Candlestick Reversal Patterns and a Short-Term Backtest
Summary
The document explains several bare candlestick patterns: morning and evening stars, bullish and bearish engulfing patterns, and red or black three-soldier sequences. It assigns bullish or bearish interpretations to these formations and suggests using stars to anticipate reversals, while using engulfing patterns as pullback or rebound entries within an existing trend. It also groups patterns by market phase and proposes combining them to identify support and resistance.
The reported test covers morning and evening stars on a 10-minute chart from January 2020 to July 2022, reversing positions when the opposite pattern appears, with a 3% take-profit and 7% stop-loss. It reports a 50% win rate and twofold return. Those figures are the document's only stated performance evidence; it gives no benchmark, trade count, costs, or test methodology, so they do not establish robustness. The author also says pattern criteria may be adapted to shorter time frames and emphasizes planning and review. The descriptions are discretionary, and the suggested patterns are not independently validated here.
Key ideas
- Morning stars are presented as bullish reversal signals, while evening stars are treated as bearish reversals.
- Bullish engulfing patterns are suggested as entries on pullbacks in rising trends, and bearish engulfing patterns as entries after rebounds in falling trends.
- The document maps candlestick formations to bottoms, tops, rising phases, and falling phases.
- A reported 10-minute test uses a 3% target and 7% stop, but omits trade counts, costs, and comparison data.
- The author recommends adapting pattern rules to the chart interval and reviewing price behavior when planning trades.
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