Bullish Marubozu Candlestick Pattern: The Candles Before Nvidia's 2024 Run and Micron's 2025 Surge

On December 12, 2023, Nvidia opened at its low and closed one cent under its high: a bullish marubozu. Bought at that close with a stop under its low, the trade risked 3.4%. By March 7, 2024 the stock was up 94.4%, and by June 5, the day Nvidia passed $3 trillion, 156.9%.

On September 4, 2025, Micron printed one too. The risk was 4.6%. By November 10, a record close, the stock was up 103.9%, and by February 2, 2026, 252.5%.

Neither stock has traded below its candle's low since. Here is how to read a bullish marubozu, where the stop goes, and how to find the next one.

What $10,000 became#

Prices are split-adjusted, as on the chart.

The bullish marubozu in one table#

A bullish marubozu is one long green candle with almost no shadows. It opens near the day's low and closes near the day's high: buyers held the price up all session. Marubozu is Japanese for bald or close-cropped.

These are the rules the VCP Scanner terminal uses to name a bullish marubozu on a daily chart.

Nvidia's body was 99% of its range, with no lower shadow at all. Micron's was 91%, with a 33-cent lower shadow and a 20-cent upper one.

The position rule is the difference from most candles. A hammer or a bullish engulfing has to come after a decline. A marubozu doesn't, so where it forms is your call: the terminal's key-level switch keeps the ones at a level.

Bullish marubozu and its look-alikes#

The second day of a bullish kicker can also be a marubozu, and so can each day of three white soldiers. The terminal shows every name it finds on a bar, so one day can carry two.

Example 1: Nvidia (NVDA) before its 2024 run, Dec 12, 2023#

Open NVDA in the VCP Scanner terminal →

Nvidia opened 58 cents lower, at what became its low, and climbed for the rest of the day.

What followed:

• Next session (Dec 13): closed at 48.09, +0.9%, the first close above the marubozu's high of 47.67.
• Ten sessions later (Dec 27): 49.42, +3.7%.
• Jan 3, 2024: a low of 47.32, 1.27 above the stop. It is the lowest Nvidia has traded since.
• Jan 8: 52.25, its first close above the November record, on another marubozu. That is the second dot in the chart.
• Mar 7: 92.67, +94.4%, a record close. That is 28.0 times the 1.61 risked on each share.
• Jun 5: 122.44, +156.9%, the day Nvidia's market value passed $3 trillion and Apple's.
• The low of 46.05 was never broken. On Nov 3, 2026 Nvidia closed at 206.69, 333.7% above the marubozu's close.

Its 11.2% gap up on Feb 22, 2024, the day after its earnings, when it added a record $277 billion in market value, was about a sixth of the run to Mar 7. With a 7.5% gap on May 23, gaps were about a fifth of the run to Jun 5.

With $500 at risk, the stop sized the trade at 310 shares, about $14,775. At the Jun 5 close those shares were up $23,182.

Example 2: Micron (MU) before its 2025 surge, Sep 4, 2025#

Open MU in the VCP Scanner terminal →

The marubozu came five months after Micron's April 2025 low, the bottom in the piercing line article.

What followed:

• Next session (Sep 5): a gap up and a close at 131.37, +5.8%. Its low that day, 125.66, is the lowest Micron has traded since.
• Sep 12: 157.23, its first close above the 2024 record.
• Ten sessions later (Sep 18): 168.89, +36.0%.
• Oct 1 and Oct 8: two more marubozus, up 8.9% and 5.8%. They are the other two dots in the chart.
• Nov 10: 253.30, +103.9%, a record close. That is 22.7 times the 5.69 risked on each share.
• Feb 2, 2026: 437.80, +252.5%.
• The low of 118.52 was never broken. On Nov 3, 2026 Micron closed at 855.10, 588.4% above the marubozu's close.

Two 5% gaps up, on Sep 11 and Oct 13, were about an eighth of the rise to Nov 10. Over 120 sessions, with a 13.8% gap on Dec 18, the day after record results, gaps were about a seventh of the run. A gap down on Nov 4 gave some back.

With $500 at risk, the stop sized the trade at 87 shares, about $10,806. At the Feb 2, 2026 close those shares were up $27,282.

Where a bullish marubozu counts: key levels#

A marubozu off a level is buyers defending it. In the terminal, the Only at a key level switch is on by default and keeps the ones that close back above one of these:

Nvidia's and Micron's came at none of these levels. To see ones like them, turn Only at a key level off.

Both stocks were in Stage 2, Stan Weinstein's advancing stage, so each marubozu came inside an uptrend that kept going.

How to trade a bullish marubozu#

1. Pick the place. A marubozu counts anywhere, so the place is your filter. Look for it at a level, out of a base or early in an uptrend, as Nvidia's and Micron's were.
2. Check the bar. It is green, its body is at least 90% of its range, and its range is at least one 14-day ATR. Nvidia's body was 99% of its range and Micron's 91%.
3. Choose your entry. Some traders buy the close. Others wait for a close above its high. Nvidia and Micron both gave that close the next session.
4. Put the stop under the low. The low sits a whole range below the close, so the stop is wider than a hammer's on the same stock. Nvidia's risk was 3.4% and Micron's 4.6%.
5. Size from the stop. Shares = money at risk ÷ (entry − stop). With $500 at risk on Micron: 500 ÷ (124.21 − 118.52) = 87 shares.

Find bullish marubozu candles on any chart in VCP Scanner#

• Open a stock in the terminal, for example NVDA or MU.
• Open Candles in the chart toolbar and tick Bullish marubozu, or use the Bullish quick pick for every bullish name.
• Only at a key level is on by default. Turn it off to see every bullish marubozu on the chart.
• The chart jumps to the latest bullish marubozu. A dot marks each one under its low, and the selected one shows its stop on the price scale.
• The inspector lists the date, close, stop, risk to stop, level, volume and stage. Walk through the others with the ← and → keys.
• Mark the ones you care about with the drawing tools. The arrows in the charts above are the Arrow Marker (Alt+A): click where the arrow starts, then click the candle.

Candles are free, on daily, weekly and monthly charts.

Bottom line#

• A bullish marubozu is one long green candle with almost no shadows: buyers held the price up from the open to the close.
• Nvidia's came before its 2024 run and Micron's before its 2025 surge. They risked 3.4% and 4.6%, and the stocks rose 156.9% and 252.5% within 120 sessions.
• The candle's low is the stop. It defines your risk before you take the trade.

Data: VCPScanner daily market data through Nov 3, 2026, split-adjusted. The examples are for education, not recommendations.