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Tweezer top on Microsoft
On Microsoft the tweezer top showed up 32 times. The target came first 34% of the time, the stop 62%, and 3% 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 | 13 | 31% | 69% | 0% |
| Hourly | 19 | 37% | 58% | 5% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 32 | 34% | 62% | 3% |
| All US stock market charts | 859 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2021 | 4 | 0% | 100% |
| 2023 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 3 | 33% | 33% |
| 2026 | 16 | 38% | 62% |
The last 8 times
- 28 Aug 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 27 Aug 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 31 Jul 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 30 Jul 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 8 candles
- 28 Jul 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 21 Jul 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · target first after 6 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 tweezer top is
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.
Imagine jumping twice and bumping your head on the same spot of the ceiling both times. A tweezer top is two candles whose highest points land at almost exactly the same price. Buyers hit a ceiling twice, and it held both times.
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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 tweezer top elsewhere
Dow Jones · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Bank of America · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Microsoft?
In 32 cases on Microsoft, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 34% of the time and the stop came first 62%; 3% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.