Crypto:Decode Candlestick Patterns for Big Gains

 

In predicting asset price changes, people who study financial charts use candlestick shapes. These shapes are big in the crypto market since prices jump around a lot and the shapes can show a lot of info in a small space. Here are some candlestick shapes many people see a lot:

Shapes with One Candlestick

1. Doji
2. • What It Looks Like: The opening and closing prices are identical so the body is short.
   • What It Means: It shows that buyers and sellers can't decide who's on top. How much this means depends on the trend before and where the Doji shows up.
2. Hammer
3. • What It Looks Like: There's a tiny body at the top with a big lower tail and any top tail. This kind comes after prices have been falling.
   • What It Means: It's a sign that things might start to look up because even though prices dropped, buyers managed to pull them back up again by the end.
3. Inverted Hammer
4. • What It Looks Like: There's a small body at the bottom with a big upper tail and almost no lower tail. Like the Hammer, this shows up when things have been going down.
   • What It Means: It could mean buyers are starting to step in and might push prices higher.
4. Shooting Star
5. • What It Looks Like: It's the opposite of a Hammer—a little body at the bottom with a long upper tail.
   • What It Means: comes after an uptrend and could mean trouble, as it suggests sellers are starting to take control and push prices down.
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• Description: A tiny shape with a big shadow above and hardly any shadow below following an upward price trend.
• • Interpretation: A sign that buyers made the prices go up, but then sellers made them fall.

5. Hanging Man
6. • Description: A tiny shape with a big shadow underneath and almost no shadow on top that shows up after prices have climbed.
   • Interpretation: A sign that sellers might start selling more turning the trend downward.
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6. Bullish Engulfing
7. • A little red candle comes first then a big green one wraps around the first candle's body.
   • This could mean prices might start going up.
7. Bearish Engulfing
8. • A little green candle starts then a big red one wraps around the first candle's body.
   • This could hint at prices maybe starting to fall.
8. Piercing Line
9. • First, there's a red candle followed by a green one that opens under the first candle's low but closes over half up the red one.
   • It suggests prices might go up soon.
9. Dark Cloud Cover
10. • Here's a green candle first then a red one shows up closing below the middle of the first one but not all the way.
    • It can warn us that prices could drop.
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• Description: A bearish candle comes after a bullish one starting higher than the last high but ending below the middle of the bullish one.
• • Interpretation: This pattern hints a fall in price may be coming.
    Three Candlestick Formations

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1. Morning Star
2. • Description: Has three candles: first a big red candle then a tiny one showing doubt followed by a big green candle.
   • Interpretation: Shows a price drop might stop and prices might start to rise.
2. Evening Star
3. • Description: Has three candles: starts with a big green candle then a small one showing doubt ending in a big red candle.
   • Interpretation: Suggests high prices may start to fall.
3. Three White Soldiers
4. • Description: Three back-to-back big green candles with tiny or no tails.
   • Interpretation: Means a string of price hikes may keep going.
4. Three Black Crows
5. • Description: Three straight big red candles with small or no tails.
   • Interpretation: Suggests that prices, which have been rising, may start to dive.

• Description: A series of three large bearish candles in a row without much or any shadows.
• • Interpretation: This pattern often means a strong change to more bearish with a likely chance of the downtrend keeping on.
    

Continuation Patterns

1. Rising Three Methods
2. • What it is: One big rising candle starts it off then at least three small falling candles fit within the big one's size followed by another big rising candle.
   • What it means: This shows a strong chance the upward trend will keep going.
2. Falling Three Methods
3. • What it is: It begins with a large dropping candle followed by at least three small rising candles that stay within the big one's scope, and ends with another large dropping cande.
   • What it means: This suggests the downward trend is going to persist.

Knowing these candle patterns helps traders guess what prices might do next by looking at how people feel about the market. Remember to mix these patterns with other ways of studying charts and what’s happening in the market overall.