Japanese Candle Quick Reference Guide

Bullish Reversal Patterns

Bearish Reversal Patterns

High Reliability

High Reliability
Evening Star Bearish Reversal

Morning Star Bullish Reversal

Piercing Line

Kicker

Tweezer Bottom

Morning Doji
Star
(Abandoned
Baby)

Morning Star
(Star can be
Red, White,
Black or Hollow
Red)

Morning Star

Morning Star

(Star can be
any Small Body
Transition
Candle)

(Star can be
Above, Below,
or Even with
bottom)

Three Inside up
(Bullish Harami
with confirmation)

Three Outside up
(Bullish Engulfing
with confirmation)

Three White
Soldiers
(may or may not
have small Legs)

Concealing Baby
Swallow

Long Leg Doji

Harami Cross

Doji Star

Gravestone Doji

Bullish Engulfing

Matching Low

Meeting Lines

Stick Sandwich

Three Stars in
the South

Tweezer Top

(Abandoned
Baby)

Evening Star
(Star can be
Red, White,
Black or Hollow
Red)

Evening Star

Evening Star

(Star can be
any Small Body
Transition
Candle)

(Star can be
Above, Below,
or Even with
bottom)

Hammer

Three River

Inverted Hammer

Long Leg Doji

Advance Block

Medium Reliability

Death Candle

Harami

Note; A
Gray
Candle
means it
may be
any color

Mat Hold

Rising Three Method

Upside Gap
Three Methods

Upside Tasuki
Gap

Death Candle
Belt Hold

(Bearish Engulfing
Confirmation)

Low Reliability

Separating
Lines

High Reliability

Medium Reliability

Three Line
Strike

Bullish Reversal / Continuation Patterns

Gravestone Doji

Meeting Lines

High Wave
(Long Leg
Spinning Top)

Hanging Man

Harami Cross

Doji Star

Bearish Engulfing

Deliberation

Two Crows

Shooting Star

Harami

Gravestone Doji

In Neck
Falling Three Method

Long Leg
Doji

Low Reliability

(Thrusting)

On Neck

Downside Gap
Three Methods

Downside
Tasuki Gap

Side by Side
White Lines

Separating
Lines

Low Reliability

(Volume Danger)

White Marubozu

Three Line Strike

Bearish Reversal / Continuation Patterns

Neutral Reversal / ContinuationPatterns

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Four Price
Doji
White Closing
Marubozu

Tri Star

Breakaway

Medium Reliability

Low Reliability

Long White
Candle

Upside Gap
Two Crow

Bearish Continuation Patterns

Neutral Reversal Patterns

Dragonfly
Doji
Side by Side
White Lines

(Harami Fail)

Three Outside
Down

Low Reliability

Bullish Continuation Patterns

High Reliability

(may or may not

have small Legs)

Three Inside
Down

Breakaway

Low Reliability

Belt Hold

Three Black Crows

Medium Reliability

Dragonfly Doji

Tri Star
Ladder Bottom

Homing Pidgeon

Kicker

Big W Research

Medium Reliability

Dragonfly Doji

Dark Cloud Cover

Evening Doji
Star

White Opening
Marubozu

Doji

Spinning Top
(any color)

Short White
Candle

Short
Red Candle

White Candle

Red Candle

Long Red Candle

Red Marubozu

Red Opening
Marubozu

Red Closing
Marubozu