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Piercing line on Ethereum Classic
On Ethereum Classic the piercing line showed up 163 times. The target came first 36% of the time, the stop 52%, and 12% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Ethereum Classic (ETC/USDT): daily candles from January 2021, 4-hour candles from January 2021 and hourly candles from January 2021.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 5 | 20% | 40% | 40% |
| 4-hour | 29 | 24% | 69% | 7% |
| Hourly | 129 | 39% | 49% | 12% |
Ethereum Classic against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethereum Classic | 163 | 36% | 52% | 12% |
| All Crypto charts | 4,565 | 33% | 54% | 12% |
| Every market | 6,128 | 34% | 55% | 11% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 28 | 32% | 61% |
| 2022 | 35 | 46% | 49% |
| 2023 | 16 | 25% | 56% |
| 2024 | 28 | 21% | 57% |
| 2025 | 37 | 49% | 41% |
| 2026 | 19 | 26% | 58% |
The last 8 times
- 15 Sep 2026, 22:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 9 Sep 2026, 23:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 29 Jul 2026, 04:00 UTC · 4-hour · stop first after 4 candles
- 19 Jul 2026, 12:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 7 Jun 2026, 20:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 27 May 2026, 12:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 24 May 2026, 22:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 15 May 2026, 06:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 6 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 piercing line is
After a big red candle, green closes above its middle.
Imagine sliding down a slide, then climbing back up more than halfway before you stop. A piercing line is like that: after a big red candle, the next green candle climbs back past the middle of the red one. Buyers took back more than half of the drop.
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Other patterns on Ethereum Classic
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · Doji · Volume profile bounce · MACD bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The piercing line elsewhere
Ethereum · Bitcoin · Solana · Litecoin · NEAR Protocol · Chainlink · Uniswap · BNB · Cardano · Polkadot · S&P 500 · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the piercing line work on Ethereum Classic?
In 163 cases on Ethereum Classic, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 36% of the time and the stop came first 52%; 12% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the piercing line?
After a big red candle, green closes above its middle.