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Spinning top on Silver

On Silver the spinning top showed up 173 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 42% and stayed inside 4%.

Counted on Silver futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Daily8658%42%0%
Hourly8749%43%8%

Silver against the rest

ChartsFoundBroke upBroke downStayed inside
Silver17354%42%4%
All Commodities charts69354%43%3%
Every market88,07749%49%3%

Year by year

YearFoundBroke upBroke down
2016757%43%
20171050%50%
2018633%67%
20191127%73%
20201070%30%
20211258%42%
2022862%38%
20245555%40%
20254751%40%
2026580%20%

The last 8 times

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 Silver

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · Doji · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · all of them

The spinning top elsewhere

Gold · Crude oil · Copper · Natural gas · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY

Questions

How often does the spinning top work on Silver?

In 173 cases on Silver, price broke up 54% of the time, broke down 42% and stayed inside 4% within 12 candles.

What is the spinning top?

Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.