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Microsoft chart patterns
We ran 58 candlestick patterns, chart patterns and indicator signals over Microsoft (daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024) and counted 3,717 cases. Here is how often each one reached its target before its stop.
Best on Microsoft: hanging man (60% of 25), bullish harami (53% of 30), bearish marubozu (52% of 31). Weakest: bullish engulfing (19% of 37), atr expansion up (23% of 22), fibonacci bounce up (25% of 44). Most patterns hit the stop more often than the target: that is why the app teaches context and risk, not single signals.
Buy and sell setups, ranked
| Pattern | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanging man | 25 | 60% | 40% | 0% |
| Bullish harami | 30 | 53% | 43% | 3% |
| Bearish marubozu | 31 | 52% | 48% | 0% |
| Shooting star | 28 | 46% | 46% | 7% |
| Volume profile bounce | 169 | 46% | 50% | 4% |
| EMA 9/21 bullish cross | 119 | 45% | 50% | 4% |
| OBV bearish divergence | 20 | 45% | 50% | 5% |
| Gap up | 175 | 44% | 50% | 6% |
| Bollinger breakout up | 38 | 42% | 53% | 5% |
| Bearish harami | 32 | 41% | 59% | 0% |
| Stochastic bearish cross | 343 | 38% | 60% | 2% |
| MACD bearish cross | 175 | 38% | 61% | 1% |
| Bearish engulfing | 32 | 38% | 62% | 0% |
| Stochastic bullish cross | 217 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| RSI oversold bounce | 79 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Inverted hammer | 22 | 36% | 64% | 0% |
| Gap down | 182 | 36% | 62% | 2% |
| MACD bullish cross | 118 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
| Volume profile rejection | 107 | 35% | 62% | 4% |
| Tweezer top | 32 | 34% | 62% | 3% |
| RSI overbought drop | 143 | 32% | 66% | 1% |
| Hammer | 25 | 32% | 60% | 8% |
| EMA 9/21 bearish cross | 117 | 32% | 66% | 3% |
| Fibonacci bounce down | 34 | 29% | 65% | 6% |
| Tweezer bottom | 26 | 27% | 46% | 27% |
| Bollinger breakout down | 23 | 26% | 74% | 0% |
| Bullish marubozu | 31 | 26% | 65% | 10% |
| Fibonacci bounce up | 44 | 25% | 75% | 0% |
| ATR expansion up | 22 | 23% | 73% | 5% |
| Bullish engulfing | 37 | 19% | 73% | 8% |
Neutral patterns
| Pattern | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inside bar | 656 | 54% | 46% | 1% |
| Doji | 160 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Spinning top | 240 | 51% | 48% | 2% |
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.
Learn to read Microsoft charts
- United States: stocks, ETFs and extended hoursUS stocks trade mainly from 9:30 to 4:00 New York time, with thinner trading before and after.
- What one candle tells youEvery candle shows four prices: where it started, its highest, its lowest and where it finished.
- Bodies and wicks: the tug of warA big body means one side won; a long wick means a push that got pushed back.
- The hammerA hammer after a fall shows sellers pushed hard but buyers pushed the price back up.
- Rule one: stay in the gameLose half your money and you must double what is left just to get back to the start.
- The stop-loss: decide your exit firstA stop-loss is the price where your idea is wrong, and you choose it before you enter.
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Questions
Which pattern worked best on Microsoft?
In our count the hanging man reached its target first most often on Microsoft: 60% of 25 cases. No pattern works every time; past odds are not a forecast.
Which candlestick pattern works best on Microsoft?
The hanging man: target first 60% of 25 times on Microsoft.
How were these numbers counted?
Every case enters at the signal candle's close with a target 1.5 × ATR(14) away and a stop 1 × ATR(14) away, and gets 12 candles to reach one of them. Only clean stretches of real sessions are used.