US stock market · candlestick pattern
Tweezer top on Visa
On Visa the tweezer top showed up 21 times. The target came first 29% of the time, the stop 71%, and 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Visa: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 8 | 12% | 88% | 0% |
| Hourly | 13 | 38% | 62% | 0% |
Visa against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa | 21 | 29% | 71% | 0% |
| All US stock market charts | 859 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
The last 8 times
- 8 Oct 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 5 Oct 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 17 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 8 candles
- 29 May 2026, 15:30 ET · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 29 Apr 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 5 Jan 2026, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 4 Sep 2025, 14:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 30 May 2025, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 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 tweezer top is
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.
Imagine jumping twice and bumping your head on the same spot of the ceiling both times. A tweezer top is two candles whose highest points land at almost exactly the same price. Buyers hit a ceiling twice, and it held both times.
The full tweezer top lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Visa
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Gap down · Volume profile bounce · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The tweezer top elsewhere
Dow Jones · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Intel · Boeing · Amazon · Sony · GBP/USD · EUR/JPY · Gold · Silver · Ethereum · Bitcoin
Questions
How often does the tweezer top work on Visa?
In 21 cases on Visa, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 29% of the time and the stop came first 71%; 0% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.