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Spinning top on Meta

On Meta the spinning top showed up 224 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 50% of the time, broke down 49% and stayed inside 1%.

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

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily11254%46%0%
Hourly11246%51%3%

Meta against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Meta22450%49%1%
All US stock market charts5,80352%47%1%
Every market88,07749%49%3%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
2016967%33%
2017757%43%
20181060%40%
20191040%60%
20201947%53%
20211136%64%
2022838%62%
20231070%30%
20241567%33%
20256843%54%
20265753%46%

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 spinning top is

Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.

A spinning top toy whirls fast but stays in one spot. This candle is the same: price ran up and down a lot, but it ended close to where it began. Buyers and sellers were both busy, and neither took charge.

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Other patterns on Meta

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · Gap up · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Volume profile bounce · RSI overbought drop · MACD bullish cross · all of them

The spinning top elsewhere

Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the spinning top work on Meta?

In 224 cases on Meta, price broke up 50% of the time, broke down 49% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.

What is the spinning top?

Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.