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CANDLESTICK LINES

Doji

(O=C)
Doji AND Almost or Near Doji

(ABS(O-C)<=((H-L)*0.1))
Black Candle

(O>C)
Long Black Candle

((O>C)AND((O-C)/(.001+H-L)>.6))
Small Black Candle

((O>C)AND((H-L)>(3*(O-C))))
White Candle

(C>O)
Long White Candle

((C>O)AND((C-O)/(.001+H-L)>.6))

Small White Candle

((C>O)AND((H-L)>(3*(C-O))))

MARUBOZU or Bald Lines:

Black Maubozu

((O>C)AND(H=O)AND(C=L))
White Maubozu

((C>O)AND(H=C)AND(O=L))
Black Closing Marubozu

((O>C)AND(C=L))
White Closing Marubozu

((C>O)AND(C=H))
Black Opening Marubozu

((O>C)AND(O=H))

White Opening Marubozu

((C>O)AND(O=L))

PAPER UMBRELLAS – have strong reversal implications:

Hanging Man

(((H-L)>4*(O-C))AND((C-L)/(.001+H-L)>=0.75)AND((O-L)/(.001+H-L)>=0.75))
Hammer

(((H-L)>3*(O-C))AND((C-L)/(.001+H-L)>0.6)AND((O-L)/(.001+H-L)>0.6))
Inverted Hammer

(((H-L)>3*(O-C))AND((H-C)/(.001+H-L)>0.6)AND((H-O)/(.001+H-L)>0.6))

Shooting Star

(((H-L)>4*(O-C))AND((H-C)/(.001+H-L)>= 0.75)AND((H-O)/(.001+H-L)>=0.75))

SPINNING TOPS:

Black Spinning Top

((O>C)AND((H-L)>(3*(O-C)))AND(((H-O)/(.001+H-L))<.4)AND(((C-L)/(.001+H-L))<.4))

White Spinning Top

((C>O)AND((H-L)>(3*(C-O)))AND(((H-C)/(.001+H-L))<.4)AND(((O-L)/(.001+H-L))<.4))

PATTERNS USING CANDLESTICK LINES
BEAR PATTERNS:

 

Bearish Abandoned Baby – very rare

((C1=O1)AND(C2>O2)AND(O>C)AND(L1>H2)AND(L1>H))

Bearish Evening Star or Bearish Evening Doji Star

((C2>O2)AND((C2-O2)/(.001+H2-L2)>.6)AND(C2<O1)AND(C1>O1)AND((H1-L1)>(3*(C1-O1)))AND(O>C)AND(O<O1))
Dark Cloud Cover

((C1>O1)AND(((C1+O1)/2)>C)AND(O>C)AND(O>C1)AND(C>O1)AND((O-C)/(.001+(H-L))>0.6))
Bearish Engulfing

((C1>O1)AND(O>C)AND(O>=C1)AND(O1>=C)AND((O-C)>(C1-O1)))

Equis Bearish Engulfing

(C1>O1)AND(O>C)AND(O>=C1)AND(O1>=C)AND((O-C)>(C1 O1))AND(STOC9.1>90

OR

STOC9.1.1>90ORSTOC9.1.2>90)AND(V>AVGV70)AND((C-C60)>15)

CONFIRMS yesterday’s Bearish Engulfing Pattern:

Three Outside Down Pattern

((C2>O2)AND(O1>C1)AND(O1>=C2)AND(O2>=C1)AND((O1-C1)>(C2-O2))AND(O>C)AND (C<C1))

BULL PATTERNS:
Bullish Abandoned Baby – very rare

((C1=O1)AND(O2>C2)AND(C>O)AND(L2>H1)AND(L>H1))
Bullish Morning Star or Bullish Morning Doji Star

((O2>C2)AND((O2-C2)/(.001+H2-L2)>.6)AND(C2>O1)AND(O1>C1)AND((H1-L1)>(3*(C1-O1)))AND(C>O)AND(O>O1))
Bullish Engulfing

((O1>C1)AND(C>O)AND(C>=O1)AND(C1>=O)AND((C-O)>(O1-C1)))

Equis Bullish Engulfing

((O1>C1)AND(C>O)AND(C>=O1)AND(C1>=O)AND((C-O)>(O1-C1)))AND(STOC9.1<10

OR

STOC9.1.1<10ORSTOC9.1.2<10)AND(V >AVGV70)AND((C-C60)<(-15))

CONFIRMS yesterday’s Bullish Engulfing Pattern:

Three Outside Up Pattern

((O2>C2)AND(C1>O1)AND(C1>=O2)AND(C2>=O1)AND((C1-O1)>(O2-C2))AND (C>O)AND (C>C1))

Bullish Harami:

((O1>C1)AND(C>O)AND(C<=O1)AND(C1<=O)AND((C-O)<(O1-C1)))

CONFIRMS yesterday’s Bullish Harami Pattern:

Three Inside Up Pattern

((O2>C2)AND(C1>O1)AND(C1<=O2)AND(C2<=O1)AND
((C1-O1)<(O2-C2))AND(C>O)AND(C>C1)AND(O>O1))

Piercing Line:

((C1<O1)AND(((O1+C1)/2)<C)AND(O<C)AND(O<C1)AND(C<O1)AND((C-O)/(.001+(H-L))>0.6))

Bearish Harami:

((C1>O1)AND(O>C)AND(O<=C1)AND(O1<=C)AND((O-C)<(C1-O1)))

CONFIRMS yesterday’s Bearish Harami Pattern:

Three Inside Down Pattern

((C2>O2)AND(O1>C1)AND(O1<=C2)AND(O2<=C1)AND
((O1-C1)<(C2-O2))AND(O>C)AND(C<C1)AND(O<O1))

Three White Soldiers
– Bullish Reversal Pattern

Identifying the Pattern

1. Three consecutive long white lines occur, each with
a higher close

Today: (C>O*1.01) AND (C>C1)

Yesterday: (C1>O1*1.01) AND (C1>C2)

Day before Yesterday: (C2>O2*1.01)

2. Each opens within the body of the previous day

(O<C1) AND (O>O1)
(O1<C2) AND (O1>O2)

3. Each should close at or near the high for the day

(((H - C) / (H - L)) > .2)
(((H1 - C1) / H1 - L1)) >.2)
(((H2 - C2) / (H2 - L2)) >.2)

Three White Soldiers PCF

(C>O*1.01) AND(C1>O1*1.01) AND(C2>O2*1.01) AND(C>C1) AND
(C1>C2) AND(O<C1ANDO>O1) AND(O1<C2ANDO1>O2) AND
(((H-C)/(H-L))<.2) AND(((H1-C1)/(H1-L1))<.2)AND(((H2-C2)/(H2-L2))<.2)

Pattern Breakdown
The Three White Soldiers pattern on a daily chart reduces to a long
white candlestick on a 3 Days/Bar chart

Dark Cloud Cover
 

Identifying the Pattern
1. (Yesterday) The first day is a long white day that is continuing the uptrend

(C1>O1*1.01)

Dahl Trend Indicator
(AVGC13-AVGC13.4)>0

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2. (Today) The second day is a black body day with the open above the previous day's HIGH

(O>C)
(O>H1)

3. (Today) The second (black) day closes within and below the midpoint of the previous white body.

(C>O1)
(((C1+O1)/2)>C)

Dark Cloud Cover PCF

(C1>O1*1.01) AND(O>C) AND(O>H1) AND(C>O1)
AND(((C1+O1)/2)>C)AND(C>O1) AND((AVGC13-AVGC13.4)>0)



Three Black Crows
– Bearish Reversal Pattern
Identifying the Pattern

1. Three consecutive long black days

Today: O>C*1.01

Yesterday: O1>C1*1.01

Day before Yesterday: O2>C2*1.01

2. Each day closes at a new low

(C<C1)
(C1<C2)

3. Each day opens within the body of the previous day

(O>C1 AND O<O1)
(O1>C2 AND O1<O2)

4. Each day closes at or near its low

(((C - L) / (H - L)) < .2)
(((C1 - L1) / H1 - L1)) < .2)
(((C2 - L2) / (H2 - L2)) < .2)

Three Black Crows PCF

(O > C * 1.01) AND (O1 > C1 * 1.01) AND (O2 > C2 *
1.01) AND (C < C1) AND (C1 < C2) AND (O > C1) AND (O < O1) AND
(O1 > C2) AND (O1 < O2) AND (((C - L) / (H - L)) < .2) AND
(((C1 - L1) / (H1 - L1)) < .2) AND (((C2 - L2) / (H2 - L2)) < .2)

Pattern Breakdown
The Three Black Crows pattern on a daily chart reduces to a long
Black candlestick on a 3 Days/Bar chart


 
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Candlestick Charting Basics, Author: Steve Nison

Beyond Candlesticks: New Japanese Charting Techniques Revealed

Candlestick Charting Explained: Timeless Techniques for Trading Stocks and Futures



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CandleStick Forcaster (CSF) Demo:

 

For a workable current data file; see message 5862 below:

MESSAGE #5862

To create the file (or a better file) for the CSF Demo:

On the disk that has the TCMSDATA and TCV3DATA folders, add <new> <folder> rename the new folder TCTXDATA.

From the TC2000 menu bar, select <Databank>.

Select <Export to Text>

List to Export: For the first time, choose a list with 4 or 5 stocks

<Add> the Available Data Fields in this order to the Export Fields window:

DateMM/DD/YYYY

Open

High

Low

Close

Exchange

Exchange

Data Delimiter: Comma

Click Multiple Files (named with symbol)

Number of Days to Export: 250 (about 1 year)

Export Path:

. C:\ (or the disk containing the TCTXDATA folder)

. . .TCTXDATA

Click Descending

Click Export

Go to the TCTXDATA Folder and open the folder

Double click the first file in the folder; use WORDPAD or any other simple word processor with a REPLACE function

In each stock folder, insert a top line:

MM/DD/YY,OPEN,HIGH,LOW,CLOSE,VOLUME,OPEN INT

Replace All: 1999 with 99

Replace All: 1998 with 98

Replace All: ,Exchange with ,0 (yes ‘comma zero’)

Sample contents for S (Sears) data file (TCTXDATA folder):

MM/DD/YY,OPEN,HIGH,LOW,CLOSE,VOLUME,OPEN INT

06/18/99,49.69,49.88,48.25,48.63,0,0

06/17/99,49,49.06,47.75,48.94,0,0

06/16/99,49.5,49.81,48.38,49.25,0,0

06/15/99,50.19,50.44,49.25,49.5,0,0

06/14/99,49.38,50.69,49.38,50.06,0,0

06/11/99,49.19,49.81,48.63,49.13,0,0

In the CSF Demo,

Click <Chart>;
from the dropdown menu, select <Get…>
Choose File Type: 3
Click <SetUp>
type the TC2000 Export path: C:\TCTXDATA
The Databank Smart Export to MS tends to scramble the some of the data.