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Spinning top on SPDR S&P 500 ETF
On SPDR S&P 500 ETF the spinning top showed up 186 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 2%.
Counted on SPDR S&P 500 ETF: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 89 | 57% | 42% | 1% |
| Hourly | 97 | 45% | 53% | 2% |
SPDR S&P 500 ETF against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF | 186 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
| All US stock market charts | 5,803 | 52% | 47% | 1% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13 | 54% | 46% |
| 2017 | 15 | 47% | 53% |
| 2018 | 6 | 67% | 33% |
| 2019 | 7 | 100% | 0% |
| 2020 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
| 2021 | 7 | 57% | 43% |
| 2022 | 8 | 38% | 62% |
| 2023 | 6 | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 | 12 | 42% | 58% |
| 2025 | 59 | 47% | 49% |
| 2026 | 49 | 51% | 47% |
The last 8 times
- 9 Oct 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 7 Oct 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 1 candle
- 1 Oct 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 3 candles
- 16 Sep 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 1 candle
- 10 Sep 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 10 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · broke up after 7 candles
- 8 Sep 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 28 Aug 2026, 09:30 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 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 SPDR S&P 500 ETF
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Gap up · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Doji · RSI overbought drop · Volume profile bounce · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The spinning top elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the spinning top work on SPDR S&P 500 ETF?
In 186 cases on SPDR S&P 500 ETF, price broke up 51% of the time, broke down 47% and stayed inside 2% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.