Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Tweezer top on ITC
On ITC the tweezer top showed up 24 times. The target came first 25% of the time, the stop 50%, and 25% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on ITC: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 8 | 12% | 38% | 50% |
| Hourly | 16 | 31% | 56% | 12% |
ITC against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITC | 24 | 25% | 50% | 25% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 1,417 | 36% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0% | 67% |
| 2025 | 11 | 27% | 73% |
| 2026 | 5 | 40% | 20% |
The last 8 times
- 29 Apr 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · went nowhere
- 28 Apr 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 10 Mar 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · target first after 9 candles
- 19 Feb 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · target first after 12 candles
- 3 Feb 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · went nowhere
- 23 Dec 2025, 11:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 20 Oct 2025, 13:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 17 Oct 2025, 14:15 IST · hourly · stop 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 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 ITC
Inside bar · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Volume profile rejection · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · 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 ITC?
In 24 cases on ITC, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 25% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 25% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.