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OBV bearish divergence on Microsoft
On Microsoft the obv bearish divergence showed up 20 times. The target came first 45% of the time, the stop 50%, 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% | 33% | 17% |
| Hourly | 14 | 43% | 57% | 0% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 20 | 45% | 50% | 5% |
| All US stock market charts | 668 | 37% | 60% | 3% |
| Every market | 8,774 | 37% | 55% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2025 | 9 | 44% | 44% |
| 2026 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
The last 8 times
- 4 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 10 Aug 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 10 candles
- 26 May 2026 · daily · stop first after 2 candles
- 13 Jan 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 21 Oct 2025, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 21 Oct 2025, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 1 Oct 2025, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 16 Sep 2025, 14:30 ET · hourly · target first after 2 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 obv bearish divergence is
Price made a higher high, but volume flow made a lower high. Buyers were running out of force.
Imagine climbing higher up a hill while fewer and fewer friends keep climbing with you. You are higher, but with less support behind you. An OBV bearish divergence is when price makes a higher high, but OBV, the running total of volume flow, does not follow it up.
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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 obv bearish divergence elsewhere
S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Meta · Boeing · Amazon · Alphabet (Google) · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the obv bearish divergence work on Microsoft?
In 20 cases on Microsoft, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 45% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the obv bearish divergence?
Price made a higher high, but volume flow made a lower high. Buyers were running out of force.