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(Scanner) Candlestick Patterns — Single Stock
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Candlestick Pattern Scanner for NSE Stocks (Scanner) Candlestick PatternsCandlestick patterns are the oldest vocabulary in technical analysis and the easiest to scan for badly. Most scanners test the shape of a candle and stop there, which is how a hammer gets reported in the middle of a rally — where it is not a hammer at all, but a hanging man. This one reads the trend running into every formation before it names it, and measures "long" and "small" against what that particular stock has been doing rather than against a fixed number of rupees. Point it at one stock across a date range, or sweep the whole market for a single pattern.

What to read One stock across a date range, or the whole market for a single pattern.
Daily bars from our stored NSE history.
Scans the selected calendar year.
Narrow the read to one formation, or leave it on all.
Reads stored daily NSE bars.
What do these patterns mean?

How to use the (Scanner) Candlestick Patterns

  1. Pick one stock, or all of themOne stock mode reads a date range and reports every formation inside it. All stocks mode sweeps the NSE list for a single pattern.
  2. Choose the range, or the patternIn single mode, set the two dates — up to 400 days in one scan. In sweep mode, choose one pattern and how recently it must have printed.
  3. Read what turned upSingle mode shows a chip per formation with its count; clicking one narrows the charts and the table to it.
  4. Check the context on the chartEach match is drawn with the bars either side dimmed and the pattern's own candles outlined, so the trend it formed in is visible rather than assumed.
  5. Read the rate, not just the nameWhere a measured reversal rate exists it is shown. Several well-known patterns sit close to a coin flip, and one — the Bearish Harami — does the opposite of what its name says.

Frequently asked questions

Why does the same candle get two different names?

Because position in the trend is part of the pattern, not a filter applied afterwards. A small body with a long lower shadow is a Hammer when it appears after a decline and a Hanging Man when it appears after an advance. They are the same shape and opposite readings, so this tests the trend running into every formation before naming it.

How are "long" and "small" decided?

Against the stock's own average range over the previous 20 sessions, never in rupees. A ten-rupee body is enormous on a forty-rupee stock and invisible on a four-thousand-rupee one, so a fixed threshold would report a different pattern set at every price level.

What does the strength number mean?

How emphatically a formation met its own rules — a shadow well past the minimum multiple, a body that swallows the previous one several times over. It describes the formation, not a probability, and it is not a confidence in any outcome.

Why can the market sweep only take one pattern?

Because a sweep across thirty patterns is thirty unrelated answers in one list, and the question people actually ask is a single one — which stocks printed a bullish engulfing today. Single-stock mode is where "show me everything" belongs, and it does.

Why does a Bearish Harami carry such a low reversal rate?

Because its tested behaviour contradicts its name. Thomas Bulkowski measured it acting as a bullish continuation 53% of the time, so as a bearish reversal it works only about 47% — the figure shown beside it. The scanner keeps the traditional name and formation (a small bearish candle inside a larger bullish one, after an advance) but reports the measured rate honestly, so you can see the name promises more than the data delivers.

Does a pattern mean the stock will move that way?

No. This reports formations that have already printed in stored price history and nothing else. It gives no targets, no entries and no ratings, and it makes no claim about what a price does next. It is a study and research aid, not a recommendation, and not investment advice.

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About this tool
Candlestick Patterns reads the bars themselves rather than the shape they trace over months: the one, two and three candle formations that have names.
  • Context is part of the pattern: the same candle is a Hammer after a decline and a Hanging Man after an advance. Every reversal formation here is tested against the trend running into it, which is the rule most scanners skip.
  • Size is relative: "long" and "small" are measured against that stock's own recent average range, so the rules mean the same thing on a ₹40 stock and a ₹4,000 one.
  • Two modes: one stock across a date range showing every formation in it, or the whole NSE list swept for a single pattern.
  • Classical definitions: the scanner classifies each formation by its price structure and prior trend. Reversal setups need confirmation; a printed shape is not a trade instruction.
  • What it does not do: no targets, no entry or exit levels, no ratings and no forecasts. It reports formations already present in past prices. A research aid, not investment advice.

Candlestick patterns this candlestick pattern scanner detects

this candlestick pattern scanner scans NSE stocks for 32 candlestick patterns — single, two-candle and three-candle formations — grouped by direction below. Examples: Hammer, Inverted Hammer, Dragonfly Doji, Bullish Marubozu, Bullish Engulfing, Bullish Harami, Bullish Harami Cross, Piercing Line and more.

Bullish patterns

  • Bullish Abandoned Baby
  • Bullish Engulfing
  • Bullish Harami
  • Bullish Harami Cross
  • Bullish Marubozu
  • Dragonfly Doji
  • Hammer
  • Inverted Hammer
  • Morning Doji Star
  • Morning Star
  • Piercing Line
  • Three Inside Up
  • Three Outside Up
  • Three White Soldiers
  • Tweezer Bottom

Bearish patterns

  • Bearish Abandoned Baby
  • Bearish Engulfing
  • Bearish Harami
  • Bearish Harami Cross
  • Bearish Marubozu
  • Dark Cloud Cover
  • Evening Doji Star
  • Evening Star
  • Gravestone Doji
  • Hanging Man
  • Shooting Star
  • Three Black Crows
  • Three Inside Down
  • Three Outside Down
  • Tweezer Top

Neutral / indecision

  • Doji
  • Spinning Top
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