Indian stock market · candlestick pattern
Spinning top on TCS
On TCS the spinning top showed up 179 times. Within 12 candles price broke up 45% of the time, broke down 52% and stayed inside 3%.
Counted on Tata Consultancy Services: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 76 | 37% | 61% | 3% |
| Hourly | 103 | 50% | 46% | 4% |
TCS against the rest
| Charts | Found | Broke up | Broke down | Stayed inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCS | 179 | 45% | 52% | 3% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 12,556 | 51% | 47% | 2% |
| Every market | 88,077 | 49% | 49% | 3% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Broke up | Broke down |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 25% | 75% |
| 2017 | 10 | 30% | 70% |
| 2018 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2019 | 4 | 25% | 75% |
| 2020 | 9 | 67% | 11% |
| 2021 | 9 | 33% | 67% |
| 2022 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2023 | 13 | 38% | 62% |
| 2024 | 6 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 71 | 39% | 55% |
| 2026 | 41 | 66% | 34% |
The last 8 times
- 29 Jul 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 7 candles
- 29 Jul 2026 · daily · broke down after 2 candles
- 27 Jul 2026 · daily · broke up after 1 candle
- 16 Jul 2026 · daily · broke up after 1 candle
- 13 Jul 2026, 12:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 4 candles
- 10 Jul 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 8 candles
- 3 Jul 2026, 14:15 IST · hourly · broke down after 2 candles
- 2 Jul 2026, 13:15 IST · hourly · broke up after 3 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 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.
The full spinning top lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on TCS
Inside bar · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · MACD bearish cross · Gap up · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The spinning top elsewhere
Sensex · Nifty 50 · Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver
Questions
How often does the spinning top work on TCS?
In 179 cases on TCS, price broke up 45% of the time, broke down 52% and stayed inside 3% within 12 candles.
What is the spinning top?
Small body, wicks on both sides. Nobody is in charge.