Rising Three Methods Candlestick Pattern: The Pause Before Rocket Lab's and GE Vernova's 2025 Runs

On April 9, 2025, the day President Trump paused his new tariffs for 90 days, Rocket Lab rose 19.8%. It spent the next three sessions resting inside that day's range, and on April 15 it closed above that day's close. Bought at that close with a stop under April 9's low, the trade risked 18.4%. By October 7, 2025 Rocket Lab was up 191.9%, at a record close.

On May 19, 2025, GE Vernova finished the same five-day shape at a record close. That trade risked 6.0%. By August 6, 2025 it was up 48.8%, at another record.

The rising three methods is a pause that holds. Neither stock has traded under its pattern's low since. Here is how to read one, where the stop goes, and how to find the next one.

What the rising three methods did#

The $10,000 and reward rows use the 120-session numbers. Prices are split-adjusted, as on the chart.

The rising three methods in one table#

A rising three methods is five daily candles: a long green day, a three-day pause that stays inside it, then a long green day that closes higher. Buyers take a breath without giving back the first day, then push on.

These are the rules the VCP Scanner terminal uses to name a rising three methods on a daily chart.

The middle days can be any colour. It is rare: on 132 large US stocks the terminal found it 13 times from 2015 through November 2026.

The rising three methods and its look-alikes#

Day 2 is always an inside day, and days 3 and 4 stay inside day 1 too. A day 5 with almost no shadows is also a bullish marubozu. The terminal names the rising three methods first and lists any other name under Also: GE Vernova's day 5 was also an outside day.

Example 1: Rocket Lab (RKLB) after the tariff pause, Apr 9 to 15, 2025#

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Day 1 was the day the tariff pause was announced, when the S&P 500 had its best day since 2008. Rocket Lab spent three sessions inside that range, never closing under 19.13, then rose 10.1% on day 5.

What followed:

• Next session (Apr 16): closed at 19.98, down 5.2%.
• First close above the pattern's high (Apr 25): 22.38, seven sessions later.
• Ten sessions later (Apr 30): 21.79, +3.4%.
• Jul 14, 2025: 43.21, +105.1%, a record close.
• Oct 7, 2025: 61.51, +191.9%, another record close. That is 10.4 times the 3.87 risked on each share.
• The stop was never hit. The lowest Rocket Lab has traded since is 18.21. On Nov 6, 2026 it closed at 53.07, 151.9% above day 5's close.

Three 5% gaps up did about a quarter of the climb to July 14, and one 5% gap down gave back a little under a tenth.

A long day 1 makes a wide stop. With $500 at risk, the 3.87 stop sized the trade at 129 shares, about $2,718. At the Oct 7, 2025 close those shares were up $5,217.

Example 2: GE Vernova (GEV) to a record, May 13 to 19, 2025#

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Day 1 came the session after the US and China agreed to cut tariffs for 90 days. On day 5, stocks fell about 1% at the open after Moody's cut the US credit rating, then recovered. GE Vernova opened under day 4's close and finished at its first record close since January.

What followed:

• Next session (May 20): closed at 450.04, up 0.8%, its first close above the pattern's high of 447.45.
• Ten sessions later (Jun 3): 492.97, +10.4%, a record close.
• Aug 6, 2025: 664.55, +48.8%, another record close. That is 8.2 times the 26.60 risked on each share.
• The stop was never hit. The lowest GE Vernova has traded since is 442.56. On Nov 6, 2026 it closed at 774.11, 73.3% above day 5's close.

One 5% gap did about a fifth of the climb: Jul 23, the morning GE Vernova reported its second quarter and raised its outlook.

With $500 at risk, the stop sized the trade at 18 shares, about $8,039. At the Aug 6, 2025 close those shares were up $3,923.

Where a rising three methods counts: key levels#

A rising three methods at a level is a pause that held at support. In the terminal, the Only at a key level switch is on by default and keeps the patterns at one of these:

Neither example sat on one of these levels. To see patterns like them, turn Only at a key level off.

Both stocks were in Stage 2, Stan Weinstein's advancing stage, where the stock trades above a rising 30-week average. That is where a continuation pattern belongs: both came out of the April 2025 low and kept going.

How to trade a rising three methods#

1. Find the long green day. It is often a news day: Rocket Lab's was the tariff pause, GE Vernova's the US–China tariff deal.
2. Watch the pause. The next three days must stay inside day 1's high and low, with small bodies, and drift back.
3. Choose your entry. Some traders buy day 5's close. Others wait for a close above the pattern's high. GE Vernova gave that close the next session, Rocket Lab seven sessions later.
4. Put the stop under day 1's low. The terminal draws it there. If price breaks under the whole pattern, the pause has failed.
5. Size from the stop. Shares = money at risk ÷ (entry − stop). With $500 at risk on GE Vernova: 500 ÷ (446.60 − 420.00) = 18 shares.

Expect a dip sometimes: the session after day 5, Rocket Lab fell 5.2%, and its stop still held.

Find the rising three methods on any chart in VCP Scanner#

• Open a stock in the terminal, for example RKLB or GEV.
• Open Candles in the chart toolbar and tick Rising three methods.
• Only at a key level is on by default. Turn it off to see every one on the chart.
• The chart jumps to the latest one and shades its five days. A dot marks it under its low, and the selected one shows its stop on the price scale.
• The inspector lists the close, stop, risk to stop, level, volume and stage, and other names under Also. 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 rising three methods is a long green day, a three-day pause inside it, and a long green day to a higher close. It is a rare continuation pattern.
• Rocket Lab's after the April 2025 tariff pause and GE Vernova's at its May 2025 record risked 18.4% and 6.0%. Rocket Lab rose 191.9% within 120 sessions, GE Vernova 48.8% within 60.
• Day 1's low is the stop. It defines your risk before you take the trade, and it is often wide.

Data: VCPScanner daily market data through Nov 6, 2026, split-adjusted. The examples are for education, not recommendations.