Inverted Hammer
Small body at the bottom with a long upper wick. Same as a shooting star, but appears at a downtrend bottom.
Clean view of the inverted hammer in isolation.
After the downtrend, the pattern appears and price reverses higher.
Strongly required — wait for a bullish close above the inverted hammer the next session.
Bullish reversal at the bottom of a downtrend — less reliable than a regular hammer.
The psychology behind it
Bulls tried to break higher mid-session and even though they didn't hold, the attempt itself signals a shift.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Inverted Hammer 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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