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Bearish engulfing on Crude oil
On Crude oil the bearish engulfing showed up 21 times. The target came first 33% of the time, the stop 57%, and 10% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Crude oil futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 10 | 30% | 70% | 0% |
| Hourly | 11 | 36% | 45% | 18% |
Crude oil against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil | 21 | 33% | 57% | 10% |
| All Commodities charts | 138 | 33% | 56% | 11% |
| Every market | 19,165 | 35% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 | 7 | 71% | 29% |
| 2025 | 5 | 20% | 40% |
The last 8 times
- 14 Sep 2026, 09:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 01:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 30 Jul 2025, 18:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 18 Jul 2025, 15:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 24 Mar 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 6 Mar 2025, 05:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 6 Jan 2025, 15:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 16 Dec 2024, 02:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 8 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 bearish engulfing is
A red body swallows the green one before it. Sellers took control.
Picture a small green fish, then a bigger red fish that swallows it whole. In a bearish engulfing pattern, the red candle's body is so big it covers the whole green body before it. After a rise, it shows sellers suddenly took over.
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Other patterns on Crude oil
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Volume profile bounce · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The bearish engulfing elsewhere
Gold · Silver · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the bearish engulfing work on Crude oil?
In 21 cases on Crude oil, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 33% of the time and the stop came first 57%; 10% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the bearish engulfing?
A red body swallows the green one before it. Sellers took control.