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Bearish engulfing on Gold
On Gold the bearish engulfing showed up 46 times. The target came first 30% of the time, the stop 57%, and 13% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Gold futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 21 | 38% | 43% | 19% |
| Hourly | 25 | 24% | 68% | 8% |
Gold against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 46 | 30% | 57% | 13% |
| All Commodities charts | 138 | 33% | 56% | 11% |
| Every market | 19,165 | 35% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 50% | 25% |
| 2021 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2022 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 | 3 | 33% | 33% |
| 2024 | 18 | 33% | 56% |
| 2025 | 11 | 18% | 73% |
The last 8 times
- 8 Sep 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 25 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 6 Oct 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 23 Sep 2025, 02:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 5 Aug 2025, 16:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 4 Aug 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 11 candles
- 30 Jul 2025, 01:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 12 candles
- 23 Jul 2025 · daily · 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 bearish engulfing is
A red body swallows the green one before it. Sellers took control.
Picture a small green fish, then a bigger red fish that swallows it whole. In a bearish engulfing pattern, the red candle's body is so big it covers the whole green body before it. After a rise, it shows sellers suddenly took over.
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Other patterns on Gold
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Doji · RSI overbought drop · Volume profile bounce · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The bearish engulfing elsewhere
Silver · Crude oil · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the bearish engulfing work on Gold?
In 46 cases on Gold, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 30% of the time and the stop came first 57%; 13% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the bearish engulfing?
A red body swallows the green one before it. Sellers took control.