Candles

Candlestick patterns for reversals, continuations, and indecision. Browse by direction, open any pattern to see how it is detected, then use it in a mix.

Bullish

Dragonfly Doji

Price sold off and recovered to close at the high. The long lower wick shows buyers took the bar back.

Bullish Hammer

A single green hammer: a small body at the high and a long lower wick. This check is the candle shape only.

Bullish Inverted Hammer

A single green inverted hammer: a small body at the low and a long upper wick.

Hammer

A hammer candle after a decline, confirmed when the next candle closes higher. A bullish reversal.

Hammer (unconfirmed)

A hammer candle after a decline, before a confirmation candle has closed.

Bullish Engulfing

A green candle whose body covers the prior red body. Buyers took back the whole previous session.

Bullish Harami

A small candle opens inside the prior red body and closes above that prior close. Selling stalled.

Bullish Harami Cross

A bullish harami whose second candle is a doji. The stall inside the red body is complete.

Bullish Marubozu

A green candle with no wicks. Price opened at the low and closed at the high.

Bullish Spinning Top

A small green body with wicks at least twice as long on both sides. The session did not commit to a direction.

Morning Star

A decline gaps down, then a green candle closes back through the middle of the first red body.

Morning Doji Star

A morning star whose middle candle is a doji. The gap down stalled before the reversal candle.

Abandoned Baby

A bearish candle, a doji gapped below it, then a bullish candle gapped above the doji. The doji is left alone.

Piercing Line

After a red candle, the next candle opens below that low and closes above the midpoint of the red body.

Three White Soldiers

Three rising green candles, each opening inside the prior body and closing higher. Buying kept stepping up.

Tweezer Bottom

After a decline, two candles share the same low. The selloff stalled at one price.

Bearish

Gravestone Doji

Price rallied and failed, closing back at the low. The long upper wick shows sellers rejected the high.

Bearish Hammer

A single red hammer: a small body at the high and a long lower wick. This check is the candle shape only.

Bearish Inverted Hammer

A single red inverted hammer: a small body at the low and a long upper wick. This is the shooting-star candle shape.

Hanging Man

A hammer-shaped candle after a rally, confirmed when the next candle closes lower. A bearish reversal.

Hanging Man (unconfirmed)

A hammer-shaped candle after a rally, before a confirmation candle has closed.

Shooting Star

An inverted-hammer candle after a rally, confirmed when the next candle closes lower. A bearish reversal.

Shooting Star (unconfirmed)

An inverted-hammer candle after a rally, before a confirmation candle has closed.

Bearish Engulfing

A red candle whose body covers the prior green body. Sellers took back the whole previous session.

Bearish Harami

A small candle opens inside the prior green body and closes below that prior close. Buying stalled.

Bearish Harami Cross

A bearish harami whose second candle is a doji. The stall inside the green body is complete.

Bearish Marubozu

A red candle with no wicks. Price opened at the high and closed at the low.

Bearish Spinning Top

A small red body with wicks at least twice as long on both sides. The session did not follow through.

Evening Star

A rally gaps up, then a red candle closes back through the middle of the first green body.

Evening Doji Star

An evening star whose middle candle is a doji. The gap up stalled before the reversal candle.

Bearish Abandoned Baby

A bullish candle, a doji gapped above it, then a bearish candle gapped below the doji. The doji is left alone.

Dark Cloud Cover

After a green candle, the next candle opens above that high and closes below the midpoint of the green body, but not below its open.

Three Black Crows

Three falling red candles, each opening inside the prior body and closing lower. Selling kept stepping down.

Tweezer Top

After a rise, two candles share the same high. The rally stalled at one price.

Downside Tasuki Gap

Two red candles gap down, then a green candle bounces without closing the gap. The decline is still in force.

Neutral

Doji

Open and close are the same price, so buyers and sellers finished the bar in a stalemate.