Candlestick chart patterns

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Bearish Counter-Attack Lines
Bearish Engulfing Pattern
Bearish Harami
Bearish Hikkake Pattern
Bearish Multi-Harami Pattern
Bearish Separating Lines
Bearish Star
Belt hold line (Marubozu)
Belt-Hold line-Yorikiri-Bearish Pattern
Belt-Hold line-Yorikiri-Bullish Pattern
Bullish Counter-Attack Lines
Bullish Engulfing Pattern
Bullish Harami
Bullish Hikkake Pattern
Bullish Kicker Candlestick Pattern
Bullish Multi-Harami Pattern
Bullish Separating Lines
Bullish Star Pattern
Butterfly Doji
Channels
Coiling Inside Bar
Cup and Handle
Dark Cloud Cover Pattern
Doji Pattern
Doji Star Candlestick Pattern
Double Inside Bar
Downward Gap Tasuki
Flags and Pennants
Gravestone Doji
Hammer & Hanging man Pattern
Head and Shoulders and Inverted Head and Shoulders
Inverted Hammer & Shooting Star Pattern
Ladder Bottom
Ladder Top
Long-legged Doji
Mat-Hold Pattern
Mega Bearish Engulfing
Mega Bullish Engulfing
Multi Inside Bar
Negative Bias Candle
Piercing Pattern
Positive Bias Candle
Raindrop
Rickshaw-man Doji
Rounding Bottom
Side-by-side Green lines - Bearish
Side-by-side Green lines - Bullish
The Evening Star
The Falling Three Pattern
The Morning Star
The Rising Three
Three Advancing Soldiers
Three Black Crows Pattern
Three Inside Out Pattern - Bearish
Three Inside Out Pattern - Bullish
Three Line Strike Pattern - Bearish
Three Line Strike Pattern - Bullish
Three Outside Up Pattern - Bearish
Three Outside Up Pattern - Bullish
Three River Bottom Pattern
Trend Angles: 45 Degree Trendline
Trendlines
Triangles
Upside Gap Two Crows
Upward Gap Tasuki
Wedges: Rising and Falling Wedges
Windows

Bearish Engulfing Pattern

Bearish Engulfing pattern is an extension of the  Dark Cloud Cover.

Bearish Engulfing pattern is a two-candle pattern. The first candle is a bullish formation that appears in the uptrend. Second candle is a bearish candle that completely engulfs the body of the previous candle.

This pattern is similar to the Dark Cloud Cover, but the key difference is that the price falls below 50% of the previous body in case of Dark Cloud Cover. In case of the Bearish Engulfing pattern, the price falls below the body of the earlier candle and engulfs it.  Hence, the Bearish Engulfing is a stronger pattern than the Dark Cloud Cover pattern. It is a bearish reversal pattern.

Shadows don’t matter much in this pattern, but the bodies shouldn’t be too narrow.

When the body of the second candle in the bearish Engulfing pattern is relatively high, it makes the pattern more reliable. It suggests that the bears are strong and there is a strong supply at higher levels.

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