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ATR expansion up on Microsoft
On Microsoft the atr expansion up showed up 22 times. The target came first 23% of the time, the stop 73%, and 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Microsoft: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 6 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Hourly | 16 | 12% | 81% | 6% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 22 | 23% | 73% | 5% |
| All US stock market charts | 503 | 39% | 58% | 3% |
| Every market | 8,148 | 40% | 58% | 2% |
The last 8 times
- 27 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 26 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 10 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 7 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 28 May 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 10 Feb 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 8 Dec 2025, 09:30 ET · hourly · went nowhere
- 27 Oct 2025, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 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 atr expansion up is
After a very calm stretch, one big candle broke above the recent range. Calm often comes before a storm.
Think of the quiet before a thunderstorm: the air goes still, then a sudden gust arrives. ATR measures how big candles have been lately, so a very low ATR means the market has gone quiet. An ATR expansion up is when, after that calm, one big green candle bursts above the recent range.
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Other patterns on Microsoft
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · Volume profile bounce · Doji · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The atr expansion up elsewhere
Alibaba · Boeing · Amazon · Netflix · ExxonMobil · Walmart · Mastercard · Visa · Nikkei 225 · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the atr expansion up work on Microsoft?
In 22 cases on Microsoft, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 23% of the time and the stop came first 73%; 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the atr expansion up?
After a very calm stretch, one big candle broke above the recent range. Calm often comes before a storm.