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Tweezer top on HDFC Life
On HDFC Life the tweezer top showed up 25 times. The target came first 24% of the time, the stop 68%, and 8% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on HDFC Life: daily candles from November 2017 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 7 | 43% | 57% | 0% |
| Hourly | 18 | 17% | 72% | 11% |
HDFC Life against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HDFC Life | 25 | 24% | 68% | 8% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 1,417 | 36% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
The last 8 times
- 10 Jul 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 23 Jun 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 19 Jun 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 18 Jun 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 13 Apr 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 19 Feb 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 9 candles
- 5 Jan 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 26 Nov 2025, 15:15 IST · hourly · target first after 1 candle
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.
The full tweezer top lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on HDFC Life
Inside bar · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · ICICI Bank · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Tata Power · Vedanta · Bajaj Finance · Dow Jones · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on HDFC Life?
In 25 cases on HDFC Life, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 24% of the time and the stop came first 68%; 8% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.