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Dark cloud cover on GBP/USD
On GBP/USD the dark cloud cover showed up 54 times. The target came first 35% of the time, the stop 50%, and 15% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on GBP/USD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 6 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Hourly | 48 | 33% | 50% | 17% |
GBP/USD against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GBP/USD | 54 | 35% | 50% | 15% |
| All Forex charts | 439 | 33% | 54% | 12% |
| Every market | 6,385 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 57% | 43% |
| 2025 | 25 | 28% | 60% |
| 2026 | 18 | 39% | 33% |
The last 8 times
- 7 Sep 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 7 Sep 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 10 candles
- 5 Aug 2026, 12:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 6 candles
- 15 Jul 2026, 18:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 10 Jul 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 7 Jul 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 8 candles
- 2 Jul 2026, 09:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 2 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 dark cloud cover is
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.
Imagine a sunny sky, and then a dark cloud slides over more than half of it. A dark cloud cover is like that: after a big green candle, the next red candle pushes down past the middle of the green one. Sellers took back more than half of the climb.
The full dark cloud cover lesson, video and quiz ›
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The dark cloud cover elsewhere
EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · NZD/USD · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · EUR/INR · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the dark cloud cover work on GBP/USD?
In 54 cases on GBP/USD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 35% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 15% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the dark cloud cover?
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.