Japanese stock market · candlestick pattern
Hammer on Sony
On Sony the hammer showed up 25 times. The target came first 36% of the time, the stop 64%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Sony Group: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 12 | 25% | 75% | 0% |
| Hourly | 13 | 46% | 54% | 0% |
Sony against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sony | 25 | 36% | 64% | 0% |
| All Japanese stock market charts | 82 | 43% | 52% | 5% |
| Every market | 11,792 | 31% | 58% | 10% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 0% | 100% |
| 2025 | 10 | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
The last 8 times
- 19 Aug 2026, 10:00 JST · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 10 Mar 2026, 09:00 JST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 29 Jan 2026, 14:00 JST · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 29 Jan 2026, 09:00 JST · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 8 Jan 2026, 09:00 JST · hourly · stop first after 6 candles
- 11 Dec 2025, 09:00 JST · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 1 Dec 2025, 14:00 JST · hourly · stop first after 11 candles
- 10 Jul 2025, 14:00 JST · hourly · target first after 2 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 hammer is
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.
Drop a ball on the floor and it bounces back up. A hammer candle is like that: price fell a lot during the candle, then buyers bounced it back up near where it started. The long tail below shows how far it dropped before the bounce.
The full hammer lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Sony
Inside bar · Gap up · Gap down · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · MACD bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The hammer elsewhere
Nikkei 225 · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the hammer work on Sony?
In 25 cases on Sony, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 36% of the time and the stop came first 64%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the hammer?
After a fall, a long lower wick shows buyers stepped in.