Matching High

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Figure 1. Matching High pattern.

Japanese name: niten tenjo
Forecast: bearish reversal
Trend prior to the pattern: uptrend
Opposite pattern: Matching Low

Construction:

• First candle
  • a candle in an uptrend
  • white body
  • no upper shadow
  • appears as a long line
• Second candle
  • white body
  • the opening price is above the previous opening price
  • the closing price is at the level of the previous closing price
  • no upper shadow

The Matching High is built of two marubozu candles having white bodies. In other words, it can be a White Marubozu or a Closing White Marubozu.

The first line of the pattern appears as a long line whereas the second one can be either long or short. Both candle lines need to close at the same level. Additionally, the opening of the second candle need to be higher than the opening of the previous candle.

The Matching High belongs to the bullish reversal patterns group. Its appearance on the chart should be confirmed on the following candles, that is, either breaking out the nearest support zone, which can be formed by the first line of a Matching High pattern. The best confirmation is in the form of a black candle that the closing price is below the opening price of the first pattern's line.

Figure 2. Likewise the Matching Low, the Matching High requires marubozu candles for both lines. In the case of the Matching High, it should be either a White Marubozu or a Closing White Marubozu. The pattern was introduced by Greg Morris as a bearish counterpart to the Matching Low pattern.
In general the Matching High pattern is among the least frequently occurring ones. If to relax slightly the pattern's requirements and allow the upper shadows, we would have many more occurrences. Then assessing the pattern statistics would have much more sense.
On the chart, we see a Matching Low pattern being confirmed on the following candles. The appearance of a Long Black Candle demonstrates that the bulls have control of the market.

Matching High statistics

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