Piercing Line
A long red candle followed by a green candle that opens BELOW the prior low and closes more than halfway up the red candle's body.
Clean view of the piercing line in isolation.
After the downtrend, the pattern appears and price reverses higher.
Bullish close above the high of the piercing candle.
Bullish reversal — weaker than full bullish engulfing.
The psychology behind it
Bears opened lower thinking trend continues — bulls absorbed all that selling and closed deep into the previous body.
Like every candlestick pattern, the Piercing Line 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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