Bullish Candlestick Patterns
Reversal and continuation candlestick patterns that signal buying pressure — from single-candle hammers and dojis to multi-candle formations like the Morning Star and Three White Soldiers. Each guide covers structure, market psychology, confirmation rules, and trade management.
- Bullish Abandoned Baby
A bullish abandoned baby is a rare reversal: a doji gaps below a bearish candle and away from a bullish candle that gaps back above it.
- Bullish Belt Hold
A bullish belt hold is a single-candle pattern that opens at its low and closes near its high, showing buyers in control from the opening bell.
- Bullish Breakaway
Bullish Breakaway is a five-candle reversal pattern: a gap-down decline, three drifting candles, then a long bullish candle closing back inside the gap.
- Bullish Concealing Baby Swallow
Bullish Concealing Baby Swallow: two black marubozu, a shadowed black candle, then one that engulfs it — a rare bottom-reversal signal in a downtrend.
- Bullish Doji Star
A bullish doji star is a two-candle pattern where a doji gaps down after a bearish candle, signaling indecision that needs bullish confirmation.
- Bullish Dragonfly Doji
A dragonfly doji has open, high, and close near the same price with a long lower shadow, marking a possible bottom reversal once confirmed.
- Bullish Engulfing
A bullish engulfing pattern occurs when a bullish candle's body fully engulfs the prior bearish candle's body, signaling a potential trend reversal.
- Bullish Gravestone Doji
A gravestone doji has a long upper shadow with open, close, and low near the same price. Normally bearish, it rarely signals a bottom.
- Bullish Hammer
A bullish hammer is a single-candle reversal pattern with a small body and a lower shadow at least twice its length, formed after a downtrend.
- Bullish Harami
A bullish harami is a two-candle reversal pattern where a small bullish candle's body sits entirely inside the prior large bearish candle's body.
- Bullish Homing Pigeon
A bullish homing pigeon is a small bearish candle fully contained inside the prior larger bearish candle, signaling fading selling pressure.
- Bullish Inverted Hammer
The bullish inverted hammer is a single-candle reversal pattern with a small body near the low and a long upper shadow, requiring confirmation.
- Bullish Kicking
Bullish Kicking pairs a bearish marubozu with a bullish marubozu separated by a gap up, an extremely rare but reliable two-candle reversal signal.
- Bullish Ladder Bottom
Bullish Ladder Bottom: three falling black candles, a fourth with an upper shadow, then a gap-up white candle confirming a bottom reversal.
- Bullish Long Legged Doji
A long-legged doji has long shadows both sides with open and close nearly equal, showing pure indecision. Direction depends on context.
- Bullish Mat Hold
Bullish Mat Hold is a five-candle continuation pattern: a rally, a brief pullback that holds above the first candle's low, then a resumption higher.
- Bullish Matching Low
A bullish matching low is two bearish candles in a downtrend that close at nearly the same price, showing sellers cannot push closes lower.
- Bullish Meeting Lines
Bullish Meeting Lines pairs a bearish candle with a bullish candle that gaps down yet closes at the same price, signaling a downtrend reversal.
- Bullish Morning Doji Star
The bullish morning doji star is a three-candle reversal pattern featuring a doji between a long bearish candle and a strong bullish confirmation candle.
- Bullish Morning Star
The bullish morning star is a three-candle reversal pattern: a long bearish candle, a small-bodied gap-down star, then a strong bullish candle.
- Bullish Piercing Line
The bullish piercing line is a two-candle reversal pattern where the second candle opens below the prior low and closes past its midpoint.
- Bullish Rising Three Methods
Rising Three Methods: a long bullish candle, three small pullbacks, then a new high close confirm uptrend continuation. Recognition and trading tips.
- Bullish Separating Lines
Bullish Separating Lines: a bearish candle followed by a bullish candle opening at the same price and closing higher, confirming the uptrend continues.
- Bullish Side-by-side White Lines
Side-by-Side White Lines: two similar bullish candles open near the same level after an upside gap, confirming uptrend continuation. Trading guide.
- Bullish Stick Sandwich
A bullish stick sandwich is a black-white-black pattern where the first and third candles close at nearly the same price, defending support.
- Bullish Three Inside Up
Three Inside Up combines a bullish harami with a confirming third candle to signal a downtrend reversal. Covers recognition, psychology, and trading rules.
- Bullish Three Line Strike
Bullish Three Line Strike: three rising candles followed by one long bearish candle that engulfs them, yet the uptrend usually continues. Trading guide.
- Bullish Three Outside Up
Three Outside Up pairs a bullish engulfing candle with a confirming third candle to signal a downtrend reversal. Covers recognition and trading rules.
- Bullish Three Stars in the South
Three Stars in the South is a rare three-candle bottoming pattern of shrinking bearish candles signaling seller exhaustion. Recognition and trading guide.
- Bullish Three White Soldiers
Three White Soldiers: three straight long bullish candles that often mark a downtrend reversal. Covers recognition rules, psychology, and trade setup.
- Bullish Tri Star
A bullish tri star is three consecutive doji candles with the middle one gapping away. A rare, high-conviction sign of trend exhaustion.
- Bullish Unique Three River Bottom
Bullish Unique Three River Bottom: a long black candle, a hammer-like black candle making a new low, then a small white candle that stays below it.
- Bullish Upside Gap Three Methods
Upside Gap Three Methods: two bullish candles gap higher, then a bearish candle fully closes the gap — traditionally read as uptrend continuation.