Hammer
A small body near the top of the range with a long lower wick, at least twice the body. Buyers rejected the lower prices.
Where it matters
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.
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 falls sharply during the session, then buyers step in and push it back up close to the open.
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Where it matters
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.
- 03
What confirms it
The next candle closes above the high of the Hammer.
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Where the idea is wrong
A close below the low of the Hammer ’s wick — the level the buyers defended.
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What volume should do
Higher volume on the Hammer suggests the rejection of lower prices had real participation.
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Common mistake
Treating every long lower wick as a Hammer without checking the trend before it and the level it formed at.
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Opposite pattern
Shooting Star
Only meaningful after a rise and at a resistance zone. In the middle of a range it carries little weight.
Single Candle
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
Bearish Marubozu
Most meaningful when it breaks below a support level or a range. Inside a range it is often just noise.
From the book
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Chapter 9 of Trading Candlestick Patterns explains the Hammer 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.