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The pattern does not belong to the collection of traditional candlestick chart patterns. Though some have referred to the hikkake pattern as an "inside day false breakout" or a "fakey pattern", [1] these are deviations from the original name given to the pattern by Daniel L. Chesler, CMT and are not popularly used to describe the pattern. For ...
The pattern is made up of three candles: normally a long bearish candle, followed by a short bullish or bearish doji or a small body candlestick, [1] which is then followed by a long bullish candle. To have a valid Morning Star formation, most traders look for the top of the third candle to be at least halfway up the body of the first candle in ...
Hammer A black or white candlestick that consists of a small body near the high with little or no upper shadow and a long lower tail. Considered a bullish pattern during a downtrend. A hammer shows that although there were selling pressures during the day, ultimately a strong buying pressure drove the price back up.
By itself, the Doji candlestick only shows that investors are in doubt. However, there are main patterns that can be easily found on the chart. [3] [4] Specifically, there are two patterns purportedly providing trend confirmation: The morning Doji star is a three-candlestick pattern that works in a strong downtrend.
A chart pattern or price pattern is a pattern within a chart when prices are graphed. In stock and commodity markets trading, chart pattern studies play a large role during technical analysis. When data is plotted there is usually a pattern which naturally occurs and repeats over a period. Chart patterns are used as either reversal or ...
The flag and pennant patterns are commonly found patterns in the price charts of financially traded assets (stocks, bonds, futures, etc.). [1] The patterns are characterized by a clear direction of the price trend , followed by a consolidation and rangebound movement, which is then followed by a resumption of the trend. [ 2 ]
This type of head and shoulders pattern has more than one left or right shoulders or head. It is also known as multiple head and shoulders pattern. [citation needed] One particular type is known as a Wyckoff distribution, which usually consists of a head with two left shoulders and a weaker right shoulder. [citation needed]
For example, the price of a share reaches a high of $30.00 on Wednesday, and opens at $31.20 on Thursday, falls down to $31.00 in the early hour, moves straight up again to $31.45, and no trading occurs in between $30.00 and $31.00 area. This no-trading zone appears on the chart as a gap.