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Bearish reversal
18 guides in Finabase Learn
- Advance block candlestick pattern: a rally running out of breath How to spot an advance block, the four weakening tests TA-Lib applies, why it warns rather than reverses, and what 164 real advance blocks did next.
- Counterattack lines: matching closes after a strong move How bullish and bearish counterattack (meeting) lines form, TA-Lib’s equal-close tolerance, and why 47 real cases are far too few to trust.
- Dark cloud cover: the pattern and its penetration setting How dark cloud cover forms, how TA-Libâs penetration parameter works, why Finabaseâs setting of 10 means it never fires, and what TA-Lib finds at 0.5.
- Doji star candlestick: a gapping doji after a long candle What a bullish or bearish doji star is, how TA-Lib detects the body gap, why it is only two-thirds of a star, and how 689 real doji stars played out.
- Engulfing candlestick pattern: bullish and bearish rules and data How bullish and bearish engulfing patterns form, what TA-Lib’s +80 and −80 scores mean, and how 2,218 real engulfings on large US stocks played out.
- Evening doji star pattern: a doji at the top of a rally Learn to recognize the evening doji star, TA-Lib’s doji and gap tests, why Finabase’s own signals skip it, and what 50 real occurrences did afterwards.
- Evening star candlestick: how to spot a three-day top The evening star pattern explained: its three candles, TA-Lib’s exact test, the settings quirk that hides it in Finabase, and how 154 real cases played out.
- Gravestone doji: meaning, rules and why Finabase files it bullish How to read a gravestone doji, the exact TA-Lib test behind Finabase’s markers, why the scanner lists it as bullish, and what 351 real gravestones did next.
- Hanging man candlestick: rules, context and what the data shows What separates a hanging man from a hammer, the exact TA-Lib test Finabase runs, why most never confirm, and what 483 real ones did next.
- Harami candlestick pattern: the inside body and what it signals Learn to spot a bullish or bearish harami, how TA-Lib scores it (including the ±80 variant), and what 2,278 haramis on US large caps did afterwards.
- Harami cross: a doji inside a long candle, rules and results What a harami cross is, how TA-Lib decides the inner candle is a doji, why it always doubles as a harami in Finabase, and what 739 real cases did next.
- Identical three crows: the no-relief bearish pattern How identical three crows differ from three black crows, the open-at-the-close rule TA-Lib checks, and what the three real cases in our study show.
- Kicking candlestick pattern: two marubozu and a gap How the kicking pattern works, how TA-Lib’s Kicking and Kicking-by-length functions decide direction, and why it never appeared in 29,760 daily bars.
- Shooting star candlestick: definition, TA-Lib test and track record Spot a shooting star after a rally, learn the gap-up rule Finabase’s detector applies, and see how 450 real shooting stars performed afterwards.
- Stalled pattern (deliberation): rules, examples and real results The stalled or deliberation pattern explained: two strong white candles and a small one at the top, TA-Lib’s exact test, and what 67 real cases did.
- Three black crows: meaning, TA-Lib rules and real examples What three black crows look like, the four-candle test TA-Lib actually runs, two real cases on DIA and Eli Lilly, and why four detections settle nothing.
- Two crows candlestick pattern: how it forms and how often it fails Learn to identify two crows, a bearish three-candle reversal, the precise TA-Lib definition, and why 31 real cases on US large caps mostly went up.
- Upside gap two crows: the bearish pattern that leaves its gap open How the upside gap two crows forms, why its second crow engulfs the first, TA-Lib’s exact rules, and what 18 real occurrences on US large caps did next.
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