Bulkowski’s Candlestick Alphabet

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Written by and copyright © 2007-2008 by Thomas N. Bulkowski. All rights reserved.

Candlesticks arranged alphabetically appear below. The information is derived from my book, Encyclopedia of Candlestick Charts, and performance is based on the bull market only. A rank of 1 is best out of 103 candle patterns. Be sure to return to the home page for more trading information.
 
Theory refers to how the candle is theoretically supposed to act, based on other (not my book) published sources.
Actual describes how the candle actually acts, based on tests using over 4.7 million candle lines.
Frequency rank tells how often the candle appears when compared to all other candles.
Overall performance rank is a ranking of the sum of performance over 1, 3, 5 and 10 days after the candle ends. Performance measures the change in closing prices over the four time periods.
The black arrow on the figure shows which way price usually moves after the candlestick pattern ends.
Quick reference: 8-13    A    B    C    D    E    F to H     I     K    L    M    O    P to R    S    T    U    W   

 

Image of a 8 new price lines candlestick Image of a 10 new price lines candlestick Image of a 12 new price lines candlestick
Image of a 13 new price lines candlestick Image of a bearish abandoned baby candlestick Image of a bullish abandoned baby candlestick
Image of a above the stomach candlestick Image of a advance block candle pattern Image of a below the stomach candlestick
Image of a bearish belt hold candlestick Image of a bullish belt hold candlestick Image of a bearish breakaway candlestick
Image of a bullish breakaway candlestick Image of a black candle pattern Image of a short black candle
Image of a short white candle Image of a white candle Image of a concealing baby swallow candlestick
Image of a dark cloud cover candle pattern Image of a deliberation candle Image of a dragonfly doji candle
Image of a four price doji candle
Doji, four price
Theory: Indecision
Actual: Bullish reversal 56% of the time
Frequency rank: Not ranked
Overall performance rank: Not ranked
 Image of a gapping down doji candle Image of a gapping up doji candle
Image of a gravestone doji candle Image of a long legged doji candle Image of a northern doji candle
Image of a southern doji candle Image of a bearish doji star candle Image of a bullish doji star candle
Image of a collapsing doji star candle Image of a downside gap three methods candle Image of a downside Tasuki gap candle
Image of a bearish engulfing candle Image of a bullish engulfing candle Image of an evening doji star candle
Image of an evening star candle Image of a falling 3 methods candlestick Image of a hammer candle
Image of an inverted hammer, 2 line Image of an inverted hammer, single line
Hammer, inverted, one line
Theory: Bullish reversal
Actual: Not measured
Frequency rank: ?
Overall performance rank: ?
 Image of a hanging man candle
Image of a bearish harami candle Image of a bullish harami candle Image of a bearish harami cross candle
Image of a bullish harami cross candle Image of a high wave candle Image of a homing pigeon candle
Image of a identical three crows candle Image of an in neck candle Image of a bearish kicking candle
Image of a bullish kicking candle Image of a ladder bottom candlestick Image of a last engulfing bottom candle
Image of a last engulfing top candle Image of a long black day candle Image of a long white day candle
Image of a black marubozu candle Image of a closing black marubozu candle Image of a closing white marubozu candle
Image of a opening black marubozu candle Image of a opening white marubozu candle Image of a white marubozu candle
Image of a matching low candle Image of a mat hold candlestick Image of a meeting lines bearish candle
Image of a bullish meeting lines candle Image of a morning doji star candle Image of a morning star candle
Image of a bearish on neck candle Image of a piercing pattern candle Image of a rickshaw man candle
Image of a rising 3 methods candlestick Image of a bearish separating lines candle Image of a bullish separating lines candle
Image of a shooting star candle Image of a shooting star candle Image of a bearish side by side white lines candle
Image of bullish side by side white lines candle Image of a black spinning top candle Image of a white spinning top candle
Image of a stick sandwich candle Image of a Takuri line candle Image of a three black crows candle
Image of a three inside down candle Image of a three inside up candle Image of a bearish three line strike candlestick
Image of a bullish three line strike candlestick Image of a three outside down candle Image of a three outside up candle
Image of a three stars in the south candle Image of a three white soldiers Image of a thrusting candle
Image of a bearish tri star candle Image of a bullish tri star candle Image of a tweezers bottom candle
Image of a tweezers top candle Image of a two black gapping candles Image of a two crows candle
Image of a unique three river bottom candle Image of a upside gap three methods candle
Upside gap three methods
Theory: Bullish continuation
Actual: Bearish reversal 59% of the time
Frequency rank: 85
Overall performance rank: 27
 Image of an upside gap two crows candle
Upside gap two crows
Theory: Bearish reversal
Actual: Bullish continuation 60% of the time
Frequency rank: 75
Overall performance rank: 74
Image of a upside Tasuki gap candle
Upside Tasuki gap
Theory: Bullish continuation
Actual: Bullish continuation 57% of the time
Frequency rank: 74
Overall performance rank: 5
 Image of a falling window candle Image of a rising window candle

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