Bearish · reversal · reliability: high
Evening Star
Long green candle → small-bodied candle (often gapping up) → long red candle that closes deep into the first body.
[ Schematic ]
Clean view of the evening star in isolation.
[ In context · uptrend ]
After the uptrend, the pattern appears and price reverses lower.
What to do
SELL
Confirmation
Strong on its own.
When it's most reliable
Bearish reversal at the top.
The psychology behind it
Bulls dominated day 1, paused day 2, bears slammed day 3. Classic top.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Evening Star 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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