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Tweezer bottom on USD/CAD

On USD/CAD the tweezer bottom showed up 49 times. The target came first 16% of the time, the stop 67%, and 16% 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
Hourly4916%67%16%

USD/CAD against the rest

ChartsFoundTarget firstStop firstWent nowhere
USD/CAD4916%67%16%
All Forex charts62533%57%11%
Every market9,70935%55%11%

Year by year

YearFoundTarget firstStop first
2024367%33%
20252615%65%
20262010%75%

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 tweezer bottom is

Two candles hit the same low. That floor held twice.

Picture a pair of tweezers, with two tips meeting at the very same point. A tweezer bottom is two candles whose lowest points land at almost exactly the same price. Price tested the floor twice, and the floor held both times.

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Other patterns on USD/CAD

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

The tweezer bottom elsewhere

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

Questions

How often does the tweezer bottom work on USD/CAD?

In 49 cases on USD/CAD, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 16% of the time and the stop came first 67%; 16% went nowhere within 12 candles.

What is the tweezer bottom?

Two candles hit the same low. That floor held twice.