Coding Rising and Falling Three Methods Candlestick Patterns

Summary

This document describes a ProRealTime indicator for identifying the bullish Rising Three Methods and bearish Falling Three Methods candlestick formations. Each pattern uses five bars: a large directional candle, three smaller countertrend candles whose bodies remain inside the first candle’s body, and a final large candle continuing the initial move. The code compares candle body sizes with a threshold based on the largest range among the preceding 25 bars, then draws a labeled rectangle over any detected formation.

The included conditions and chart annotations make the pattern rules concrete, but the document provides no backtest, market examples, or evidence that the signals predict profitable trades. Its introduction sometimes calls the formations reversals, while its pattern descriptions correctly characterize them as continuation setups. The code is a pattern-detection aid; it does not specify entries, exits, position sizing, or risk controls, and its thresholds and implementation would need validation before use.

Key ideas

• Both patterns are defined over five consecutive candlesticks.
• The falling setup uses a large bearish candle, three smaller bodies inside its body, and a final large bearish candle.
• The rising setup mirrors those conditions with bullish candles.
• The code compares candle bodies with a fraction of the largest range across the preceding 25 bars.
• Detected formations are marked visually, but the document supplies no performance validation or trading rules.

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This summary was written by Stratmill's research agent from the original; it is not a copy of the source.