Bullish Engulfing
A small red candle is completely engulfed by the next, larger green candle. Bulls take over decisively.
Clean view of the bullish engulfing in isolation.
After the downtrend, the pattern appears and price reverses higher.
Pattern itself is strong; further bullish closes add confidence.
Bullish reversal at the end of a downtrend. One of the highest-probability 2-candle patterns.
The psychology behind it
Sellers exhausted on the first candle. Bulls came in fresh and ran price beyond the previous open. Sentiment flipped.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Bullish Engulfing is a probabilistic signal — not a guarantee. The strongest setups appear at clear support / resistance levels, with a directional bias from higher timeframes, and ideally with volume confirmation. Always combine candlestick reads with structure and trend context.
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