By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 21 August 2026 The morning star candlestick pattern is a three-candle bullish reversal pattern that forms at the end of a downtrend. First comes a long red candle, then a small-bodied candle called the star that gaps lower, and then a long green candle that closes well into […]
By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 8 September 2026 A hammer is a single bullish candle that forms after a fall in price. Its real body, the part between the open and the close, is small and sits at the top of the session’s range. Below it hangs a long lower shadow, at least […]
By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 21 September 2026 A shooting star is a single bearish candle that forms after a rise in price. Its real body, the part between the open and the close, is small and sits at the bottom of the session’s range. Above it is a long upper shadow, at […]
By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 13 August 2026 A candlestick pattern is a single candle, or a short run of two or three, whose shape shows how the fight between buyers and sellers went. Most patterns fall into four groups: bullish reversals that form after a fall, bearish reversals that form after a […]
By Spencer Li, CFTe · Last updated: 26 October 2026 A candlestick pattern is a shape made by one to three candles on a price chart that shows how the fight between buyers and sellers went over those sessions. Each candle packs in four prices, the open, the high, the low and the close. The […]