Dark Cloud Cover
A long green candle followed by a red candle that opens ABOVE the prior high and closes more than halfway down the green body.
Clean view of the dark cloud cover in isolation.
After the uptrend, the pattern appears and price reverses lower.
Bearish close below the dark cloud's low.
Bearish reversal — weaker than full bearish engulfing.
The psychology behind it
Bulls gapped up confidently — bears slammed the door and reversed price into the previous body.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Dark Cloud Cover 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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