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Candlestick Patterns
Doji
Neutral
Open and close are nearly the same, so the real body is a thin line.
Candlestick Patterns
Spinning Top
Neutral
A small real body with shadows on both sides.
Candlestick Patterns
Bullish Marubozu
Bullish
A long bullish candle with little or no shadow.
Candlestick Patterns
Bearish Marubozu
Bearish
A long bearish candle with little or no shadow.
Candlestick Patterns
Hammer
Bullish
A small body near the high and a long lower shadow, after a decline.
Candlestick Patterns
Inverted Hammer
Bullish
A small body near the low and a long upper shadow, after a decline.
Candlestick Patterns
Hanging Man
Bearish
A hammer-shaped candle after a rally.
Candlestick Patterns
Shooting Star
Bearish
A small body near the low and a long upper shadow, after a rally.
Candlestick Patterns
Dragonfly Doji
Bullish
Open and close sit at the high, with a long lower shadow.
Candlestick Patterns
Gravestone Doji
Bearish
Open and close sit at the low, with a long upper shadow.
Candlestick Patterns
Bullish Engulfing
Bullish
A bullish candle whose body covers the prior bearish body.
Candlestick Patterns
Bearish Engulfing
Bearish
A bearish candle whose body covers the prior bullish body.
Candlestick Patterns
Bullish Harami
Bullish
A small bullish body inside the prior large bearish body.
Candlestick Patterns
Bearish Harami
Bearish
A small bearish body inside the prior large bullish body.
Candlestick Patterns
Piercing Line
Bullish
A bullish candle that opens below the prior low and closes above the prior midpoint.
Candlestick Patterns
Dark Cloud Cover
Bearish
A bearish candle that opens above the prior high and closes below the prior midpoint.
Candlestick Patterns
Tweezer Bottom
Bullish
Two candles that share the same low after a decline.
Candlestick Patterns
Tweezer Top
Bearish
Two candles that share the same high after a rally.
Candlestick Patterns
Bullish Kicker
Bullish
A bearish candle followed by a bullish candle that gaps up and does not overlap.
Candlestick Patterns
Bearish Kicker
Bearish
A bullish candle followed by a bearish candle that gaps down and does not overlap.
Candlestick Patterns
Morning Star
Bullish
A long bearish candle, a small candle, then a bullish candle closing into the first body.
Candlestick Patterns
Evening Star
Bearish
A long bullish candle, a small candle, then a bearish candle closing into the first body.
Candlestick Patterns
Morning Doji Star
Bullish
A morning star whose middle candle is a doji.
Candlestick Patterns
Evening Doji Star
Bearish
An evening star whose middle candle is a doji.
Candlestick Patterns
Three White Soldiers
Bullish
Three bullish candles in a row, each closing higher.
Candlestick Patterns
Three Black Crows
Bearish
Three bearish candles in a row, each closing lower.
Candlestick Patterns
Three Inside Up
Bullish
A bullish harami followed by a third candle that closes above the first high.
Candlestick Patterns
Three Inside Down
Bearish
A bearish harami followed by a third candle that closes below the first low.
Candlestick Patterns
Three Outside Up
Bullish
A bullish engulfing pattern plus a third candle that closes higher.
Candlestick Patterns
Three Outside Down
Bearish
A bearish engulfing pattern plus a third candle that closes lower.
Candlestick Patterns
Bullish Abandoned Baby
Bullish
A bearish candle, a gap-down doji, then a bullish candle that gaps up.
Candlestick Patterns
Bearish Abandoned Baby
Bearish
A bullish candle, a gap-up doji, then a bearish candle that gaps down.
Candlestick Patterns
Rising Three Methods
Bullish
A long bullish candle, three small bearish candles inside it, then another bullish candle.
Candlestick Patterns
Falling Three Methods
Bearish
A long bearish candle, three small bullish candles inside it, then another bearish candle.
Reversal Patterns
Double Bottom
Bullish
Two similar lows with a rally between them, then a break of the middle high.
Reversal Patterns
Double Top
Bearish
Two similar highs with a dip between them, then a break of the middle low.
Reversal Patterns
Inverse Head and Shoulders
Bullish
A low, a lower low, and a higher low, then a break of the neckline.
Reversal Patterns
Head and Shoulders
Bearish
A high, a higher high, and a lower high, then a break of the neckline.
Reversal Patterns
Falling Wedge
Bullish
Price makes lower highs and lower lows inside two descending lines that converge.
Reversal Patterns
Rising Wedge
Bearish
Price makes higher highs and higher lows inside two rising lines that converge.
Continuation Patterns
Bull Flag
Bullish
A sharp rise, then a small downward-sloping channel, then a break higher.
Continuation Patterns
Bear Flag
Bearish
A sharp drop, then a small upward-sloping channel, then a break lower.
Continuation Patterns
Bullish Rectangle
Bullish
Price pauses between two horizontal lines after a rise, then breaks the top.
Continuation Patterns
Bearish Rectangle
Bearish
Price pauses between two horizontal lines after a drop, then breaks the floor.
Continuation Patterns
Bullish Pennant
Bullish
A sharp rise followed by a small symmetrical triangle.
Continuation Patterns
Bearish Pennant
Bearish
A sharp drop followed by a small symmetrical triangle.
Continuation Patterns
Ascending Triangle
Bullish
Flat highs with rising lows.
Continuation Patterns
Descending Triangle
Bearish
Flat lows with falling highs.
Continuation Patterns
Symmetrical Triangle
Neutral
Lower highs and higher lows converge. The break can go either way.
9EMA Trading Setups
9 EMA Pullback
Bullish
Trade with the trend using clean 9 EMA pullback entries.
9EMA Trading Setups
Liquidity Sweep
Neutral
Identify liquidity grabs and potential reversals.
9EMA Trading Setups
Double Top / Bottom
Neutral
Learn to identify potential reversals at key levels.
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