Japanese Candlestick Patterns

Open and close are virtually equal. Looks like a cross or plus sign.

T-shaped. Prices opened high, sold off hard, but returned to the open.

Inverted T. Buyers rallied the price, but sellers forced it all the way back down.

A long red candle followed by a Doji gapped below it.

A long green candle followed by a Doji gapped above it.

Small green body with equal shadows.

Small red body with equal shadows.

Long green body, no wicks. Opens at low, closes at high.

Long red body, no wicks. Opens at high, closes at low.

A candle (any color) with a tail at least 2x the body length.

A candle (any color) with a long upper wick.

Found in downtrends. Small body, long lower wick.

Found in uptrends. Looks identical to a Hammer but appears at the top.

Uptrend pattern. Small body low, long upper wick.

Downtrend pattern. Looks like Shooting Star but at the bottom.

A large green candle completely consumes the body of the previous small red candle.

A large red candle completely consumes the body of the previous small green candle.

A small green "baby" candle is contained inside a large red "mother" candle.

A small red candle contained inside a large green candle.

A Doji (cross) contained within a large red candle.

A Doji contained within a large green candle.

Green candle opens lower than red candle's low, but closes above the red body's midpoint.

Red candle opens higher than green candle's high, but closes below the green body's midpoint.

Downtrend. A small green candle gaps down but closes exactly at the previous low (neck).

Red Marubozu followed by a gap UP to a Green Marubozu.

Green Marubozu followed by a gap DOWN to a Red Marubozu.

Two candles matching perfectly at the lows.

Two candles matching perfectly at the highs.

Red candle, gap down to a small body (star), then green candle driving up.

Same as Morning Star, but the middle candle is a Doji.

Three consecutive Doji candles where the middle one is lower.

Green candle, gap up to small body, then red candle crashing down.

Evening Star with a Doji in the middle.

Three Doji candles where the middle one is higher.

Three consecutive long green candles, each closing higher.

Three consecutive long red candles, each closing lower.

Doji completely gapped away (shadows don't touch) at the bottom. Island reversal.

Doji completely gapped away at the top. Major island reversal top.

Long green, followed by 3 small red candles staying within range, then a long green breakout.

Long red, followed by 3 small green candles staying within range, then a long red breakdown.

A gap up between two green candles. The gap acts as support.

A gap down between two red candles. The gap acts as resistance.

Gap up, followed by a red candle that dips into the gap but does not close it.

Gap down, followed by a green candle that rallies into the gap but does not close it.