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Key Candlestick Patterns Explained

The document discusses various candlestick patterns including bullish patterns like the Hammer, Piercing, Bullish Engulfing, Morning Star, Three White Soldiers, and Marubozu patterns. It also discusses bearish patterns such as the Hanging Man, Dark Cloud Cover, and Bearish Engulfing patterns.
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Key Candlestick Patterns Explained

The document discusses various candlestick patterns including bullish patterns like the Hammer, Piercing, Bullish Engulfing, Morning Star, Three White Soldiers, and Marubozu patterns. It also discusses bearish patterns such as the Hanging Man, Dark Cloud Cover, and Bearish Engulfing patterns.
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  • Cover
  • Introduction to Candlestick Patterns
  • Bullish Candlestick Patterns
  • Bearish Candlestick Patterns

P R E S E N T B Y S T O X M E E

highest price

closing price

OPENING price

LOWEST price

highest price

OPENING price

OPENING price

LOWEST price
Bullish Candlestick Pattern
Hammer Candlestick Piercing Bullish Engulfing
Pattern Pattern Pattern

Real Body

the second candle


engulfing the first
candle

Closing Should Be
More than 50% of
the previous
candlestick
Long Lower
Shadow

Morning Star Three White Marubozu Candlestick


Pattern Soldiers Pattern

Bullish Harami Candlestick Inverted Hammer Candlestick


Pattern Pattern
Bearish Candlestick Pattern

Hanging man Candlestick Dark cloud Bearish Engulfing


Pattern cover Pattern

the close must be


more than 50%

Evening Star Three Black Crows Candlestick Black Marubozu


Pattern Pattern

Bearish Harami Candlestick Shooting Star Candlestick


Pattern
Pattern
Bullish
1. Hammer Candlestick Pattern Candlestick
Pattern

Real Body

Long Lower
Shadow

As we have discussed above, Hammer is formed after the


stock prices have been falling, indicating that the prices are
attempting to form a bottom.
Hammers signal that the bears have lost control over the
prices, indicating a potential reversal to an uptrend.
One should note that this candlestick should be formed
after three or more bearish candles as it gives more
confirmation.
Trading Example

Trading TF. 15M To 1D


2. Piercing Pattern

Closing Should Be
More than 50% of
the previous
candlestick

Investors must look at a few characteristics when they


trade with the piercing pattern:
Firstly, the trend should be downtrend, as the pattern is
a bullish reversal pattern.
Secondly, the length of the candlestick plays an
important role in determining the force with which the
reversal will take place.
The gap down between the bearish and bullish
candlesticks indicates how powerful the trend reversal
will be.
Fourthly, the bullish candlestick should close more than
the midpoint of the previous bearish candlestick.
Lastly, the bearish, as well as the bullish candlestick,
should have larger bodies.
Trading Example

Trading TF 4H To 1D

Piercing Pattern
3. Bullish Engulfing Pattern

The bullish engulfing candle signals reversal of a


downtrend and indicates a rise in buying pressure
when it appears at the bottom of a downtrend.
This pattern reverses the ongoing trend as more
buyers enter the market and move the prices up
further.
The pattern involves two candles, with the second
green candle that is completely engulfing the body of
the previous red candle.
Trading Example

Trading TF 5M To 1D

3. Bullish Engulfing
Pattern
4. Morning Star Pattern

When the market is in a bearish trend, most traders expect that it is going to continue down
further.
The current market sentiment is bearish, and traders are either shorting or out of the market
waiting for a bullish trend to start.
When the first candle of the morning star forms, this sentiment holds one.
When the second candle is formed, then the market seems to be another bearish day as the
candle gaps down.
As the market has gone down quite a lot, some traders may begin to think that it is going to
reverse.
They start assuming that reverse must be coming, as it has continued down for some time.
Due to this the buying pressure increases and it makes it harder for the bears to continue
pushing the prices down.
The market closes around where it opened, and thus creates a Doji candlestick pattern.
The third-day candle confirms that the bulls have taken control over the prices.
The market gaps up and more people are expecting the trend to get reverse.
Due to this sentiment, the third candle is a bullish candlestick.
Trading Example

Trading TF 5M To 1D

Morning Star
Pattern
5. Three White Soldiers

The three white soldiers pattern is a bullish reversal


candlestick pattern that occurs at the bottom of a
downtrend.
As the name suggests, this pattern consists of three
candlesticks that are green in color.
This candlestick pattern signals an upcoming uptrend
because of the strong buying pressure.
These candlesticks do not have long shadows and
open within the real body of the previous candle in
the pattern.
Trading Example

Trading TF 30M To
1D

Three White Soldiers


6. Marubozu Candlestick Pattern

A Marubozu is a single candlestick having a long real


body and with no shadows. This real body indicates a
strong movement that may be in any particular
direction either upside or downside. When a bullish
Marubozu
is formed, it indicates that the price opened, traded
higher, and finally closed in the mid of an attempt to
rise
further. Here the opening price is the same as the low
price and the closing price is the same as the high
price.
Trading Example

Trading TF 5M To 1D

Marubozu Candlestick
Pattern
7. Bullish Harami

A Bullish Harami candlestick is formed when a large


bearish red candle appears on Day 1 that is followed
by a smaller bearish candle on the next day.
One should note that the important aspect of the
bullish Harami is that prices should gap up on Day 2.
Trading Example

Trading TF 1D

Bullish Harami
8. Inverted Hammer

The Inverted Hammer is a signal of bullish reversal


after a downtrend.
It tells the traders that the bulls are now willing to buy
the stock at the fallen prices. After the downtrend,
there is pressure from the buyers in the market to
raise the stock prices.
It tells the sellers in the market to exit as they may be
a bullish reversal and tells the buyers to enter their
buying position as the bullish trend is about to start.
But remember to confirm this signal with other
technical indicators as it may sometimes fall signals.
You can also wait for the next trading day to confirm
the beginning of the bullish trend.
If in the next trading session the opening price is more
than the closing price of the inverted hammer
candlestick then you can enter the buy position
Trading Example

Trading TF 5M To 1D

Inverted Hammer
Bearish
1. Hanging man Candlestick
Pattern

Traders should look at a few characteristics of this pattern


and take advantage of the formation of this pattern.
The long lower shadow of this pattern indicates that the
sellers have entered the market.
Usually, pattern with longer lower shadows seems to have
performed better than the Hanging Man with shorter lower
shadows.
This candlestick pattern can be either green or red but this
does not play a significant role in the interpretation of this
candlestick pattern.
The signal given by this pattern is confirmed when the
bearish candle is formed on the next day.
The traders should also analyze if the volume has increased
during the formation of this pattern.
Traders can enter a short position at the closing price of this
candlestick or at the opening price of the next bearish
candlestick.
Trading Example

Trading TF 5M To 1D

Hanging man
2. Dark cloud cover

the close must be


more than 50%

The Dark Cloud Cover pattern includes a large black candle


forming a “dark cloud” over the previous day’s candle.
The buyers push the price higher at the open, but then the
sellers take over later in the session and push the prices
down.
This shift from buying to selling signals that a price reversal
to the downside could be forthcoming.
Most traders consider the Dark Cloud Cover pattern useful
only when it occurs at the end of an uptrend
As the prices rise, the pattern becomes more important for
the reversal to the downside.
If the price action is choppy then the pattern is less significant
as the price remains choppy after this pattern.
Trading Example

Dark cloud cover

Trading TF 5M To 1D
3. Bearish Engulfing

The bearish engulfing pattern is the opposite of the bullish


pattern.
It signals a reversal of the uptrend and indicates a fall in
prices by the sellers who exert the selling pressure when it
appears at the top of an uptrend
This pattern triggers a reversal of the ongoing trend as more
sellers enter the market and they make the prices fall.
Trading Example

Bearish Engulfing

Trading TF 5M To 1D
4. Evening Star

An Evening Star is a candlestick pattern that is used by


technical analysts for analyzing when a trend is about to
reverse.
It consists of three candlesticks: a large bullish candlestick, a
small-bodied candle, and a bearish candlestick.
Evening Star patterns appear at the top of a price uptrend,
signaling that the uptrend is going to end.
Trading Example

Evening Star

Trading TF 5M To 1D
5. Three Black Crows

Three Black pattern is a multiple candlestick chart pattern


that is used to predict reversal to the downtrend.
This candlestick pattern is formed when the bearish forces
come into the action and make the prices fall for three
consecutive days.
Traders should take a short position after this bearish
candlestick pattern is formed.
Traders can also take the help of volume and technical
indicators to confirm the formation of this candlestick
pattern.
Trading Example

Three Black Crows

Trading TF 5M To 1D
6. Black Marubozu

Black Marubozu is a large black candle with no wicks on


either end. This candle is considered to be very bearish. This
pattern can lead to a continuation of current downtrend or
start of a bullish reversal.
Trading Example

Black Marubozu

Trading TF 5M To 1D
7. Bearish Harami

A Bearish Harami candlestick is formed when there is a


large bullish candle on Day 1 and is followed by a smaller
bearish candle on Day 2.
One should note that the important aspect of the bearish
Harami candlestick is that prices gapped down on Day 2
and also they were unable to move higher back to the close
of Day 1.
Trading Example

Bearish Harami

Trading TF 1D

P R E S E N T  B Y  S T O X M E E
highest price 
closing price 
OPENING price 
LOWEST price 
OPENING price 
highest price 
OPENING price 
LOWEST price
Hammer Candlestick 
Pattern
Real Body
Long Lower
Shadow
Piercing 
Pattern
Closing Should Be 
More than 50% of
the previous
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Bearish Candlestick Pattern (https://www.elearnmarkets.com/blog/35-candlestick-patterns-in-stock-market/#bearish-candlestick-
Real Body
Long Lower
Shadow
As we have discussed above, Hammer is formed after the
stock prices have been falling, indicating
Trading Example
Trading TF. 15M To 1D
2. Piercing Pattern
Firstly, the trend should be downtrend, as the pattern is
a bullish reversal pattern.
Secondly, the lengt
Trading Example
Trading TF 4H To 1D
 Piercing Pattern
3. Bullish Engulfing Pattern
The bullish engulfing candle signals reversal of a
downtrend and indicates a rise in buying pres
Trading Example
3. Bullish Engulfing
Pattern
Trading TF 5M To 1D

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