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Dark cloud cover on USD/JPY
On USD/JPY the dark cloud cover showed up 38 times. The target came first 37% of the time, the stop 45%, and 18% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on USD/JPY: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 6 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| Hourly | 32 | 34% | 44% | 22% |
USD/JPY against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD/JPY | 38 | 37% | 45% | 18% |
| All Forex charts | 439 | 33% | 54% | 12% |
| Every market | 6,385 | 36% | 57% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 33% | 33% |
| 2025 | 17 | 35% | 53% |
| 2026 | 13 | 31% | 38% |
The last 8 times
- 6 Jul 2026, 07:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 30 Jun 2026, 06:00 UTC · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 15 Jun 2026, 20:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 1 Jun 2026, 19:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 12 May 2026, 09:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 28 Apr 2026, 15:00 UTC · hourly · went nowhere
- 9 Mar 2026, 07:00 UTC · hourly · target first after 8 candles
- 9 Mar 2026, 04:00 UTC · hourly · target first 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 dark cloud cover is
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.
Imagine a sunny sky, and then a dark cloud slides over more than half of it. A dark cloud cover is like that: after a big green candle, the next red candle pushes down past the middle of the green one. Sellers took back more than half of the climb.
The full dark cloud cover lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on USD/JPY
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · Doji · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The dark cloud cover elsewhere
GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · EUR/USD · USD/CHF · GBP/JPY · NZD/USD · EUR/GBP · AUD/USD · USD/CAD · EUR/INR · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the dark cloud cover work on USD/JPY?
In 38 cases on USD/JPY, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 37% of the time and the stop came first 45%; 18% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the dark cloud cover?
After a big green candle, red closes below its middle.