Bearish Patterns

Bearish Abandoned Baby

Sutego Aka-chan

The Bearish Abandoned Baby is one of the rarest and most reliable top reversal patterns in candlestick analysis. It features a doji that is completely isolated by gaps on both sides, signaling an abrupt and dramatic shift from buying to selling pressure.

Bearish Advance Block

Saki Zumari

The Bearish Advance Block shows three consecutive bullish candles with progressively smaller bodies and longer upper shadows, signaling that buying momentum is weakening and a reversal or consolidation is likely.

Bearish Belt Hold

Yorikiri

The Bearish Belt Hold is a single bearish candle that opens at its high and closes near its low with a long body, indicating that sellers dominated from the opening bell and controlled price action throughout the session.

Bearish Breakaway

Hanare Sante No Shinte Zukae

The Bearish Breakaway is a five-candle reversal pattern where a gap-up rally stalls over three sessions before a powerful bearish candle breaks back down into the gap, signaling the uptrend is exhausted.

Bearish Broadening Top

The Broadening Top (Megaphone) is a chart formation characterized by expanding price swings that create higher highs and lower lows, reflecting increasing volatility and instability at market tops before a bearish breakdown.

Bearish Bull Trap

A Bull Trap is a false breakout above resistance that lures buyers in before immediately reversing, trapping them at elevated prices and triggering a sharp sell-off as trapped longs are forced to exit.

Bearish Buying Climax

The Buying Climax is a Wyckoff concept describing the final blow-off top where extreme volume and wide price spreads signal that all remaining demand has been absorbed, leaving the market vulnerable to a sharp reversal and the beginning of distribution.

Bearish Climax Reversal

The Climax Reversal is a wide-range candle that forms at the top of an uptrend, opening strong and reversing to close near the low, signaling that selling pressure has overwhelmed buying and the trend may be exhausted.

Bearish Closing Marubozu

Marubozu Owari

The Bearish Closing Marubozu is a single bearish candle with no lower shadow — the close is at the exact low of the session. This indicates that sellers controlled the session and maintained pressure through the very last trade, a sign of strong bearish conviction.

Bearish Confirmed Shooting Star

Nagare Boshi (confirmed)

The Confirmed Shooting Star adds a bearish confirmation candle to the classic shooting star, eliminating the ambiguity of the standalone pattern and creating a higher-probability reversal signal at the top of uptrends.

Bearish Counterattack Line

Deai Sen (Bearish)

The Bearish Counterattack Line features a bullish candle followed by a bearish candle that gaps up at the open but closes back to the same level as the first candle's close, signaling that sellers 'counterattacked' the bullish advance.

Bearish Dark Cloud Cover

Kabuse

The Dark Cloud Cover is a two-candle bearish reversal pattern where a bearish candle opens above the prior bullish candle's high and closes below its midpoint, signaling that the bullish 'sky' is being covered by a bearish 'dark cloud.'

Bearish Dead Cat Bounce

The Dead Cat Bounce is a brief, unsustainable rally in the midst of a larger decline. Named for the morbid Wall Street adage that 'even a dead cat will bounce if dropped from a great height,' the pattern traps buyers who mistake the bounce for a bottom.

Bearish Deliberation

Akasansen Shianboshi

The Deliberation pattern shows two strong bullish candles followed by a small-bodied third candle, indicating that the uptrend is 'deliberating' — the bulls have stalled and are uncertain about pushing higher.

Bearish Descending Channel

The Descending Channel is a chart formation where price trends lower within two parallel downward-sloping trendlines, making consistent lower highs and lower lows in an orderly bearish progression.

Bearish Descending Triangle

The Descending Triangle is a bearish continuation pattern featuring a flat support level with lower highs converging into an apex, typically resolving with a breakdown below the horizontal support as sellers gradually overwhelm buyers.

Bearish Diamond Top

The Diamond Top is a rare reversal pattern that forms at market peaks, consisting of a broadening formation followed by a contracting formation, creating a diamond shape that signals a shift from expansion to contraction and ultimately a bearish breakdown.

Bearish Distribution

The Distribution phase is a Wyckoff concept where institutional investors systematically sell (distribute) their holdings to the public within a trading range at a market top, before the subsequent markdown (decline) begins.

Bearish Doji Star

Doji Boshi

The Bearish Doji Star is a two-candle reversal pattern featuring a strong bullish candle followed by a doji that gaps above it, signaling that buying momentum has stalled and indecision has replaced conviction at the top of an uptrend.

Bearish Double Top

The Double Top is an M-shaped reversal pattern where price tests a resistance level twice and fails, creating two peaks at similar levels. The breakdown below the neckline (trough between peaks) confirms the reversal with a measured move target equal to the pattern height.

Bearish Double Top Breakdown

The Double Top Breakdown is the confirmed version of the Double Top — the precise moment when price breaks below the neckline, triggering the measured move decline. This is the actionable event that converts the pattern from potential to confirmed.

Bearish Downside Tasuki Gap

Shita Banare Tasuki

The Downside Tasuki Gap is a bearish continuation pattern in a downtrend where a gap-down is partially but not completely filled by a bullish candle, suggesting that the downtrend will continue as the gap acts as resistance.

Bearish Downtrend

The Downtrend is the most fundamental bearish pattern — a persistent series of lower highs and lower lows demonstrating that sellers consistently overwhelm buyers at progressively lower price levels.

Bearish Engulfing

Tsutsumi

The Bearish Engulfing is one of the most powerful and commonly traded two-candle reversal patterns. A large bearish candle completely engulfs the prior bullish candle, demonstrating a decisive shift from buying to selling dominance.

Bearish Evening Doji Star

Yoi No Doji Boshi

The Evening Doji Star is a top-tier three-candle bearish reversal pattern. The doji in the star position represents the pivot point between bullish confidence (first candle) and bearish dominance (third candle), making it one of the most reliable reversal signals in candlestick analysis.

Bearish Falling Window

Makado

A falling window is a Japanese candlestick term for a gap down in price where the high of the current candle is below the low of the previous candle, signaling strong bearish continuation momentum.

Bearish Flag

The bearish flag is a continuation pattern consisting of a sharp decline (flagpole) followed by a gentle upward-sloping consolidation (flag) before price breaks down to continue the trend.

Bearish Gap Fill Rejection

The bearish gap fill rejection occurs when price rallies to fill a prior gap down but is rejected at or within the gap zone, confirming the gap as resistance and signaling continuation of the downtrend.

Bearish Gap Momentum

The bearish gap momentum pattern occurs when price gaps down on high volume and continues selling throughout the session without filling the gap, indicating powerful one-directional selling pressure.

Bearish Gap Up Fade

The gap up fade occurs when price gaps higher at the open but fails to maintain the gains, reversing downward to fill the gap and often closing below the prior day's close. It signals that the gap lacked conviction.

Bearish Gravestone Doji

Hakaishi

The gravestone doji is a single-candle reversal pattern with the open, close, and low at the same level and a long upper shadow, resembling a gravestone. It signals that buyers pushed price higher but sellers reclaimed all gains by the close.

Bearish H&S Neckline Retest

The H&S neckline retest occurs when price pulls back to retest the broken neckline from below (throwback), gets rejected, and continues the measured move decline. It provides a second entry opportunity for traders who missed the original breakdown.

Bearish Hanging Man

Kubitsuri

The hanging man is a single-candle bearish reversal pattern with a small body at the top and a long lower shadow, appearing at the top of an uptrend. It warns that selling pressure is emerging despite the continued uptrend.

Bearish Harami

Harami

The bearish harami is a two-candle reversal pattern where a large bullish candle is followed by a small bearish candle entirely contained within the first candle's body. It signals waning buying momentum and potential trend reversal.

Bearish Harami Cross

Harami Yose Sen

The bearish harami cross is a two-candle reversal pattern where a large bullish candle is followed by a doji contained within the first candle's body. The doji represents complete indecision, making this a slightly stronger reversal signal than the standard harami.

Bearish Head and Shoulders

The head and shoulders is the most well-known reversal pattern in technical analysis. It consists of three peaks — a higher middle peak (head) flanked by two lower peaks (shoulders) — and signals a major bearish reversal when the neckline breaks.

Bearish Hikkake

Hikkake

The bearish hikkake is a trap pattern where an inside bar is followed by a false upside breakout that quickly reverses, trapping buyers and triggering a selloff below the inside bar's low.

Bearish Identical Three Crows

Doji Sanba Garasu

The identical three crows pattern consists of three bearish candles where each opens at or near the previous candle's close, creating a staircase-like decline. It is a stronger variant of the three black crows with more specific opening criteria.

Bearish In Neck

Iri Kubi

The bearish in neck pattern is a two-candle continuation pattern where a bullish second candle closes at or barely above the first bearish candle's close, showing insufficient buying power to reverse the downtrend.

Bearish Inverted Cup and Handle

The inverted cup and handle is a bearish reversal pattern featuring a rounded top (inverted cup) followed by a brief upward consolidation (handle) before a breakdown, mirroring the bullish cup and handle pattern in reverse.

Bearish Inverted V

The inverted V (V-top) is a sharp reversal pattern where a steep rally is immediately followed by an equally sharp decline, creating an inverted V shape on the chart with virtually no consolidation at the top.

Bearish Island Reversal

The bearish island reversal is a powerful reversal pattern where price gaps up, trades briefly in an isolated range (the island), then gaps down, leaving the island completely separated by gaps on both sides. It signals a decisive sentiment shift.

Bearish Key Reversal

The bearish key reversal is a powerful single-bar reversal pattern where price makes a new high then reverses to close below the prior bar's low on high volume, signaling a decisive shift from buying to selling control.

Bearish Kicker

Keri Ashi

The bearish kicker is one of the most powerful two-candle reversal patterns. A bullish candle is followed by a bearish candle that gaps down to open at or below the first candle's open, signaling an immediate and complete sentiment reversal.

Bearish Ladder Top

Hashigo Gaeshi

The ladder top is a five-candle bearish reversal pattern where three bullish candles climb like a ladder, a fourth candle shows hesitation, and a fifth bearish candle confirms the reversal by closing below the third candle's close.

Bearish Last Engulfing Top

The last engulfing top is a deceptive pattern where a bullish engulfing appears at the top of an uptrend, but rather than signaling continuation, it represents the last gasp of buying before a reversal.

Bearish Last Kiss

The last kiss occurs when price breaks below support, rallies back to 'kiss' the broken level from below, and is rejected. The old support now acts as resistance, confirming the breakdown and offering an optimal short entry.

Bearish Long Upper Shadow

A candle with a long upper shadow (at least 2-3x the body) indicates that price rallied significantly during the session but was rejected, closing near the low. It signals selling pressure and potential reversal at the top of rallies.

Bearish Lower Highs

Bearish lower highs is a fundamental trend structure pattern where each successive swing high forms at a lower level, confirming bearish momentum and a downtrend. It is the most basic and important bearish market structure signal.

Bearish Market Structure Break

A bearish market structure break occurs when price in an uptrend breaks below a prior swing low, invalidating the series of higher highs and higher lows that defined the uptrend. It signals a potential trend reversal from bullish to bearish.

Bearish Marubozu

Marubozu

The bearish marubozu is a single candle with no shadows — price opened at the high and closed at the low, showing complete seller domination throughout the entire session with no buying resistance.

Bearish Matching High

Kenuki

The bearish matching high is a two-candle reversal pattern where two consecutive candles close at the same or very near the same price, creating a resistance level that signals the uptrend may be stalling.

Bearish Measured Move Down

The measured move down is a two-leg decline pattern where the second leg is approximately equal in distance to the first, separated by a corrective phase. It provides a clear price target for the decline based on symmetry.

Bearish On Neck

Ate Kubi

The bearish on neck is a two-candle continuation pattern where a bullish second candle closes at the first bearish candle's low, showing that buyers could only push price to the weakest resistance level — the prior candle's low.

Bearish Opening Marubozu

Yoritsuki Marubozu

The bearish opening marubozu is a single candle where the open equals the high (no upper shadow), showing that sellers took immediate control at the open and maintained pressure throughout the session. A small lower shadow may be present.

Bearish Order Block

A bearish order block is the last bullish candle before a significant bearish displacement, representing an area where institutional sellers placed large sell orders. When price returns to this zone, it often reverses downward as unfilled orders are executed.

Bearish Outside Reversal

A bearish outside reversal occurs when a candle's range completely engulfs the prior candle's entire range (highs and lows), closing near its low. It signals that sellers have overwhelmed buyers and a reversal is likely.

Bearish Pennant

A bearish pennant is a continuation pattern that forms after a sharp decline, creating a small symmetrical triangle as the market consolidates before resuming its downward move. The measured target equals the flagpole's length projected from the breakout point.

Bearish Pipe Top

The bearish pipe top consists of two adjacent candles with long upper shadows reaching similar highs, showing that sellers twice defended a price level. This double rejection signals strong overhead resistance and an impending reversal.

Bearish Power of Three

The bearish power of three (PO3) is a smart money concept describing a three-phase intraday process: accumulation (consolidation), manipulation (false breakout above the range), and distribution (sharp reversal downward). It represents how institutions engineer liquidity to fill sell orders.

Bearish Rectangle Breakdown

A bearish rectangle breakdown occurs when price trades in a horizontal range between parallel support and resistance before breaking below support. The measured move target equals the height of the rectangle projected downward from the breakdown point.

Bearish Redistribution

Bearish redistribution is a Wyckoff concept describing a trading range that forms during a downtrend, where institutional sellers redistribute their remaining positions before the markdown resumes. It mirrors distribution but occurs mid-trend rather than at a top.

Bearish Resistance Rejection

A bearish resistance rejection occurs when price rallies into a well-established resistance level and is met with selling pressure, producing bearish candles with long upper wicks. The repeated failure to break through resistance signals a reversal.

Bearish Reversal

A bearish reversal is the comprehensive transition from an uptrend to a downtrend, marked by a failure to make a new higher high, the formation of a lower high, and a break below the last higher low. It represents a fundamental shift in market sentiment from bullish to bearish.

Bearish Rising Channel Break

A bearish rising channel break occurs when price has been trading within an ascending channel and breaks below the lower trendline, signaling the end of the uptrend. The measured target equals the channel's width projected downward from the breakout point.

Bearish Rising Wedge

A rising wedge is a bearish pattern formed by two converging upward-sloping trendlines. As price makes higher highs and higher lows within the narrowing range, momentum diminishes. The breakdown below the lower trendline typically leads to a sharp decline targeting the base of the wedge.

Bearish Rounding Top

The rounding top is a gradual reversal pattern shaped like an inverted saucer. Price slowly transitions from an uptrend to a downtrend in a smooth arc, with volume declining at the peak and expanding on the neckline breakdown.

Bearish Runaway Gap

A bearish runaway gap (or measuring gap) is a gap down that occurs in the middle of a strong downtrend, signaling acceleration of selling pressure. It often marks the midpoint of the total move, making it useful for projecting the ultimate price target.

Bearish Separating Lines

Ikichiagare

Bearish separating lines consist of a bullish candle followed by a bearish candle that opens at the same price as the first candle's open. The matching opens 'separate' or 'divide' the two candles, and the bearish second candle confirms the downtrend will continue.

Bearish Shooting Star

Nagare Boshi

The shooting star is a single-candle bearish reversal pattern with a small body near the low and a long upper shadow. It shows that buyers pushed price significantly higher during the session but sellers drove it back down, signaling a potential top.

Bearish Side-by-Side White Lines

Narabi Aka

Bearish side-by-side white lines is a rare three-candle continuation pattern in a downtrend. A bearish candle is followed by two similar-sized bullish candles that gap down. Despite the bullish candles, the gap is not filled, signaling that sellers maintain control.

Bearish Staircase Down

The bearish staircase down is a trend continuation pattern characterized by a rhythmic series of lower highs and lower lows, creating a step-like descending structure. Each step represents a decline followed by a partial recovery that fails to reclaim the prior high.

Bearish Three Black Crows

Sanba Garasu

Three black crows is a powerful bearish reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive long bearish candles, each opening within the prior candle's body and closing near its low. It signals strong, persistent selling pressure and a likely trend reversal.

Bearish Three Declining Soldiers

Three declining soldiers feature three consecutive bearish candles with progressively smaller bodies, indicating that while selling continues, its momentum is weakening. The pattern signals a reversal but with less conviction than three black crows.

Bearish Three Gap Downs

San Ku Sage

Three gap downs (San Ku) feature three consecutive downward gaps in a downtrend. While initially bearish, the third gap often signals selling exhaustion and a potential reversal. Traders must decide if the gaps represent momentum continuation or capitulation.

Bearish Three Inside Down

The three inside down is a confirmed bearish harami pattern. A long bullish candle is followed by a smaller bearish candle inside its body, then a third bearish candle closes below the first candle's low, providing definitive reversal confirmation.

Bearish Three Line Strike

Sanpei Daiinsen

The bearish three line strike features three bearish candles followed by a large bullish candle that engulfs all three. Despite the dramatic bullish fourth candle, the pattern paradoxically signals bearish continuation—the bullish candle is a temporary short squeeze before the downtrend resumes.

Bearish Three Outside Down

The three outside down is a confirmed bearish engulfing pattern. A small bullish candle is engulfed by a larger bearish candle, then a third bearish candle closes below the second candle's low, providing definitive confirmation of the reversal.

Bearish Thrusting

Sashikomi

The bearish thrusting pattern is a two-candle continuation signal in a downtrend. A long bearish candle is followed by a bullish candle that opens below the first candle's low but closes below its midpoint, showing insufficient buying strength to reverse the trend.

Bearish Tri-Star

Sansei Boshi

The bearish tri-star is an extremely rare and powerful reversal pattern consisting of three consecutive doji candles, with the middle doji gapping higher. Three sessions of complete indecision at the top of an uptrend signal that buying momentum has evaporated.

Bearish Triple Top

The triple top is a powerful bearish reversal pattern formed by three peaks at approximately the same price level, separated by two pullbacks. The pattern confirms when price breaks below the neckline, with a measured target equal to the pattern's height projected downward.

Bearish Tweezer Top

Kenuki

The tweezer top is a two-candle bearish reversal pattern where two consecutive candles reach the same high price and are rejected. The matching highs demonstrate a precise resistance level where sellers consistently overwhelm buyers.

Bearish Two Crows

Niwa Garasu

The two crows pattern features a long bullish candle followed by two bearish candles that gap above it. The second crow engulfs the first and closes into or below the bullish candle's body, signaling that the uptrend is failing despite the initial gaps higher.

Bearish Upside Gap Two Crows

Uwa Banare Niwa Garasu

The upside gap two crows features a long bullish candle followed by two bearish candles that gap above it. Crucially, the gap between the first candle and the crows remains unfilled, creating an 'island' of bearish candles. The third candle engulfs the second, confirming the reversal.

Bearish Upthrust

The bearish upthrust is a Wyckoff concept where price briefly breaks above a trading range's resistance before reversing sharply back inside. This false breakout traps breakout buyers and signals that institutional sellers are using the higher prices to distribute, leading to a subsequent decline.