US stock market · candlestick pattern
Hammer on Meta
On Meta the hammer showed up 21 times. The target came first 38% of the time, the stop 52%, and 10% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Meta: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 7 | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Hourly | 14 | 36% | 64% | 0% |
Meta against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | 21 | 38% | 52% | 10% |
| All US stock market charts | 732 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
The last 8 times
- 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 17 Jun 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 20 Mar 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 13 Mar 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 13 Feb 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 6 candles
- 11 Feb 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 21 Jan 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 20 Jan 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop 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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
The full hammer lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Meta
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Gap down · Gap up · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Volume profile bounce · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The hammer elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the hammer work on Meta?
In 21 cases on Meta, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 38% of the time and the stop came first 52%; 10% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.