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Tweezer top on Dow Jones
On Dow Jones the tweezer top showed up 27 times. The target came first 44% of the time, the stop 56%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Dow Jones: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 12 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Hourly | 15 | 40% | 60% | 0% |
Dow Jones against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones | 27 | 44% | 56% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 859 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2025 | 9 | 44% | 56% |
| 2026 | 10 | 50% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 5 Aug 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 5 Jun 2026 · daily · target first after 3 candles
- 22 May 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 6 candles
- 21 May 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 6 May 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 30 Apr 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 20 Apr 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 24 Mar 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 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 tweezer top is
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.
Imagine jumping twice and bumping your head on the same spot of the ceiling both times. A tweezer top is two candles whose highest points land at almost exactly the same price. Buyers hit a ceiling twice, and it held both times.
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Other patterns on Dow Jones
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Spinning top · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Bank of America · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Dow Jones?
In 27 cases on Dow Jones, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 44% of the time and the stop came first 56%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.