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Two candle
14 guides in Finabase Learn
- 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.
- 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.
- Homing pigeon candlestick pattern: rules, examples and data How to spot a homing pigeon, the two-black-candle bullish pattern, the TA-Lib rules behind Finabase’s markers, and what 416 real cases did next.
- In-neck candlestick pattern: a bearish continuation line How the in-neck line forms, the narrow TA-Lib band that separates it from on-neck and thrusting lines, and what 31 real in-necks on US stocks did next.
- 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.
- Matching low candlestick pattern: equal closes as support What a matching low is, the loose TA-Lib rule behind Finabase’s Matching Low marker, two real examples, and how 461 cases on 60 large US stocks played out.
- On-neck candlestick pattern: when the old low becomes a ceiling Learn the on-neck line, the exact TA-Lib test behind Finabase’s On-Neck marker, a worked and a failed example, and why 82 real cases did not act bearish.
- 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.
- Separating lines candlestick pattern: a trend-continuation signal How bullish and bearish separating lines form, the belt-hold test TA-Lib applies on Finabase charts, and how 151 real cases on 57 US stocks turned out.
- Thrusting candlestick pattern: rules, examples and real results What a thrusting line is, how TA-Lib bounds it between in-neck and piercing, and why 214 real thrusting lines on US stocks did not behave like the bearish label.
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