Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Hammer on DLF
On DLF the hammer showed up 20 times. The target came first 60% of the time, the stop 40%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on DLF: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 5 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| Hourly | 15 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
DLF against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DLF | 20 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 1,222 | 40% | 55% | 5% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
The last 8 times
- 4 Mar 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 24 Feb 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 13 Feb 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 27 Jan 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 9 Dec 2025, 09:15 IST · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 8 Dec 2025, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 19 Nov 2025, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 22 Aug 2025, 15:15 IST · hourly · target first after 1 candle
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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
The full hammer lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on DLF
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The hammer elsewhere
Nifty 50 · Bharti Airtel · Mahindra & Mahindra · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Tata Power · Vedanta · Grasim · Kotak Mahindra Bank · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the hammer work on DLF?
In 20 cases on DLF, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 60% of the time and the stop came first 40%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.