Patterns

Documented price-action patterns with historical context and detection notes.

Each pattern includes historical stats, contextual notes, and the conditions that make it worth watching during a session.

Family

Harmonic Patterns

· 9 variants

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Three Bar Reversal

· 5 variants

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Three Methods

· 4 variants

Standalone

Other Patterns

· 72

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Bearish Abandoned Baby

Three-candle bearish top: an up candle, a doji that gaps fully above with empty space on both sides, then a down candle that gaps below.

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Bearish Advance Block

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: three up candles whose upper wicks grow longer each bar, showing buyers running out of steam.

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Bearish After Top Gap Down

Five-candle bearish reversal: three rising up candles, the third gapping up, then two down candles with a gap down that breaks the trend.

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Bearish Belt Hold

Single-candle bearish reversal after a rally: a candle that gaps up to open and then falls all the way through with no upper wick.

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Bearish Breakaway

Five-candle bearish reversal: a long up candle, a gap up, two more bars drifting higher, then one down candle that drops back into the gap.

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Bearish Dark Cloud Cover

Two-candle bearish reversal: a down candle opens above a prior up candle but closes back below the middle of its body.

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Bearish Deliberation Block

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: two strong up candles, then a small gapped-up candle where the advance stalls.

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Bearish Descending Hawk

Two-candle bearish reversal: two up candles where the second is small and held entirely inside the first, a fading rally.

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Bearish Doji Star

Two-candle bearish reversal: an up candle followed by a doji that gaps higher and stalls, a sign the rally is losing steam.

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Bearish Engulfing

Two-candle bearish reversal: an up candle swallowed by a larger down candle whose body engulfs the prior one.

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Bearish Hanging Man

Single-candle bearish reversal after a rally: a small body up top with a long lower tail where buyers had to rescue a sharp dip.

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Bearish Identical Three Crows

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: three long down candles in a row, each opening right at the prior candle's close.

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Bearish Kicking

Two-candle bearish reversal: a strong up bar followed by a strong down bar that gaps below it, a sharp flip in control.

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Bearish Ladder Top

Five-candle bearish reversal: three rising up candles, a fourth up candle with a long lower wick, then a long down candle that opens below it.

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Bearish Matching High

Two-candle bearish reversal: two up candles that close at the same price, a ceiling buyers cannot beat.

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Bearish Meeting Line

Two-candle bearish reversal: a down candle gaps up above a prior up candle but closes right back at the same price.

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Bearish On Neck Line

Two-candle pattern: a down candle gaps up but closes right back at the prior up candle's high, a weak bounce that often gives way.

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Bearish One Black Crow

Two-candle bearish reversal: a single down candle that opens inside a prior up candle and closes below its open.

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Bearish Separating Lines

Two-candle continuation pattern in a downtrend: an up candle is undercut by a down candle that gaps below it, and selling resumes.

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Bearish Shooting Star

Single-candle bearish reversal after a rally: a small body with a long upper wick where buyers were rejected.

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Bearish Side By Side White Lines

Bearish continuation in a downtrend: a down candle followed by two matching up candles that both sit in a gap below it.

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Bearish Squeeze Alert

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: each candle's range fits inside the one before it, coiling into a tighter and tighter squeeze.

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Bearish Three Black Crows

Three consecutive long bearish candles, each opening inside the prior body and closing lower, after an uptrend.

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Bearish Three Gap Ups

Four-candle exhaustion pattern: three gaps higher in a row, a run-up so steep it often marks where buyers give out.

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Bearish Three Line Strike

Four-candle pattern in a downtrend: three falling down candles followed by one big up candle that swallows them all.

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Bearish Thrusting Line

Two-candle pattern: a down candle gaps up and pushes into the prior up candle but stalls below its midpoint, a weak bounce.

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Bearish Tri Star

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: three small doji candles in a row, the middle one gapped up, signaling indecision at the top.

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Bearish Two Crows

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: a long up candle, then two down candles that gap up but fade back into the first candle's body.

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Bearish Unique Three Mountain Top

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: an up candle, a tall up candle with a long upper wick, then a small down candle gapping above it.

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Bearish Upside Gap Two Crows

Three-candle bearish reversal after a rally: a strong up candle, then two down candles that gap up but fade, the second swallowing the first.

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Bullish Abandoned Baby

Rare three-candle bottom: a doji that gaps fully below a down candle and fully below the up candle that follows, with no overlap.

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Bullish After Bottom Gap Up

Five-candle bottom: three heavy down candles into a gap, then a small up bar and a long up candle that gaps higher as buyers take over.

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Bullish Belt Hold

Single strong up candle after a fall: it gaps below the prior low, opens at its bottom, and rallies with no lower wick.

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Bullish Breakaway

Five-candle bottom: a gapped-down selloff that accelerates, then one strong up candle that rallies back into the gap.

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Bullish Concealing Baby Swallow

Four-candle bottom: two strong down candles, a third that gaps lower with a long upper wick, and a fourth that swallows it whole.

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Bullish Deliberation Block

Three down candles where the third is small and gaps lower, read as sellers hesitating after a long slide.

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Bullish Descent Block

Three falling down candles, each opening inside the last and closing lower, read as selling that is running out of force.

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Bullish Doji Star

Two-candle bottom: a down candle, then a doji that gaps below it, hinting selling has stalled.

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Bullish Downside Gap Two Rabbits

Three-candle bottom: a down candle, then two small up candles below it, the second reaching back toward the first.

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Bullish Engulfing

Two-candle reversal trigger: a bearish candle followed by a bullish candle whose body engulfs the prior bar's body.

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Bullish Hammer

Single-candle reversal trigger after a downtrend, with a small body and a long lower wick.

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Bullish Homing Pigeon

Two-candle bottom: a large down candle, then a smaller down candle held entirely inside the first body.

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Bullish Inverted Hammer

Two-candle bullish reversal after a fall: a bar with a long upper wick and little or no lower wick, following a down candle.

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Bullish Kicking

Two-candle bullish reversal: a full-bodied down candle, then a gap up into a full-bodied up candle with no overlap.

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Bullish Ladder Bottom

Five-candle bottom: three long down candles, a fourth with an upper wick hinting at a rally, then a strong up candle that gaps higher.

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Bullish Matching Low

Two-candle bullish reversal: two down candles in a row that close at the same price, marking a floor.

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Bullish Meeting Line

Two-candle bullish reversal: a down candle, then an up candle that gaps lower but closes at the same price as the first.

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Bullish On Neck Line

Two-candle pattern: a down candle, then a weak up candle that gaps lower and only claws back to the first candle's low.

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Bullish One White Soldier

Two-candle bottom: a down candle, then a strong up candle that gaps higher and engulfs the prior body.

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Bullish Piercing Line

Two-candle bullish reversal: a down candle, then an up candle that gaps lower but closes back above the midpoint of the first.

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Bullish Separating Lines

Two-candle continuation in an uptrend: a counter down candle, then an up candle that gaps above it and resumes the climb.

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Bullish Side By Side White Lines

Three-candle continuation in an uptrend: an up candle, a gap up to a second up candle, then a matching third up candle beside it.

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Bullish Squeeze Alert

Three-candle bottom: each candle's range tucked inside the last, a tightening coil read as a wind-up before a bounce.

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Bullish Stick Sandwich

Three-candle bottom: a down candle, an up candle above it, then a down candle that closes at the exact same price as the first.

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Bullish Three Gap Downs

Four candles falling with a gap before each of the last three, read as a selling climax stretched too far to last.

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Bullish Three Line Strike

Four-candle shape: three rising up candles, then one big down candle that erases all three in a single bar.

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Bullish Three Stars In The South

Three shrinking down candles after a decline, each making a higher low, read as selling that is fading toward a bottom.

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Bullish Three White Soldiers

Three-candle bullish reversal: three rising up candles in a row, each opening inside the prior body and closing higher.

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Bullish Thrusting Line

Two-candle pattern: a down candle, then an up candle that gaps lower and closes up into the first body but stays below its midpoint.

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Bullish Tri Star

Three-candle bottom: three small dojis in a row after a decline, the middle one gapping down and the last gapping back up.

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Bullish Two Rabbits

Three-candle bottom: a long down candle, an up candle that gaps below it, then an up candle that climbs back into the first candle's body.

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Bullish Unique Three River Bottom

Three-candle bottom: a down candle, a hammer-like down candle that pokes to a new low, then a small up candle holding above.

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Day-of-Week Bias

How RTH close-to-close returns differ by weekday and whether any specific day pulls above or below the all-session average.

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Inside Day

How often a session contained inside the prior session's range produces a directional breakout the next day.

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NR7

How often the narrowest-range session in seven days resolves into a directional breakout the next day.

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Opening Drive Failure

A strong directional move early in the session, traded as a continuation. How much room the drive tends to offer.

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Outside Day

A session that engulfs the prior day's range, read by its close direction. How much room it tends to offer next.

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Pre-Holiday Effect

Whether the session right before a US market holiday produces different RTH returns than a normal day.

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Range Breakout Failure

Price breaks a rolling range, then closes back inside it. How much room fading that false break tends to offer.

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Turn-of-Month Effect

Whether the recurring window around month boundaries produces different RTH returns than the rest of the month.

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Volatility Squeeze Break

A quiet, compressed stretch of price that then breaks out of its channel. How much room the break tends to offer in the break direction.

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Gap Fill Rate

An overnight gap, traded as a fade back toward the prior close. How much room that fade tends to offer.

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