Intermediate · Candlestick & chart patterns
Bearish Tri-Star
What it means
Three sessions running close exactly where they opened after an advance, a rare triple stall showing buying pressure gone and a potential top forming.
At a glance
- Directional bias
- Bearish reversal
- Sessions to form
- 3 consecutive sessions
- Curriculum tier
- Intermediate
- Pattern family
- tri star
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Practise Bearish Tri-Star in the SimulatorRelated patterns
Bullish Tri-Star
bullishThree sessions running close exactly where they opened after a decline, a rare triple stall showing selling pressure gone and a potential bottom forming.
Tweezer Top
bearishTwo consecutive sessions peak at almost exactly the same high, showing buyers repeatedly failing at one price and indicating a potential reversal downward.
Tweezer Bottom
bullishTwo consecutive sessions bottom at almost exactly the same low, showing sellers repeatedly failing at one price and indicating a potential reversal upward.
Three Inside Up
bullishA small up session is contained by the prior down session and a third session then closes above both, confirming selling momentum has stalled and a potential reversal is forming.
Three Inside Down
bearishA small down session is contained by the prior up session and a third session then closes below both, confirming buying momentum has stalled and a potential reversal is forming.
Three Outside Up
bullishAn up session completely covers the prior down session and a third session closes higher still, confirming buyers have taken control and indicating a potential reversal upward.
Educational reference only. This describes what traders conventionally read into the Bearish Tri-Star formation. It is not a trading signal, a prediction or investment advice, and no pattern is reliable on its own. Finance Onyx is a simulated educational platform: all practice uses virtual capital and no order is ever routed to a broker or an exchange.