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Tweezer top on Mastercard

On Mastercard the tweezer top showed up 30 times. The target came first 50% of the time, the stop 50%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.

Counted on Mastercard: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
Daily1233%67%0%
Hourly1861%39%0%

Mastercard against the rest

ChartsFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
Mastercard3050%50%0%
All US stock market charts85937%59%4%
Every market10,99134%58%8%

The last 8 times

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 Mastercard

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Gap down · Gap up · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them

The tweezer top elsewhere

Dow Jones · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin

Questions

How often does the tweezer top work on Mastercard?

In 30 cases on Mastercard, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 50% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.

What is the tweezer top?

Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.