Pin bar
A long-tailed rejection candle whose meaning depends on location and follow-through.
CandlestickBeginner
Open research guide PATTERN LIBRARY
Describe the shape. Define the rule.
20 pattern guides replace hindsight labels with measurable geometry, context, confirmation, invalidation and a fair test.
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Inside bar
A complete high-low range contained by the previous bar.
CandlestickBeginner
Open research guide Engulfing candle
A two-bar shift in which the second real body covers the first.
CandlestickBeginner
Open research guide Doji
A candle with a close near its open; it records balance, not an automatic reversal.
CandlestickBeginner
Open research guide Morning and evening star
A three-bar sequence describing impulse, hesitation and opposing close.
CandlestickIntermediate
Open research guide Double top and bottom
Two tests of a boundary separated by a meaningful reaction.
StructureBeginner
Open research guide Head and shoulders
A three-peak structure with a higher centre peak and a neckline.
StructureIntermediate
Open research guide Triangle
Converging swing boundaries that compress price into a narrower area.
CompressionIntermediate
Open research guide Flag and pennant
A compact pause after a directional impulse.
ContinuationIntermediate
Open research guide Rising and falling wedge
Converging boundaries that both slope in the same direction.
CompressionIntermediate
Open research guide Rectangle range
Repeated acceptance between approximately horizontal boundaries.
RangeBeginner
Open research guide Cup and handle
A rounded recovery followed by a smaller consolidation near the prior high.
ContinuationIntermediate
Open research guide ABCD measured move
A four-point swing sequence used to research symmetry and proportional legs.
HarmonicAdvanced
Open research guide Gartley pattern
A ratio-constrained XABCD retracement structure.
HarmonicAdvanced
Open research guide Three drives
Three measured pushes in one direction with intervening corrections.
ExhaustionAdvanced
Open research guide Quasimodo
A failed swing sequence followed by a return toward the origin of the structural break.
StructureAdvanced
Open research guide Liquidity sweep
A breach of a visible boundary followed by rejection back through it.
Failed breakoutAdvanced
Open research guide Fair value gap
A three-candle price gap between the first and third ranges after a strong middle candle.
ImbalanceAdvanced
Open research guide Wyckoff spring and upthrust
A failed range break interpreted within a larger accumulation or distribution framework.
Failed breakoutAdvanced
Open research guide Volatility contraction
A sequence of shrinking ranges or volatility estimates before potential expansion.
CompressionIntermediate
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