Evening Star
A rally gaps up, then a red candle closes back through the middle of the first green body.
Bearish
Reversal
3 candles
What it means
A rally gaps up, then a red candle closes back through the middle of the first green body.
How it's detected
- The first candle is bullish.
- The second candle gaps up: its high and low are both above the first high.
- The third candle is bearish, opens below the second low, and the second close is above that open.
- The third close is below the midpoint of the first body.
Recent matches
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Gravestone Doji
Bearish
Reversal
1 candle
Price rallied and failed, closing back at the low. The long upper wick shows sellers rejected the high.
Bearish Hammer
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Reversal
1 candle
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
Bearish
Reversal
1 candle
A single red inverted hammer: a small body at the low and a long upper wick. This is the shooting-star candle shape.