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MACD bearish cross on USD/CAD

On USD/CAD the macd bearish cross showed up 302 times. The target came first 29% of the time, the stop 64%, and 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.

Counted on USD/CAD: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.

By timeframe

TimeframeFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
Daily250%50%0%
Hourly30029%64%7%

USD/CAD against the rest

ChartsFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
USD/CAD30229%64%7%
All Forex charts3,81735%57%8%
Every market58,70536%56%8%

Year by year

YearFoundTarget firstStop first
20242744%48%
202513530%61%
202613825%69%

The last 8 times

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 macd bearish cross is

Above zero, the MACD line crossed below its signal line.

Picture a bike racing uphill that starts to slow down. It is still going up, just less fast. A MACD bearish cross above zero is like that: the rise may be losing speed.

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Other patterns on USD/CAD

Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · RSI oversold bounce · all of them

The macd bearish cross elsewhere

GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · USD/JPY · NZD/USD · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · GBP/INR · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony · Gold · Silver

Questions

How often does the macd bearish cross work on USD/CAD?

In 302 cases on USD/CAD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 29% of the time and the stop came first 64%; 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.

What is the macd bearish cross?

Above zero, the MACD line crossed below its signal line.