Interactive PaperLesson: Tweezer Top Pattern
What Is a
Tweezer Top?
A two-candle reversal signal that tells you when buyers have run out of steam and sellers are taking over.
A tweezer top forms when two candles in a row reach the exact same high but price gets rejected both times. The market tried to push higher twice. It failed twice. That's the story.
The name comes from the shape: those two matching wicks at the top look just like a pair of tweezers. Simple, clean, and powerful when it shows up in the right place.
The pattern is always two candles. Here's what each one is telling you:
A green candle. Buyers are still in control. The uptrend looks healthy. Nothing seems wrong... yet.
A red candle that hits the same high. Sellers showed up at the exact same level and pushed price right back down.
The highs don't need to be pixel-perfect. In live markets, matching within a few ticks is close enough. What matters is the rejection at the same zone twice.
Markets are just people making decisions. When buyers push price up to a level, get rejected, try again at the same level, and get rejected again... that says something loud and clear.
Buyers had two shots. They couldn't break through. Meanwhile, sellers were organized enough to defend that level both times. The balance of power is shifting. That's your edge.
Think of it like a batter who swings at the same pitch twice and misses both times. The pitcher now has the upper hand.
Tap each step to expand it:
A tweezer top on its own is useful. Stack these factors and it becomes powerful. Tap each one as you check it off:
Don't trade this in isolation on low timeframes or in choppy conditions. The tweezer top performs best on 1H and above, in a clear trend, at a meaningful level. Without context, it's just two candles.