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Dark cloud cover on NZD/USD
On NZD/USD the dark cloud cover showed up 30 times. The target came first 40% of the time, the stop 47%, and 13% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on NZD/USD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 6 | 33% | 50% | 17% |
| Hourly | 24 | 42% | 46% | 12% |
NZD/USD against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZD/USD | 30 | 40% | 47% | 13% |
| All Forex charts | 439 | 33% | 54% | 12% |
| Every market | 6,385 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 12 | 42% | 42% |
| 2026 | 9 | 44% | 44% |
The last 8 times
- 25 Aug 2026, 20:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 24 Jul 2026, 08:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 6 candles
- 30 Jun 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 29 Jun 2026, 07:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 27 May 2026, 10:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 8 Apr 2026, 13:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 26 Feb 2026, 02:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 9 Feb 2026, 00:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 10 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 dark cloud cover is
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.
Imagine a sunny sky, and then a dark cloud slides over more than half of it. A dark cloud cover is like that: after a big green candle, the next red candle pushes down past the middle of the green one. Sellers took back more than half of the climb.
The full dark cloud cover lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on NZD/USD
Inside bar · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI oversold bounce · all of them
The dark cloud cover elsewhere
GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · EUR/INR · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the dark cloud cover work on NZD/USD?
In 30 cases on NZD/USD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 40% of the time and the stop came first 47%; 13% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the dark cloud cover?
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.