Candlestick patterns
All 44 candles traders name, in five families. Each lesson shows the rule, where the stop goes and two real examples.
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The first five lessons, in order
- Lesson 1HammerBullish · one candle
- Lesson 2Bullish engulfingBullish · two candles
- Lesson 3DojiNeutral · one candle
- Lesson 4Morning starBullish · three candles
- Lesson 5Shooting starBearish · one candle
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Single candles
9 candlesOne session, read by its body and its shadows.
- Lesson 1HammerBullish · one candleApple printed a hammer at the March 2020 COVID low, Nvidia at its October 2023 low.
- Lesson 5Shooting starBearish · one candleNvidia printed a shooting star at its 2018 record high, Marvell at its June 2026 top.
- Lesson 8Hanging manBearish · one candleGoldman Sachs printed a hanging man at its July 2026 record high, Roblox at its September 2025 top.
- Lesson 9Inverted hammerBullish · one candleStrategy printed an inverted hammer at its June 2026 low, Cloudflare at its 2020 pullback low.
- Lesson 14Dragonfly dojiBullish · one candleOccidental printed a dragonfly doji before its 2022 run, Goldman Sachs one at its 2020 low.
- Lesson 15Gravestone dojiBearish · one candleQualcomm printed a gravestone doji at its 2024 record high, DocuSign at its September 2025 top.
- Lesson 20Bullish marubozuBullish · one candleNvidia printed a bullish marubozu in December 2023 and Micron in September 2025.
- Lesson 21Bearish marubozuBearish · one candleNvidia printed a bearish marubozu near its 2021 top, Lululemon at its falling 21-day average in 2024.
- Lesson 40Undercut & rallyBullish · one candleAppLovin closed back above a prior low on Aug 5, 2024, GE Aerospace on Apr 7, 2025.
Doji and indecision
3 candlesA small body between two shadows: neither side won the day.
- Lesson 3DojiNeutral · one candleAMD printed a doji at its March 2026 low and rose 171.3%.
- Lesson 22Spinning topNeutral · one candleAmazon printed a spinning top at its August 2022 rally top, Palo Alto Networks at its February 2026 low.
- Lesson 23Long-legged dojiNeutral · one candleBlock printed a long-legged doji at its October 2021 top, SLB at its October 2025 low.
Two candles
16 candlesThe second session answers the first.
- Lesson 2Bullish engulfingBullish · two candlesTesla printed a bullish engulfing at its January 2023 bottom, Arm at its February 2026 low.
- Lesson 6Bearish engulfingBearish · two candlesAdobe printed a bearish engulfing at its 2021 record high, Oracle at its 2025 top.
- Lesson 10Piercing lineBullish · two candlesMicron printed a piercing line at the April 2025 tariff low, Super Micro at its March 2026 bottom.
- Lesson 11Dark cloud coverBearish · two candlesApple printed a dark cloud cover at its $3 trillion record high in January 2022, AMD at its November 2021 record.
- Lesson 12Bullish haramiBullish · two candlesUpstart printed a bullish harami at its May 2023 bottom, Okta at its April 2026 low.
- Lesson 13Bearish haramiBearish · two candlesStarbucks printed a bearish harami on 2022's first trading day, Oracle at its June 2026 high.
- Lesson 16Tweezer bottomBullish · two candlesEli Lilly printed a tweezer bottom after its August 2025 drop, TSMC at its 2023 low.
- Lesson 17Tweezer topBearish · two candlesNetflix printed a tweezer top at its June 2025 record high, Strategy at its July 2025 top.
- Lesson 24Inside dayNeutral · two candlesTesla printed an inside day at its April 2025 tariff low, Salesforce at its December 2025 top.
- Lesson 25Outside dayNeutral · two candlesTexas Instruments printed an outside day at its November 2025 low, PayPal at its August 2022 top.
- Lesson 28Bullish kickerBullish · two candlesDell printed a bullish kicker on Feb 27, 2026, Lam Research on Jan 2, 2026.
- Lesson 29Bearish kickerBearish · two candlesAmazon printed a bearish kicker on the hot-CPI day of Sep 13, 2022, Intuit on Nov 30, 2021.
- Lesson 36Bullish harami crossBullish · two candlesSpotify printed a bullish harami cross in September 2024, Morgan Stanley in September 2020.
- Lesson 37Bearish harami crossBearish · two candlesRivian printed a bearish harami cross in September 2022, Intuit in September 2025.
- Lesson 38Bullish key reversalBullish · two candlesNvidia's bullish key reversal marked its October 2022 bottom, CrowdStrike's its August 2024 low.
- Lesson 39Bearish key reversalBearish · two candlesPayPal printed a bearish key reversal under its 2021 record, Tesla on the Sep 21, 2022 Fed day.
Three candles
12 candlesA turn, or a run, completed over three sessions.
- Lesson 4Morning starBullish · three candlesApple completed a morning star at the March 2020 COVID low, SoFi at its 2022 bottom.
- Lesson 7Evening starBearish · three candlesNetflix printed an evening star at its 2021 record high, Tesla at its December 2024 top.
- Lesson 18Three white soldiersBullish · three candlesVistra printed three white soldiers in December 2023 before a 186% run, Alphabet after the September 2025 Chrome ruling.
- Lesson 19Three black crowsBearish · three candlesEtsy printed three black crows off its November 2021 record high before a 72% fall, Deckers at a prior high in June 2026.
- Lesson 30Three inside upBullish · three candlesUber and Citigroup printed a three inside up at the October 2023 market low.
- Lesson 31Three inside downBearish · three candlesAirbnb printed a three inside down the day the S&P 500 set its February 2025 record, Apple at its March 2022 rally top.
- Lesson 32Three outside upBullish · three candlesAmazon printed a three outside up as its longest losing streak since 2006 ended, Applied Materials at its 2025 low.
- Lesson 33Three outside downBearish · three candlesDisney printed a three outside down as the S&P 500 set its January 2022 record, Adobe in September 2025.
- Lesson 34Morning doji starBullish · three candlesAlphabet completed a morning doji star in August 2025, ServiceNow in the week SVB failed.
- Lesson 35Evening doji starBearish · three candlesTarget completed an evening doji star in April 2023, Zoom in February 2022.
- Lesson 43Bullish abandoned babyBullish · three candlesPDD printed a bullish abandoned baby at a prior low in September 2023 before a 58% rally, Schwab at its May 2023 bank-crisis low.
- Lesson 44Bearish abandoned babyBearish · three candlesQualcomm printed a bearish abandoned baby at its June 2024 record high before a 28% fall, Altria in the week of the 2017 tax cut.
Gaps and continuation
4 candlesA jump between two sessions, or a rest inside a trend.
- Lesson 26Gap upBullish · one candleAMD gapped up on the April 2026 Iran ceasefire, Micron on the August 2025 chip tariff exemption.
- Lesson 27Gap downBearish · one candleBoeing gapped down on Feb 24, 2020, the first day of the COVID crash, and Intuit on Jan 14, 2026 in the software sell-off.
- Lesson 41Rising three methodsBullish · five candlesRocket Lab's rising three methods began on the April 2025 tariff-pause day, GE Vernova's ended at a record in May 2025.
- Lesson 42Falling three methodsBearish · five candlesPayPal printed a falling three methods seven weeks after its 2021 record, SoFi after its January 2026 stock sale.
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