Bearish Marubozu
A long red candle with little or no wick. Sellers controlled the session from the open to the close.
Where it matters
Most meaningful when it breaks below a support level or a range. Inside a range it is often just noise.
Faded candles are the trend before it, the band is the pattern, the dashed line is the level it formed at, and ✓ marks the confirming candle.
How to read it
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How it forms
Price opens near the high and closes near the low. Buyers could not recover any part of the fall.
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Where it matters
Most meaningful when it breaks below a support level or a range. Inside a range it is often just noise.
- 03
What confirms it
The next candles stay below the middle of the Marubozu body. A fast recovery into the body weakens the read.
- 04
Where the idea is wrong
A close above the high of the Marubozu shows that the selling did not last.
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What volume should do
Volume clearly above the recent average supports the idea that the selling had wide participation.
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Common mistake
Reacting after a long, steep fall. A large red candle late in a decline can mark capitulation.
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Opposite pattern
Bullish Marubozu
Most meaningful when it breaks out of a range or closes above a resistance level. Inside a choppy range it says much less.
Single Candle
Hammer
Only a Hammer after a decline and at a support zone counts. The same shape in the middle of a range is not a Hammer.
Single Candle
Shooting Star
Only meaningful after a rise and at a resistance zone. In the middle of a range it carries little weight.
From the book
Read the full chapter in the book.
Chapter 9 of Trading Candlestick Patterns explains the Bearish Marubozu with real Indian market charts, volume context and stop-loss placement.
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Educational content only. A pattern describes what buyers and sellers did; it does not predict what price will do next. Not investment advice or a buy, sell or hold recommendation.