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Shooting star on Bitcoin
On Bitcoin the shooting star showed up 273 times. The target came first 36% of the time, the stop 53%, and 11% 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 | 5 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| 4-hour | 46 | 37% | 48% | 15% |
| Hourly | 222 | 35% | 54% | 11% |
Bitcoin against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitcoin | 273 | 36% | 53% | 11% |
| All Crypto charts | 7,266 | 36% | 57% | 7% |
| Every market | 10,013 | 36% | 57% | 7% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | 28% | 66% |
| 2022 | 39 | 36% | 51% |
| 2023 | 62 | 39% | 48% |
| 2024 | 59 | 32% | 54% |
| 2025 | 46 | 41% | 52% |
| 2026 | 38 | 37% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 21 Sep 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 19 Sep 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 19 Sep 2026, 00:00 UTC · 4-hour · stop first after 12 candles
- 18 Sep 2026, 16:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 8 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 20:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 13 Sep 2026, 21:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 4 Sep 2026, 04:00 UTC · 4-hour · target first after 2 candles
- 27 Aug 2026, 09:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 2 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 shooting star is
After a rise, buyers pushed up and sellers slammed it back down.
A firework shoots high into the sky, sparkles, and then falls back down. A shooting star candle is like that: after a rise, price shot up during the candle, then sellers pushed it back down near where it started. The long top wick is the trail it left behind.
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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 shooting star elsewhere
Ethereum · Solana · Litecoin · NEAR Protocol · Chainlink · Uniswap · BNB · Cardano · Polkadot · Aave · Dow Jones · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Silver
Questions
How often does the shooting star work on Bitcoin?
In 273 cases on Bitcoin, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 36% of the time and the stop came first 53%; 11% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the shooting star?
After a rise, buyers pushed up and sellers slammed it back down.