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What's a Hammer Candles Pattern?

What Does Hammer Candle Mean? Hammer Candlestick Definition

The Hammer candlestick pattern is a potentially bullish configuration that materializes during a prevailing downtrend. It earns its name from the appearance that the equities trading market is effectively "hammering" out a bottom price level.

A hammer stock candle stick pattern has:

  • A small body
  • The body is at the top
  • Lower shadow is 2 or 3 times length of real body.
  • Has no upper shadow or very small upper shadow if present.
  • The color of the body isn't important

What is a Hammer Candlestick in Stock Index? - What's a Hammer Stock Candlestick in Index?

What's Hammer Candlestick in Stock Index? - Hammer Candle Pattern

Analysis of the Hammer Stock Trading Candles Pattern

A buy stock signal is verified when a candlestick closes above the opening stock price of the preceding candle, to the left of the hammer candlestick pattern in stock trading.

Stop orders should be placed a few pips just below low of hammer candle.

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