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Spinning top on Crude oil
On Crude oil the spinning top showed up 162 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 4%.
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 | 93 | 48% | 51% | 1% |
| Hourly | 69 | 54% | 39% | 7% |
Crude oil against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil | 162 | 51% | 46% | 4% |
| All Commodities charts | 693 | 54% | 43% | 3% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 57% | 43% |
| 2017 | 11 | 45% | 55% |
| 2018 | 17 | 35% | 65% |
| 2019 | 7 | 71% | 29% |
| 2020 | 9 | 44% | 44% |
| 2021 | 9 | 44% | 56% |
| 2022 | 9 | 56% | 44% |
| 2023 | 6 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 46 | 54% | 43% |
| 2025 | 41 | 49% | 41% |
The last 8 times
- 26 Sep 2025 · daily · broke down after 1 candle
- 22 Sep 2025, 07:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 19 Sep 2025, 09:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 4 Aug 2025, 15:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 4 Aug 2025, 07:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 4 Aug 2025 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 1 Aug 2025, 06:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 31 Jul 2025, 18:00 UTC · hourly · stayed inside
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 spinning top is
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.
A spinning top toy whirls fast but stays in one spot. This candle is the same: price ran up and down a lot, but it ended close to where it began. Buyers and sellers were both busy, and neither took charge.
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Other patterns on Crude oil
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The spinning top 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 spinning top work on Crude oil?
In 162 cases on Crude oil, price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 46% and stayed inside 4% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.