Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Spinning top on NTPC
On NTPC the spinning top showed up 173 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 43% and stayed inside 1%.
Counted on NTPC: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 75 | 51% | 48% | 1% |
| Hourly | 98 | 59% | 40% | 1% |
NTPC against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NTPC | 173 | 55% | 43% | 1% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 12,556 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 56% | 44% |
| 2017 | 10 | 60% | 40% |
| 2018 | 7 | 43% | 57% |
| 2019 | 7 | 43% | 43% |
| 2020 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2021 | 9 | 67% | 33% |
| 2022 | 8 | 62% | 38% |
| 2023 | 6 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 9 | 22% | 78% |
| 2025 | 70 | 60% | 40% |
| 2026 | 35 | 54% | 43% |
The last 8 times
- 12 Aug 2026 · daily · broke up after 10 candles
- 11 Aug 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 10 Aug 2026, 11:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 7 Aug 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 7 Aug 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 4 candles
- 4 Aug 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 30 Jul 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 2 candles
- 29 Jul 2026, 10:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 7 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 spinning top is
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.
A spinning top toy whirls fast but stays in one spot. This candle is the same: price ran up and down a lot, but it ended close to where it began. Buyers and sellers were both busy, and neither took charge.
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Other patterns on NTPC
Inside bar · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Doji · Volume profile rejection · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Volume profile bounce · all of them
The spinning top elsewhere
Sensex · Nifty 50 · Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the spinning top work on NTPC?
In 173 cases on NTPC, price broke up 55% of the time, broke down 43% and stayed inside 1% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.