Commodities · candlestick pattern
Tweezer top on Gold
On Gold the tweezer top showed up 34 times. The target came first 18% of the time, the stop 74%, and 9% 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 | 16 | 12% | 88% | 0% |
| Hourly | 18 | 22% | 61% | 17% |
Gold against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 34 | 18% | 74% | 9% |
| All Commodities charts | 91 | 26% | 62% | 12% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2022 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 | 7 | 43% | 57% |
| 2025 | 12 | 8% | 75% |
The last 8 times
- 9 Feb 2026, 00:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 12 Jan 2026, 03:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 25 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 9 Oct 2025 · daily · stop first after 2 candles
- 2 Oct 2025 · daily · stop first after 2 candles
- 22 Sep 2025, 11:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 5 Aug 2025, 16:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 4 Aug 2025, 00:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 11 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 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 tweezer top elsewhere
Silver · Dow Jones · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Gold?
In 34 cases on Gold, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 18% of the time and the stop came first 74%; 9% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.