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Candlestick patterns

Every formation defined as an exact rule over open, high, low and close, with the thresholds it uses and the conditions that invalidate it.

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Single-candle patterns

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Hammer Small body at the top of the range with a long lower wick, after a decline.

Inverted Hammer Small body at the bottom with a long upper wick, after a decline.

Hanging Man The hammer shape, but appearing after a rise instead.

Shooting Star Small body at the bottom with a long upper wick, after a rise.

Doji Open and close within a hair of each other. Indecision by definition.

Dragonfly Doji A doji whose open and close sit at the top of the range.

Gravestone Doji A doji whose open and close sit at the bottom of the range.

Long-Legged Doji A doji with long wicks on both sides of the body.

Rickshaw Man A long-legged doji whose body sits near the middle of the range.

Spinning Top Small body, wicks both sides. The most common formation in the set.

High Wave Small body with wicks so long the session says almost nothing.

Takuri Line A hammer with an unusually long lower wick.

Bullish Marubozu A full body with no wicks. Opens at the low, closes at the high.

Bearish Marubozu A full body with no wicks. Opens at the high, closes at the low.

Bullish Closing Marubozu Closes at the high, with a wick permitted at the open.

Bearish Closing Marubozu Closes at the low, with a wick permitted at the open.

Bullish Belt Hold Opens at the low and closes near the high, after a decline.

Bearish Belt Hold Opens at the high and closes near the low, after a rise.

Bullish Long Line A long green body, judged against the recent average range.

Bearish Long Line A long red body, judged against the recent average range.

Bullish Short Line A short green body, well below the recent average range.

Bearish Short Line A short red body, well below the recent average range.

Bearish Opening Marubozu A down candle that opens exactly at its high, so it has no upper shadow.

Bullish Opening Marubozu An up candle that opens exactly at its low, so it has no lower shadow.

Northern Doji A doji occurring during an advance, where its indecision counts against the trend.

Southern Doji A doji occurring during a decline, where its indecision counts against the trend.

Two-candle patterns

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Bullish Engulfing A green body that completely covers the previous red body.

Bearish Engulfing A red body that completely covers the previous green body.

Bullish Harami A small green body contained inside the previous large red body.

Bearish Harami A small red body contained inside the previous large green body.

Bullish Harami Cross A harami whose second candle is a doji.

Bearish Harami Cross A harami whose second candle is a doji.

Dark Cloud Cover Opens above the prior high, then closes below the prior midpoint.

Piercing Line Opens below the prior low, then closes above the prior midpoint.

Bullish Doji Star A doji gapping below a long red body.

Bearish Doji Star A doji gapping above a long green body.

Bullish Kicker A gap up with no overlap at all between the two bodies.

Bearish Kicker A gap down with no overlap at all between the two bodies.

Bullish Separating Lines A green candle opening at the prior red open, in an uptrend.

Bearish Separating Lines A red candle opening at the prior green open, in a downtrend.

Bullish Counterattack Gaps down, then closes back at the previous close.

Bearish Counterattack Gaps up, then closes back at the previous close.

In-Neck A red body followed by a green close barely into it.

On-Neck A green close that reaches only the previous low.

Thrusting A green close inside the prior body but below its midpoint.

Matching High Two candles closing at the same high after a rise.

Matching Low Two candles closing at the same low after a decline.

Tweezer Top Two adjacent candles sharing the same high.

Tweezer Bottom Two adjacent candles sharing the same low.

Homing Pigeon A small red body contained inside a larger red body.

Inside Bar A bar whose entire range sits inside the previous range.

Outside Bar A bar whose range covers the whole of the previous range.

Descending Hawk Two up candles where the second is entirely contained within the first's body.

Falling Window A gap between two candles, where the second candle's high is below the first candle's low.

Last Engulfing Bottom A bearish engulfing that appears at the bottom of a decline, where it reverses rather than continues.

Last Engulfing Top A bullish engulfing that appears at the top of an advance, where it reverses rather than continues.

Rising Window A gap between two candles, where the second candle's low is above the first candle's high.

Three-candle patterns

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Morning Star Long red, a small gapped body, then a long green close.

Evening Star Long green, a small gapped body, then a long red close.

Morning Doji Star A morning star whose middle candle is a doji.

Evening Doji Star An evening star whose middle candle is a doji.

Bullish Abandoned Baby A morning doji star with gaps on both sides of the doji.

Bearish Abandoned Baby An evening doji star with gaps on both sides of the doji.

Three White Soldiers Three long green bodies, each closing above the last.

Three Black Crows Three long red bodies, each closing below the last.

Identical Three Crows Three red bodies, each opening at the previous close.

Two Crows A gap up, then two red bodies filling it back in.

Upside Gap Two Crows Two crows where the second engulfs the first.

Three Inside Up A bullish harami confirmed by a third green close.

Three Inside Down A bearish harami confirmed by a third red close.

Three Outside Up A bullish engulfing confirmed by a third green close.

Three Outside Down A bearish engulfing confirmed by a third red close.

Bullish Tri-Star Three consecutive dojis at the bottom of a decline.

Bearish Tri-Star Three consecutive dojis at the top of a rise.

Advance Block Three green bodies, each smaller than the last.

Stalled Pattern Two long green bodies, then a small one gapping up.

Three Stars in the South Three shrinking red bodies with the range narrowing.

Unique Three River A long red body, a harami with a new low, then a small green.

Stick Sandwich Two red closes at the same price with a green candle between.

Upside Tasuki Gap A gap up, then a red candle that fails to close it.

Downside Tasuki Gap A gap down, then a green candle that fails to close it.

Upside Gap Three Methods Two green candles with a gap, then a red candle filling it.

Downside Gap Three Methods Two red candles with a gap, then a green candle filling it.

Upside Gap Side-by-Side White Lines A gap up followed by two green bodies of similar size.

Downside Gap Side-by-Side White Lines A gap down followed by two green bodies of similar size.

Bearish Island Reversal A candle isolated by a gap up before it and a gap down after it, leaving it stranded at the high.

Bullish Island Reversal A candle isolated by a gap down before it and a gap up after it, leaving it stranded at the low.

Collapsing Doji Star A white candle, then a doji gapping down, then a black candle gapping down again.

Two Black Gapping A gap down followed by two black candles that fail to close it.

Four-candle patterns

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Concealing Baby Swallow Two marubozu, then a candle whose range swallows the third.

Bullish Three-Line Strike Three green closes, then one red candle covering all three.

Bearish Three-Line Strike Three red closes, then one green candle covering all three.

Bullish Hikkake An inside bar, a false break down, then a break up.

Bearish Hikkake An inside bar, a false break up, then a break down.

Three Gaps Three consecutive rising windows, read as exhaustion rather than strength.

Five-candle patterns

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Bullish Modified Hikkake A bullish hikkake where the candle before the mother bar closed near its low.

Bearish Modified Hikkake A bearish hikkake where the candle before the mother bar closed near its high.

Rising Three Methods A long green, three small red bodies inside it, then a new high.

Falling Three Methods A long red, three small green bodies inside it, then a new low.

Mat Hold A rising three methods where the pullback gaps up first.

Bullish Breakaway A gap down, three sliding candles, then a green close into the gap.

Bearish Breakaway A gap up, three rising candles, then a red close into the gap.

Ladder Bottom Four falling red candles, then a green candle opening with a gap.

Dumpling Top A rounded top of small candles that ends with a gap down.

Fry Pan Bottom A rounded bottom of small candles that ends with a gap up.

Tower Bottom A tall down candle, then several small ones, then a tall up candle — a trough between two towers.

Tower Top A tall up candle, then several small ones, then a tall down candle — a plateau between two towers.

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