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Chart & Candlestick Patterns

The classical chart-pattern and candlestick catalogs, with honest reliability data.

The classical pattern catalogs: chart formations measured in days to months, and candlestick patterns measured in bars. Japanese candlestick analysis reached the West through Steve Nison in 1991; the chart-pattern canon runs from Edwards & Magee to Bulkowski’s statistics. Reliability varies widely by pattern and context, and the pages here carry that data honestly.

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Candlestick Patterns

The candlestick catalog: what the patterns are, and what they are actually worth.

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Head & Shoulders

The most studied reversal formation in the chart canon.

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Bullish/bearish Engulfing

The two-candle reversal signal traders check first.

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Reversal chart patterns

Bart Pattern1 Diamond Top/bottom1 Double Top/bottom1 Head & Shoulders1 Inverse Head & Shoulders1 Island Reversal1 Key Reversal1 Rare Reversal Patterns1 Rounding Top/bottom1 V-top/V-bottom1 Wolfe Waves1 Bump-and-run Reversal Complex H&S Triple Top/bottom

Continuation chart patterns

Broadening Formation1 Bull/bear Flag1 Channel Continuation1 Cup & Handle1 Measured-move Up/down1 Pennant1 Rectangle1 Rising/falling Wedge1 Scallop1 Ascending/descending/symmetrical Triangle High Tight Flag

O'Neil base taxonomy

Ascending Base1 Double-bottom Base1 Flat Base1 IPO Base1 O'Neil Base Analysis1 Cup-with-handle Base

Pattern mechanics

Volume Signature per Pattern1 Breakout Confirmation Measure Rule Pattern Failure Statistics

Gap taxonomy

Gap Fill3 Breakaway Gap1 Common Gap1 Exhaustion Gap1 Runaway Gap1 Gap-and-go Weekend Gap

Single/multi-bar (western)

Three-bar Reversal2 Two-bar Reversal2 Classic Bar Setups1 Engulfing Bar1 Exhaustion Bar1 Hikkake1 Inside Bar1 Outside Bar1 Pin Bar1 Wide-range Bar1