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Tweezer top on Palantir
On Palantir the tweezer top showed up 26 times. The target came first 19% of the time, the stop 81%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Palantir: daily candles from September 2020 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 7 | 29% | 71% | 0% |
| Hourly | 19 | 16% | 84% | 0% |
Palantir against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palantir | 26 | 19% | 81% | 0% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 10 | 0% | 100% |
| 2026 | 10 | 30% | 70% |
The last 8 times
- 24 Sep 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · target first after 11 candles
- 14 Aug 2026 · daily · stop first after 9 candles
- 10 Aug 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 14 Jul 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 1 Jul 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 29 May 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 29 May 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 4 Mar 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 11 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 Palantir
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Gap up · MACD bearish cross · Gap down · RSI overbought drop · Doji · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Dow Jones · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Palantir?
In 26 cases on Palantir, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 19% of the time and the stop came first 81%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.