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Tweezer top on Silver
On Silver the tweezer top showed up 21 times. The target came first 24% of the time, the stop 62%, and 14% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Silver futures: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 15 | 27% | 73% | 0% |
| Hourly | 6 | 17% | 33% | 50% |
Silver against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | 21 | 24% | 62% | 14% |
| All Commodities charts | 91 | 26% | 62% | 12% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
The last 8 times
- 7 Oct 2025 · daily · stop first after 1 candle
- 2 Oct 2025 · daily · stop first after 1 candle
- 30 Sep 2025 · daily · stop first after 1 candle
- 9 Apr 2025, 12:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 18 Feb 2025, 17:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 8 candles
- 6 Jan 2025, 17:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 3 Dec 2024, 17:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 14 Nov 2024, 20:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
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 Silver
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Volume profile bounce · Doji · Volume profile rejection · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Gold · Dow Jones · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Silver?
In 21 cases on Silver, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 24% of the time and the stop came first 62%; 14% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.