Beginner · Candlestick & chart patterns
Bearish Inside Breakdown
What it means
A session that coiled inside the one before it was resolved downward, with price closing below the whole compressed range and indicating the pause may continue breaking lower.
At a glance
- Directional bias
- Bearish breakdown
- Sessions to form
- 3 consecutive sessions
- Curriculum tier
- Beginner
- Pattern family
- inside breakout
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Bullish Inside Breakout
bullishA session that coiled inside the one before it was resolved upward, with price closing above the whole compressed range and indicating the pause may continue breaking higher.
Doji
indecisionPrice travelled through the session and closed right back where it opened, so neither buyers nor sellers won and the current trend has lost its conviction.
Hammer
bullishSellers forced price sharply lower and buyers bought all of it back before the close, rejecting the lower prices and hinting at a potential floor.
Bullish Engulfing
bullishBuyers have overwhelmed sellers, erasing the whole of the previous down session in one move and indicating a potential reversal upward.
Bearish Engulfing
bearishSellers have overwhelmed buyers, erasing the whole of the previous up session in one move and indicating a potential reversal downward.
Morning Star
bullishA strong down session is followed by a small-bodied pause and then a strong up session, showing selling pressure fading and buyers taking over at a potential bottom.
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