US stock market · candlestick pattern
Doji on S&P 500
On S&P 500 the doji showed up 126 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 52% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 0%.
Counted on S&P 500: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 61 | 56% | 44% | 0% |
| Hourly | 65 | 48% | 52% | 0% |
S&P 500 against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S&P 500 | 126 | 52% | 48% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 4,520 | 54% | 45% | 1% |
| Every market | 69,197 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2017 | 10 | 60% | 40% |
| 2018 | 5 | 80% | 20% |
| 2019 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2020 | 4 | 75% | 25% |
| 2021 | 8 | 38% | 62% |
| 2022 | 7 | 43% | 57% |
| 2023 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2024 | 9 | 44% | 56% |
| 2025 | 37 | 54% | 46% |
| 2026 | 35 | 51% | 49% |
The last 8 times
- 17 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 6 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 1 Sep 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 1 Sep 2026 · daily · broke up after 2 candles
- 19 Aug 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 3 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 7 candles
- 22 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 7 candles
- 17 Jul 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
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 doji is
Open and close are almost equal. Buyers and sellers are in a tie.
Picture a tug of war where both teams pull hard, but when the whistle blows the flag is right back in the middle. A doji candle is that tie: price moved up and down, but it closed almost exactly where it opened. Nobody won this round.
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Other patterns on S&P 500
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · Spinning top · Gap down · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The doji elsewhere
Dow Jones · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the doji work on S&P 500?
In 126 cases on S&P 500, price broke up 52% of the time, broke down 48% and stayed inside 0% within 12 candles.
What is the doji?
Open and close are almost equal. Buyers and sellers are in a tie.