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Candlestick pattern

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Broad bullish candle followed by a bearish one that opens above and closes below the middle of the previous body without completely enveloping it.

Example in context

After a bullish gap, the session turns and ends deep inside the previous green candle.

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Exact formation

Broad bullish candle followed by a bearish one that opens above and closes below the middle of the previous body without completely enveloping it.

What is happening in the market

Initial optimism fails and sellers recover more than half of the previous advance.

Where it matters

After a rise and near resistance.

How to confirm it

Subsequent close below the low of the second candle.

When it is invalidated

Exceeding the pattern maximum.

Common mistake

Accept it when the bearish close does not cross the middle of the first body.