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Tweezer top on Walmart
On Walmart the tweezer top showed up 39 times. The target came first 41% of the time, the stop 51%, and 8% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Walmart: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 25 | 40% | 48% | 12% |
| Hourly | 14 | 43% | 57% | 0% |
Walmart against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walmart | 39 | 41% | 51% | 8% |
| All US stock market charts | 859 | 37% | 59% | 4% |
| Every market | 10,991 | 34% | 58% | 8% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | 50% | 25% |
| 2021 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
| 2024 | 6 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 10 | 50% | 50% |
| 2026 | 9 | 44% | 56% |
The last 8 times
- 12 Aug 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 19 May 2026, 12:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 1 May 2026, 10:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 10 Mar 2026, 13:30 ET · hourly · target first after 6 candles
- 17 Feb 2026 · daily · target first after 3 candles
- 12 Feb 2026, 11:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 9 Feb 2026 · daily · stop first after 3 candles
- 4 Feb 2026, 14:30 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.
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Other patterns on Walmart
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Volume profile bounce · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · 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 Walmart?
In 39 cases on Walmart, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 41% of the time and the stop came first 51%; 8% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the tweezer top?
Two candles hit the same high. That ceiling held twice.