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- Abandoned baby candlestick: the rare double-gap reversal How the abandoned baby pattern works, the two price gaps TA-Lib demands, why Finabase never flags it, and the single real case in 29,760 daily bars.
- Breakaway candlestick pattern: five candles that close a gap The five-candle breakaway pattern explained: the gap, the drift, the candle that closes back into the gap, TA-Lib’s rules and seven real cases.
- 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.
- Inverted hammer candlestick: TA-Lib rules and real results How an inverted hammer forms after a decline, the body-gap test TA-Lib requires, why confirmation mattered most here, and 352 real cases.
- 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.
- Piercing line pattern: how it forms, TA-Lib rules and track record The piercing line explained: a gap below the prior low that recovers past the midpoint, the stricter test TA-Lib applies, and why 92 real cases disappointed.
- 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.
- Side-by-side white lines: the twin-candle gap continuation Learn the upside and downside gap side-by-side white lines, why Finabase labels its markers "Evening Star", and what 63 real cases on US large caps did next.
- Tasuki gap (upside and downside): a gap that holds on a pullback How the upside and downside tasuki gap work, the equal-body rule TA-Lib adds, how it differs from gap three methods, and what 195 real cases did next.
- 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 and downside gap three methods: when a gap gets filled How the upside and downside gap three methods form, how TA-Lib separates them from the tasuki gap, and what 194 real cases on 60 US large caps did next.
- 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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