Engulfing
The second body covers the first: bodies only, wicks do not count. · 5 min
Charts in this lesson are generated. They are not real market data and predict nothing.
Bullish engulfing: after a decline, a down candle, then an up candle whose body covers the prior body
Bearish engulfing: after a rise, the mirror
The first body ran from 115.62 down to 115.39; the second from 115.34 up to 115.76. The second body covers the first from end to end.
Read the pair as one candle: merged, a bullish engulfing becomes a candle with a long lower wick, close to a hammer. Most multi-candle patterns are single-candle shapes on a larger timeframe.
A bullish engulfing after a decline. Higher or lower over the next six candles?
After a decline: candle 1 opens 30.0, closes 29.2 (low 28.9). Candle 2 opens 29.3, closes 30.1. Engulfing?
Simulator round · Name the pattern in the shaded band
Generated chart. It is not real market data and predicts nothing.