Beginner · Candlestick & chart patterns
Lower High, Lower Low
What it means
Each of the last two sessions set both a lower high and a lower low than the one before it, the minimum definition of a downtrend and a sign sellers may still be in control.
At a glance
- Directional bias
- Bearish structure
- Sessions to form
- 3 consecutive sessions
- Curriculum tier
- Beginner
- Pattern family
- swing structure
Practise this pattern in the Simulator
Reading a definition is not the same as spotting one. Run Lower High, Lower Low on real historical NSE daily bars in the Pattern Arena — the chart pauses and explains the formation each time it completes. Virtual capital only.
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Higher High, Higher Low
bullishEach of the last two sessions set both a higher high and a higher low than the one before it, the minimum definition of an uptrend and a sign buyers may still be in control.
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.
Educational reference only. This describes what traders conventionally read into the Lower High, Lower Low 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.