Commodities · candlestick pattern
Spinning top on Gold
On Gold the spinning top showed up 204 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 44% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on Gold futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 113 | 58% | 42% | 0% |
| Hourly | 91 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
Gold against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 204 | 55% | 44% | 1% |
| All Commodities charts | 693 | 54% | 43% | 3% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 15 | 33% | 67% |
| 2017 | 10 | 60% | 40% |
| 2018 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
| 2019 | 7 | 86% | 14% |
| 2020 | 19 | 74% | 26% |
| 2021 | 9 | 56% | 44% |
| 2022 | 16 | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 | 12 | 58% | 42% |
| 2024 | 56 | 59% | 39% |
| 2025 | 51 | 49% | 49% |
| 2026 | 5 | 20% | 80% |
The last 8 times
- 8 Sep 2026, 04:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 23 Mar 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 20 Mar 2026, 17:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 20 Mar 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:00 UTC · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 10 Oct 2025 · daily · broke up after 1 candle
- 30 Sep 2025 · daily · broke up after 4 candles
- 21 Sep 2025, 22:00 UTC · hourly · broke up after 3 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 spinning top is
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.
A spinning top toy whirls fast but stays in one spot. This candle is the same: price ran up and down a lot, but it ended close to where it began. Buyers and sellers were both busy, and neither took charge.
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Other patterns on Gold
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Doji · RSI overbought drop · Volume profile bounce · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · all of them
The spinning top elsewhere
Silver · Crude oil · Copper · Natural gas · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY
Questions
How often does the spinning top work on Gold?
In 204 cases on Gold, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 44% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.