Candlestick Pattern Recognition
Guide your trading with our advanced, automatic candlestick pattern recognition tools. This tool is free for all customers and can be accessed on any desktop chart.
Enabling the Candlestick Pattern Tool
After you have opened a chart, you can enable the Candlestick Pattern tool by selecting Technical -> Pro Trading Tools -> Candle Patterns on from the chart's top menu.
Configuring the Candlestick Pattern Tool
Once you have enabled the Candlestick Pattern tool, at the bottom left of the chart you can change the tool's settings by hitting the cog icon for 'Candle Ptns'. You are able to configure which patterns are displayed, trend length and how they are displayed.
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Breakaway
A breakaway pattern is made of five-candlesticks. This will be highlighted in both bull and bear markets and can indicate a change in trend.
Breakaway Candlestick Pattern
DARK CLOUD
This two-candlestick bearish reversal pattern occurs when the second candle gaps upwards but closes below the midpoint of the first candle. This is similar to the bearish engulfing pattern.
Dark Cloud Candlestick Pattern
DOJI STAR
This two-candlestick reversal pattern can be seen during both bull and bear markets. This pattern has more significance if the market is in an obvious up-trend or down-trend.
Doji Star Candlestick Pattern
ENGULFING
This two-candlestick reversal pattern is seen frequently and occurs during both bull and bear markets. It occurs when the second candle 'engulfs' the first. It holds particular significance during clear and protracted up-trends or down-trends.
Engulfing Candlestick Pattern
GAP
This pattern is called an 'Upside Gap' in bull markets, and a 'Downside Gap' in bear markets. It is a three-candlestick pattern that indicates that there will be a continuation of the trend.
Gap Candlestick pattern
Hammer/Hanging Man
This one-candlestick pattern occurs in both bull and bear markets. It is made up of a small body and a long shadow.
Hammer/Hanging Man Candlestick Pattern
HARAMI
This frequently occurring two-candlestick reversal pattern occurs when the second candle is engulfed by the first. This can occur in both bull and bear markets and shows, at the very least, a short-term reversal in the current trend.
Harami Candlestick Pattern
HArami cross
This is another two candlestick reversal pattern that can be seen in both bull and bear markets. It occurs when the second candle, a 'doji' is engulfed by the first one.
Harami Cross Candlestick Pattern
kicking
This two-candlestick reversal pattern doesn't require a trend. Kicking can be seen in a bull market as a down marubozu followed by an up marubozu, and in a bear market as an up marubozu followed by a down marubozu.
Kicking Candlestick Pattern
Piercing Line
This two-candlestick bullish reversal pattern occurs when the second candle gaps down but closes above the midpoint of the first candle.
Piercing Line Candlestick Pattern
shooting star
This reversal pattern is made up of one-candlestick showing a small body and a long shadow. This is seen during uptrends and warns of a possible reversal.
Shooting Star candlestick patterns
Spinning TOP
This continuation or reversal pattern can appear in both bull and bear markets. It is a one-candlestick pattern and it consists of a small body and two long shadows.
Spinning Top Candlestick Pattern
STAR
The Star is a three-candlestick reversal pattern that can be seen in both bull (morning star) and bear (evening star) markets.
Star Candlestick Pattern
Tasuki Gap
This three-candlestick continuation pattern appears in both bull and bear markets.
Tasuki Gap Candlestick Pattern
three inside
Appearing in both bull and bear markets, this three-candlestick reversal pattern confirms a bullish or bearish Harami pattern.
Three Inside Candlestick Pattern
Three Line Strike
This four-candlestick pattern holds particular significance in clear up-trend and down-trend markets. It appears in both bull and bear markets.
Three Line Strike
THREE OUTSIDE
Another three-candlestick reversal pattern that occurs in both bull and bear markets. The pattern is an 'engulfing' pattern followed by a close beyond the engulfing pattern.
Three Outside Candlestick Pattern
Three soldiers/Crows
This three-candlestick pattern indicates that there could be a reversal to the current market trend. The trend is called 'Three Soldiers' in a bull market and 'Three Crows' in a bear market.
Three Soldiers Candlestick Pattern
Tri Star
This reversal pattern is made up of 3 doji candles.
Tri Star Candlestick Pattern
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