Rising Window

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Figure 1. Rising Window pattern.

Forecast: bullish continuation
Trend prior to the pattern: uptrend
Opposite pattern: Falling Window
Remark: in particular cases the pattern may act as a bullish reversal pattern if prior its occurrence market was in a downtrend.

Construction:

• First candle
  • any candle except the Four-Price Doji
  • a candle in an uptrend or closing above the trendline
• Second candle
  • any candle except the Four-Price Doji
  • the candle's low above the previous candle's high

The Rising Window is classified as a bullish continuation pattern. Both pattern's lines can be any basic candles, appearing either as a long or as a short line. The only exception is the Four-Price Doji, which cannot appear as a part of the pattern.

Pattern is characterized by a price gap appearing between the first candle's high and the second candle's low.

Nison and Bulkowski in their books provide examples with a visible uptrend prior pattern occurrence what may be confusing. In our interpretation, for the Rising Window, it is enough that the first candle's closing price is located above the trendline, whereas the opening price may be placed below. The assumption that the Rising Window pattern requires a few candles in an uptrend, prior its occurrence, may lead to losing very significant signals.

Windows are known in western technical analysis and often are called as gaps. Classic interpretation says that after three occurrences of the Rising Window, trend may reverse. Very often, the Rising Window acts as a support.

Nison claims that when a Rising Window is preceded by a bullish reversal pattern, its reliability is greater. Our research also says that if the second candle of a Rising Window is formed at a high volume, its reliability is better.

Particular attention should be paid to the second candle of the pattern. A black candle or a doji candle may weaken the signal. The second line may be a part of other, conflicting pattern. Sometimes the Rising Window may be recognized at the same time also as the Bearish Doji Star or the Two-Candle Shooting Star. In such unclear situations, attention should be focused on the overall market context and the resistance/support lines.

A word of caution is needed for traders taking a position on the second line of the pattern. Namely, when the price gaps upward, the candle still can be closed lower producing a black body. Then instead of having a Rising Window we may have a bearish reversal pattern, for example, the Dark Cloud Cover or the Bearish Engulfing.

Please note that interpretation of the Rising Window adapted by CandleScanner is different than the one proposed by Bulkowski. Bulkowski claims that the Rising Window is composed of none candle lines because it is just a gap.

Either way, the most important matter is to be consistent. Therefore, when we present any statistics of the Rising Window, it is important to remember which interpretation is used, to compare apples to apples.

Figure 2. In January 2010 the market dropped by around 36.9% (from $17.45 to $12.74). That price movement created a strong resistance zone, composed of two black basic candles formed at a high trading volume: a (1) Long Black Candle and an Opening Black Marubozu.
On the bottom price stabilized, but the market has a problem to move up for the period of 2 months, due to the Opening Black Marubozu basic candle. Finally price gaps upward, forming a Rising Window pattern, breaking out of the first line of the support zone made by the Opening Black Marubozu. A long white body and a high trading volume of the second line of the Rising Window forms a local support area.
The market, however, still is struggling with the (1) Long White Candle. After forming a White Candle, price does move down. The mentioned support zone formed by the Rising Window works for a while. Then the (2) Long Black Candle appears, breaking out of support zone, and the bears control the market again.

Figure 3. The Rising Window pattern appears after the unsuccessful attempt of breaking out of a support zone formed by the Long White Candle.
The second line of the Rising Window is a High Wave basic candle. This candle produces a one-line pattern called One-Candle Shooting Star. Both lines of the Rising Window forms a Two-Candle Shooting Star pattern, conflicting with the Rising Window. However, applying strict rules on these two patterns, i.e. the One-Candle Shooting Star and the Two-Candle Shooting Star, they are not considered as valid because they appeared in too short lasting uptrend.
All these nuances are mentioned, however, to point out that the one should rather wait until the market situation is clear.
Appearance of the White Candle confirms the Rising Window pattern.

Rising Window statistics

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