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Japanese name: nagare boshi
Forecast: bearish reversal
Trend prior to the pattern: uptrend
Opposite pattern: Inverted Hammer
Construction:
- First candle
- a candle in an uptrend
- white body
- Second candle
- a white or black candle with a small body
- no lower shadow or the shadow cannot be longer than then body
- upper shadow at least 2.5 times longer than the body
- the open above or at the level of the previous candle’s close
This article is devoted to the Two-Candle Shooting Star two-line pattern.
The first line of the pattern is a candle with a white body appearing as a long line. It can be one of the following candles: White Candle, Long White Candle, White Marubozu, Opening White Marubozu, Closing White Marubozu. Candles being spinning tops, even with white bodies, cannot appear on the first line.
The second candle can be either a white or a black spinning top appearing both as a long or a short line. It can be one of the following candle: White Spinning Top, Black Spinning Top, High Wave. The lower shadow does not exist or is shorter than the body. The upper shadow needs to be at least 2.5 times longer than the body.
The pattern appears in an uptrend, predicting its reversal. It has to be confirmed in the form of breaking out of a nearest support zone or a trendline.
The Two-Candle Shooting Star can be a part of the Evening Star, being a three-line pattern. In such case, it reinforces the forecast of the Two-Candle Shooting Star.
Two-Candle Shooting Star statistics
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Scanner settings: daily stocks
Group: S&P500
Number of symbols: 502
Date range: 7/1/1995 - 6/30/2015
Time interval: daily candles
Total number of candlesticks: 2,236,421
Number of occurrences (Two-Candle Shooting Star): 2,476
Number of occurrences (all candlestick patterns): 638,570
% of occurrences (Two-Candle Shooting Star): 0.39 %
Average frequency: 903.2
Efficiency statistics (5 candlesticks testing period)
Efficiency | NO DATA | FALSE | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Occurrences |
1 | 407 | 790 | 530 | 748 |
% of Occurrences |
0.04 % | 16.40 % | 31.91 % | 21.41 % | 30.24 % |
Efficiency | NO DATA | FALSE | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Occurrences |
4 | 377 | 647 | 470 | 978 |
% of Occurrences |
0.16 % | 15.07 % | 26.13 % | 18.98 % | 39.66 % |
Occurrences Statistics | 5 candlesticks testing period (HIGH efficiency) |
10 candlesticks testing period (HIGH efficiency) |
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Symbol | Number of Occurrences |
Average Frequency |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
COH | 9 | 411.7 | 6 | 66.67 % | 7 | 77.78 % |
AMT | 8 | 536.9 | 4 | 50.00 % | 5 | 75.00 % |
NFX | 11 | 457.3 | 6 | 54.55 % | 8 | 72.73 % |
TYC | 10 | 503.4 | 4 | 40.00 % | 7 | 70.00 % |
HPQ | 13 | 387.2 | 7 | 53.85 % | 9 | 69.23 % |
BK | 9 | 559.3 | 4 | 44.45 % | 6 | 66.67 % |
NOV | 9 | 522.0 | 5 | 55.56 % | 6 | 66.67 % |
WAT | 12 | 411.4 | 8 | 66.66 % | 8 | 66.66 % |
DVN | 14 | 359.6 | 6 | 42.86 % | 9 | 64.29 % |
GPS | 11 | 457.6 | 5 | 45.46 % | 7 | 63.64 % |
Occurrences Statistics | 5 candlesticks testing period (FALSE efficiency) |
10 candlesticks testing period (FALSE efficiency) |
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Symbol | Number of Occurrences |
Average Frequency |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
SWKS | 8 | 629.3 | 6 | 75.00 % | 6 | 75.00 % |
EMC | 9 | 559.3 | 4 | 44.44 % | 4 | 44.44 % |
T | 9 | 559.3 | 4 | 44.44 % | 4 | 44.44 % |
APC | 10 | 503.4 | 4 | 40.00 % | 4 | 40.00 % |
BAC | 8 | 629.3 | 3 | 37.50 % | 3 | 37.50 % |
OI | 8 | 629.3 | 3 | 37.50 % | 3 | 37.50 % |
CHK | 9 | 559.3 | 3 | 33.33 % | 3 | 33.33 % |
EIX | 9 | 559.3 | 3 | 33.33 % | 3 | 33.33 % |
NOV | 9 | 522.0 | 3 | 33.33 % | 3 | 33.33 % |
CI | 16 | 314.6 | 5 | 31.25 % | 5 | 31.25 % |
Scanner settings: daily stocks
Group: S&P500
Number of symbols: 502
Date range: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2015
Time interval: daily candles
Total number of candlesticks: 614,034
Number of occurrences (Two-Candle Shooting Star): 613
Number of occurrences (all candlestick patterns): 166,328
% of occurrences (Two-Candle Shooting Star): 0.37 %
Average frequency: 1,001.7
Efficiency statistics (5 candlesticks testing period)
Efficiency | NO DATA | FALSE | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Occurrences |
1 | 83 | 250 | 150 | 129 |
% of Occurrences |
0.16 % | 13.38 % | 40.78 % | 24.47 % | 21.21 % |
Efficiency | NO DATA | FALSE | LOW | MEDIUM | HIGH |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of Occurrences |
4 | 66 | 203 | 142 | 198 |
% of Occurrences |
0.65 % | 10.12 % | 33.12 % | 23.16 % | 32.95 % |
Occurrences Statistics | 5 candlesticks testing period (HIGH efficiency) |
10 candlesticks testing period (HIGH efficiency) |
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Symbol | Number of Occurrences |
Average Frequency |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
JOY | 3 | 419.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 3 | 100.00 % |
HPQ | 4 | 314.5 | 1 | 25.00 % | 3 | 75.00 % |
ALLE | 3 | 135.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
CAH | 3 | 419.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
COH | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.34 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
FAST | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
GME | 3 | 419.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
IVZ | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
LM | 3 | 419.3 | 0 | 0.00 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
MOS | 3 | 419.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
Occurrences Statistics | 5 candlesticks testing period (FALSE efficiency) |
10 candlesticks testing period (FALSE efficiency) |
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Symbol | Number of Occurrences |
Average Frequency |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
Number of Occurrences |
% of Occurrences |
GT | 3 | 419.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
TRIP | 3 | 298.3 | 2 | 66.67 % | 2 | 66.67 % |
DOW | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
EMR | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
ETR | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
HD | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
HIG | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
MU | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
OKE | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |
ORCL | 3 | 419.3 | 1 | 33.33 % | 1 | 33.33 % |