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title: "Bullish and Bearish Candlestick Patterns - Get Funded Now"
description: "Bullish and bearish candlestick patterns, from single candles to three-candle formations: engulfing, harami, morning star, three white soldiers and more."
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Candlestick patterns

# Bullish and bearish candlesticks: the common patterns, in one place.

A bullish candle closes above its open and a bearish candle closes below it. Candlestick patterns combine one to three candles into named shapes - such as the engulfing, harami, morning star and three white soldiers - that traders read as signs of buying or selling pressure. Each has a bearish mirror, and none predicts price on its own.

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## Bullish and bearish candles

Candlestick charts, developed in Japan, draw each period as a body between the open and close, with wicks to the high and low. A bullish candle closes higher than it opened; a bearish candle closes lower. A candle with a large body and small wicks - a marubozu - shows one side in control for the whole period; a small body with long wicks shows a contest.

## The common patterns

Most named patterns are built from one to three candles and come in bullish and bearish pairs.

**Common candlestick patterns and their mirrors**

| Candles | Bullish form | Bearish form | What it describes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Hammer | Shooting star | A move rejected within the period - see the pin bar |
| 1 | Bullish marubozu | Bearish marubozu | One side in control all period |
| 2 | Bullish engulfing | Bearish engulfing | A body that fully covers the prior opposite body |
| 2 | Bullish harami | Bearish harami | A small body inside the prior large opposite body |
| 3 | Morning star | Evening star | A large move, a small indecisive candle, then a large move back |
| 3 | Three white soldiers | Three black crows | Three strong candles in the same direction |

## Why context matters more than the pattern

A bullish engulfing in the middle of a range is common and uninformative; the same candles after a decline into [support](https://getfundednow.com/learn/support-and-resistance) are read very differently. Most traders treat a candlestick pattern as a trigger at a location they had already chosen, not as a reason to trade by itself. The [doji](https://getfundednow.com/learn/doji-candle), [pin bar](https://getfundednow.com/learn/pin-bar) and [inside bar](https://getfundednow.com/learn/inside-bar) pages cover the single- and two-candle shapes in more depth.

Step by step

## How to identify it

Name a pattern only when every candle in it meets the definition.

1. Decide on precise definitions - for example, whether an engulfing must cover the prior body or its full range.
2. Check the trend or move before the pattern, since most are defined as reversals of it.
3. Check the location: a level, the edge of a range or the end of a sharp move.
4. Wait for the next candle before treating the pattern as confirmed, if your rules require it.

Worked example

## The concept, walked through

### A bullish engulfing at support, described

An illustrative sequence in words, with round numbers standing in for price. It is not taken from any real instrument or date.

1. 1. Decline Price falls into a support zone near 100 over several sessions.
2. 2. Pattern A bearish candle from 102 to 100.5 is followed by a bullish candle from 100.2 to 102.8, whose body covers the prior body.
3. 3. Plan A trader using the pattern would consider a long above 102.8, with a stop below the pattern's low.

The engulfing showed buyers overwhelming one session's selling at a chosen level. It did not show the next session's direction.

Common mistakes

## Where traders go wrong

### Learning names instead of logic

Every pattern describes who controlled the period. Reading that directly is more useful than memorising dozens of names.

### Ignoring the timeframe

A pattern on a five-minute chart and on a daily chart describe very different amounts of trading.

### Trading patterns without a stop

Each pattern has a point where it is wrong - usually beyond its extreme.

Limitations

## What it cannot tell you

No chart concept predicts price. These are the limits worth keeping in view.

- Candlestick definitions vary between sources, which changes which patterns appear on a chart.
- There is no reliable evidence that candlestick patterns alone predict price; published tests are for particular markets and periods.

In an evaluation

## Using it on a simulated account

On a $100,000 simulated account the daily loss limit is $3,000 on Instant or $5,000 on 1 Step and 2 Step. Pattern stops are often wide, so size from the stop distance first - risking something like $500 a trade - rather than from how clean the pattern looks.

- [What is the daily loss limit?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/daily-loss-limit) - Trading rule - The ceiling on a day's losses - 3% on Instant and 5% on 1 Step and 2 Step.
- [When can I trade?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/trading-hours) - Trading rule - Session boundaries on your account shape how candles are drawn.
- [What is maximum drawdown?](https://getfundednow.com/rules/max-drawdown) - Trading rule - The overall floor beneath the account.

Questions

## Asked about this concept

A candle that closes above its open, usually drawn green or white. A bearish candle closes below its open, usually drawn red or black.

The shooting star, bearish engulfing, bearish harami, evening star and three black crows. Each is the mirror of a bullish pattern.

Keep learning

## Related lessons

- [Chart and candlestick patterns](https://getfundednow.com/learn/doji-candle) - Doji Candle: Meaning and Types - The candle with almost no body - what it shows about the session, the common types, and why a doji on its own says very little.
- [Chart and candlestick patterns](https://getfundednow.com/learn/pin-bar) - Pin Bar Candle: Bullish and Bearish - The long-wicked candle that shows price reaching a level and being rejected - bullish and bearish forms, where they matter, and why most are noise.
- [Chart and candlestick patterns](https://getfundednow.com/learn/inside-bar) - Inside Bar Candlestick Pattern - A candle that stays entirely within the previous candle's high and low - what the contraction shows, how breaks are traded, and why many fail.
- [Chart and candlestick patterns](https://getfundednow.com/learn/reversal-patterns) - Reversal Chart Patterns, Explained - The chart patterns traders read as a possible end to a trend - how they compare, what each needs to confirm it, and why most candidates fail.

Sources

## What this page relied on

1. [Candlestick pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_pattern) - Wikipedia. Retrieved 22 September 2026. Candlestick construction, the pattern names, and the Japanese origin of the charting method.
2. [Morning star (candlestick pattern)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning_star_(candlestick_pattern)) - Wikipedia. Retrieved 23 September 2026. The three-candle morning star construction.
3. [Three white soldiers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_white_soldiers) - Wikipedia. Retrieved 23 September 2026. The three white soldiers and its bearish mirror, three black crows.

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