Japanese Candlesticks Cheat Sheet

Here’s our cheat sheet of common Japanese candlestick patterns. Click on the link below each picture for more details and chart examples. Download the candlestick detector.

Three Patterns

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  Bullish Rising Three
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  Bearish Falling Three
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  Three Inside

Hammers

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  Regular Hammer
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  Inverted Hammer
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  Hanging Man
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  Shooting Star

Breakaways

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  Bullish breakaway
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  Bearish breakaway

Windows

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  Rising window
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  Falling window
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  Bullish counter attack line
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  Bearish counter attack line

Tweezers

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  Tweezer bottom
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  Tweezer top

Group Patterns

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  Three Black Crows
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  Three White Soldiers
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  Three Inside
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  Bullish Three Line Strike
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  Bearish Three Line Strike

Special Patterns

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  Marubozu
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  Harami
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  Bullish belt hold
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  Bearish belt hold

Stars

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  Morning Star
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  Evening Star

Doji

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  Doji

Piercings

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  Piercing Line
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  Bearish Dark Cloud

Engulfing Patterns

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  Bullish Engulfing
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  Bearish Engulfing

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