Bitcoin vs Ethereum

We counted the same 52 buy and sell setups on both. Taken together, the target came first 34% of the time on Bitcoin and 35% on Ethereum. Pattern by pattern, Bitcoin did better in 14 and Ethereum in 32.

An average day's range (high to low) over the last 250 daily candles: Bitcoin 3.47%, Ethereum 4.71%. Ethereum moves about 1.4 times as much in a normal day, so a stop set by ATR sits further from the entry.

Target first, pattern by pattern

Pattern	Bitcoin	Ethereum
Stochastic bearish cross	34% of 2,700	35% of 2,792
Stochastic bullish cross	32% of 2,257	32% of 2,071
Volume profile bounce	34% of 1,991	35% of 1,926
Volume profile rejection	35% of 1,849	37% of 1,881
MACD bearish cross	35% of 1,544	37% of 1,530
MACD bullish cross	35% of 1,471	34% of 1,515
EMA 9/21 bearish cross	36% of 1,407	39% of 1,429
EMA 9/21 bullish cross	37% of 1,402	36% of 1,428
RSI overbought drop	32% of 926	32% of 1,032
RSI oversold bounce	30% of 901	30% of 916
VWAP rejection	35% of 600	38% of 665
Bearish engulfing	31% of 527	37% of 562
VWAP reclaim	36% of 544	36% of 540
Bullish engulfing	30% of 512	30% of 472
Fibonacci bounce down	31% of 388	31% of 476
Fibonacci bounce up	35% of 389	32% of 384
Bearish harami	33% of 355	36% of 335
Hammer	27% of 310	28% of 378
Bollinger breakout up	39% of 300	43% of 310
Bollinger breakout down	39% of 311	40% of 256
Shooting star	36% of 273	34% of 277
Bullish harami	31% of 269	28% of 281
OBV bearish divergence	33% of 275	30% of 273
Tweezer top	30% of 287	35% of 247
ATR expansion down	37% of 257	41% of 271
ATR expansion up	41% of 256	42% of 271
Bullish marubozu	38% of 289	39% of 215
Tweezer bottom	29% of 265	35% of 226
OBV bullish divergence	35% of 264	34% of 211
Piercing line	32% of 221	36% of 196
Bearish marubozu	38% of 237	47% of 173
Golden cross	38% of 205	36% of 193
Death cross	27% of 198	39% of 187
Hanging man	38% of 189	29% of 192
Dark cloud cover	33% of 153	39% of 175
Inverted hammer	26% of 155	28% of 119
Double top	43% of 122	39% of 95
Double bottom	37% of 86	39% of 114
Breakout	38% of 80	51% of 74
Bull flag	38% of 63	32% of 81
Resistance rejection	36% of 72	34% of 61
Bear flag	29% of 63	33% of 67
Support bounce	32% of 56	30% of 71
Rising wedge	32% of 59	40% of 60
Symmetrical triangle	37% of 43	55% of 47
Inverse head and shoulders	31% of 42	35% of 48
Dragonfly doji	13% of 39	32% of 44
Falling wedge	30% of 44	44% of 39
Head and shoulders	30% of 37	38% of 39
Three white soldiers	32% of 22	44% of 39
Morning star	39% of 23	32% of 25
Evening star	17% of 23	42% of 24

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.

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Questions

Which is better for patterns, Bitcoin or Ethereum?

In our count the target came first 34% of the time on Bitcoin and 35% on Ethereum, across the same 52 setups. Neither is reliable on its own: most setups hit the stop first on both. Past data, not a forecast.

Which moves more in a day, Bitcoin or Ethereum?

Over the last 250 daily candles the average day's range was 3.47% for Bitcoin and 4.71% for Ethereum.