Commodities · candlestick pattern
Doji on Crude oil
On Crude oil the doji showed up 121 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 38% and stayed inside 7%.
Counted on Crude oil futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 64 | 61% | 38% | 2% |
| Hourly | 57 | 49% | 39% | 12% |
Crude oil against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil | 121 | 55% | 38% | 7% |
| All Commodities charts | 595 | 50% | 47% | 3% |
| Every market | 69,197 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 67% | 33% |
| 2017 | 10 | 70% | 30% |
| 2018 | 12 | 33% | 67% |
| 2019 | 5 | 60% | 40% |
| 2020 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2021 | 8 | 75% | 25% |
| 2022 | 5 | 80% | 20% |
| 2023 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 29 | 48% | 41% |
| 2025 | 33 | 55% | 30% |
The last 8 times
- 14 Sep 2026, 07:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 5 candles
- 15 Jun 2026, 00:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 7 candles
- 7 Oct 2025 · daily · broke up after 1 candle
- 22 Sep 2025, 15:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 8 Aug 2025 · daily · stayed inside
- 5 Aug 2025, 16:00 UTC · hourly · stayed inside
- 5 Aug 2025, 14:00 UTC · hourly · stayed inside
- 3 Aug 2025, 22:00 UTC · hourly · broke up 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 doji is
Open and close are almost equal. Buyers and sellers are in a tie.
Picture a tug of war where both teams pull hard, but when the whistle blows the flag is right back in the middle. A doji candle is that tie: price moved up and down, but it closed almost exactly where it opened. Nobody won this round.
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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 · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The doji elsewhere
Gold · Silver · Copper · Natural gas · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the doji work on Crude oil?
In 121 cases on Crude oil, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 38% and stayed inside 7% within 12 candles.
What is the doji?
Open and close are almost equal. Buyers and sellers are in a tie.