 56% | 19% |
Bitcoin against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 310 | 27% | 57% | 16% |
| All Crypto charts | 9,050 | 29% | 59% | 12% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | 30% | 63% |
| 2022 | 61 | 31% | 52% |
| 2023 | 44 | 20% | 55% |
| 2024 | 66 | 30% | 55% |
| 2025 | 46 | 17% | 59% |
| 2026 | 39 | 28% | 59% |
The last 8 times
- 15 Sep 2026, 08:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 15 Sep 2026, 05:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 10 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 2 Sep 2026, 10:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 1 Sep 2026, 18:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 25 Aug 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 11 Aug 2026, 16:00 UTC · 4-hour · target first after 5 candles
- 3 Aug 2026, 08:00 UTC · hourly · target 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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
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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 hammer elsewhere
Ethereum · Solana · Litecoin · NEAR Protocol · Chainlink · Uniswap · BNB · Cardano · Polkadot · Aave · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the hammer work on Bitcoin?
In 310 cases on Bitcoin, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 27% of the time and the stop came first 57%; 16% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.