🔻 Bearish Candlestick Patterns


🔥 1. Bearish Engulfing


  • Small green candle followed by a large red candle that engulfs it.


  • Meaning: Strong reversal — sellers regain control.




🧍 2. Hanging Man


  • Small body at the top with a long lower tail, appears after an uptrend.


  • Meaning: Increasing selling pressure — signal of a potential top.





🌇 3. Evening Star


  • Model of three candles: Green → small candle (gap up) → strong red candle.


  • Meaning: Strong reversal from up to down. Very reliable.





🦅 4. Three Black Crows


  • Three consecutive long red candles closing lower.


  • Meaning: Beginning of a strong downtrend.





🌠 5. Shooting Star


  • Small body at the bottom with a long upper tail. Appears after an uptrend.


  • Meaning: Price rejected from the top — reversal signal.





☁️ 6. Dark Cloud Cover


  • Green candle followed by a red candle that opens higher and closes below the midpoint of the green.


  • Meaning: Strong rejection of the rise — strong bearish signal.





🧒 7. Bearish Harami


  • Large green candle followed by a small red candle inside it.


  • Meaning: Decline in buying momentum. Potential reversal.





📉 8. Three Inside Down


  • Bearish harami followed by a strong red candle.


  • Meaning: Confirmation of the bearish reversal.





🧤 9. Tweezer Top


  • Two candles with close tops — usually green then red.


  • Meaning: Rejection of the high price twice — sell signal.





🥷 10. Bearish Counterattack


  • Green candle followed by a red candle that opens higher and closes at the same level as the green.


  • Meaning: Sellers return strongly — potential reversal signal.





🧱 11. Black Marubozu


  • Strong red candle with no wicks (opens at the top, closes at the bottom).


  • Meaning: Severe selling pressure — confirmed down signal.





🧨 12. Three Outside Down


  • Green candle, followed by a red candle that engulfs it, then another red candle.


  • Meaning: Strong confirmation of bearish reversal. High likelihood of decline.