Multi-Candle Patterns

Complex patterns spanning four or more candles, showing extended market narratives.

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Multi-candle patterns (four or more candles) represent extended battles between buyers and sellers. These patterns — including Rising/Falling Three Methods, Mat Hold, and various continuation formations — take longer to form but often produce larger and more sustained moves. They are particularly valuable for swing traders and position traders who operate on higher timeframes where patience is rewarded with higher-probability setups.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Bullish Breakaway

The Bullish Breakaway is a five-candle reversal pattern where a gap-down continuation is followed by progressively smaller candles and a strong bullish candle that reclaims the gap, signaling exhaustion of selling pressure.

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Bullish Concealing Baby Swallow

Kotsubame Tsutsumi

The Bullish Concealing Baby Swallow is an extremely rare four-candle reversal pattern consisting of bearish marubozus where the third candle's upper shadow (the baby) is concealed by the fourth candle, signaling exhaustion of the downtrend.

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Bullish Hikkake

The Bullish Hikkake is a deceptive pattern that traps sellers with a false downside breakout of an inside bar, then reverses sharply higher as trapped shorts are forced to cover.

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Ladder bottom pattern with three bearish candles descending like steps, followed by a reversal candle with upper shadow and a bullish candle

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Bullish Ladder Bottom

Hashigo Gaeshi

The Ladder Bottom is a five-candle bullish reversal pattern where three descending bearish candles are followed by an exhaustion signal and a confirming bullish candle, resembling climbing down and then back up a ladder.

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Mat hold pattern with a strong bullish candle, three small bearish candles that hold above the first candle's midpoint, followed by a bullish continuation candle

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Bullish Mat Hold

Uwate Sanpoo Ohdatekomi

The Mat Hold is a five-candle bullish continuation pattern where a strong bullish candle is followed by a brief, shallow pullback of small bearish candles, then a final bullish candle resumes the advance — indicating the trend remains intact.

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Rising Three Methods candlestick pattern showing a long bullish candle, three small bearish candles, and a final bullish candle closing above the first

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Bullish Rising Three Methods

Uwa Banare Sanpoo Ohdatekomi

The Rising Three Methods is a five-candle bullish continuation pattern where a long bullish candle is followed by three small bearish candles within its range, then a final bullish candle closes above the first, confirming the uptrend will continue.

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Bullish Three Line Strike

Sanpei Uchikomi (三兵打込み)

The Bullish Three Line Strike is a four-candle continuation pattern where three bullish candles are followed by a large bearish candle that engulfs all three. Despite the dramatic sell-off, the pattern is a continuation signal — the fourth candle is a shakeout that traps sellers before the uptrend resumes.

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Doji Cluster

A Doji Cluster consists of two or more consecutive doji candles, indicating prolonged indecision and compressed volatility that typically precedes a significant breakout move.

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Tight Coil

The Tight Coil is a multi-candle pattern where each successive candle has a smaller range than the last, creating a coiled-spring effect that typically precedes an explosive directional breakout.

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