Here is a list of the seven most popular reversal candlestick patterns used in technical analysis to determine a high probability area on a chart for a reversal of a current trend. These patterns show a shifting in power from buyers to sellers or sellers to buyers through the price action of the candle being […]
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What is a long-legged doji candlestick pattern? The long-legged doji candlestick pattern has both long upper and lower shadows (wicks) and generally has a closing price near where it opened in the time frame of the candle. The long-legged doji candlestick can signal extreme indecision in the current market with a large trading range but
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Munehisa Honma (本間 宗久) 1724-1803 is known as the father of the candlestick chart. He is believed to have been a rice merchant in 18th century Japan who traded the Dojima Rice market in Osaka. . In 1710, a Japanese rice spot market was transformed into a futures market for rice. This market used coupons
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A spinning top is a single candlestick pattern that has a body in the middle of two longer wicks. A spinning top chart pattern is a signal that neither buyers or sellers have control of price action in the time frame of the candle. The spinning top candle shows that price ended up closer to
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The “dark cloud cover” is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern. The dark cloud cover starts by appearing to continue an existing uptrend with a long white candle body, then the following day price opens at a new high but reverses and closes below the middle of the previous day’s bullish candle range. At the peak
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The piercing pattern candlestick chart is a two day price action pattern. It is created after one large down black or red candlestick followed by one large up white or green candlestick that opens below the low of the preceding candlestick but closes over halfway up into the previous black bearish body candlestick. This candlestick
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Bullish candlestick patterns on a chart visually show buying pressure. These patterns can show the possibility of a price reversal during a downtrend or the continuation of an uptrend already in place. There can be single bullish candles or bullish candlestick patterns containing multiple candles in row. Here are some of the most popular bullish
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Bearish candlestick patterns on a chart visually show selling pressure. These patterns can show the possibility of a price reversal during an uptrend or the continuation of a downtrend already in place. There can be single bearish candles or bearish candlestick patterns containing multiple candles in row. Here are some of the most popular bearish
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Three black crows is a bearish three candlestick chart pattern formed by price action closing lower than the open and below the previous day’s low for three days in row. It is created by three long bearish candlesticks that stair step downward. Each candle in the pattern must open below the last days open, in
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The inverted hammer pattern is a type of candlestick located at the end of downtrend and is used by technical analysts as a bullish reversal signal from the lows. The inverted hammer candle visually looks like a hammer turned upside down with its handle pointing up. It is defined as a one day bullish reversal
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