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Hammer on Nasdaq 100
On Nasdaq 100 the hammer showed up 22 times. The target came first 41% of the time, the stop 55%, and 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Nasdaq 100: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 5 | 20% | 80% | 0% |
| Hourly | 17 | 47% | 47% | 6% |
Nasdaq 100 against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasdaq 100 | 22 | 41% | 55% | 5% |
| All US stock market charts | 732 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
The last 8 times
- 29 Sep 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 29 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 2 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 1 Sep 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · target first after 9 candles
- 18 Aug 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 23 Jul 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 2 Jul 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 23 Jun 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
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Other patterns on Nasdaq 100
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Gap up · Gap down · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Spinning top · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The hammer elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Boeing · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the hammer work on Nasdaq 100?
In 22 cases on Nasdaq 100, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 41% of the time and the stop came first 55%; 5% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.