Piercing Line Candlestick & Dark Cloud Candle

Piercing Line Candlestick and a Dark Cloud Candlestick both look similar but the difference is that one +occursforms at the top of a Bitcoin price up trend (Cloud Cover) and the other occurs at the bottom of a downwards Bitcoin price trend (Piercing Line).

Upwards Trend Reversal - Dark Cloud Cover CandlesDownwards Trend Reversal - Piercing Line Candles

Piercing Line Candle

Piercing line candlestick is a long black body which is then followed by long white body candle.

White body pierces the mid point of the prior black body.

This piercing line candlestick pattern is a bullish market reversal pattern that occurs at the bottom of a market down-trend. It shows that the market price opens lower and closes above the midpoint of the black body candle.

This candle pattern setup highlights that the momentum of the downtrend is reducing and the current market trend is likely to reverse and move in an upward direction.

This piercing line candlestick pattern setup is shown as a piercing line signifying that the market is piercing the bottom therefore representing a market floor for the Bitcoin price down-wards trend.

Piercing Line Bitcoin trading Candle Setup - Dark Cloud Cover Bitcoin Candlesticks Pattern

Piercing Line Candlestick Pattern - Bitcoin Trading

Analysis Piercing Line Candle

A buy signal generated using the piercing line candlestick pattern is confirmed once the price of Bitcoin closes above the neckline which is the opening of the candlestick on the left of the Piercing Line candlestick as shown on the example put on display above.

This is a bullish setup & Bitcoin price should continue moving upwards and for a trader who open a buy trade using this setup should put a stop loss just below the lowest price level.

Dark Cloud Candle

Dark cloud cover candlestick is the in the opposite market trend of the piercing line candlestick - this candlestick pattern occurs at the top of an upwards trend.

Dark cloud cover candlestick is a long white body which is followed by a long black body.

Black body pierces the midpoint of the prior white body.

Dark cloud cover candlestick is a bearish market reversal candlestick pattern that occurs at the top of an up trend.

It shows that the market opens higher and closes below the mid point of the white body.

Dark cloud cover candlestick pattern highlights that the momentum of the uptrend is reducing and the trend is likely to reverse & move in a downwards direction.

This candle pattern is illustrated below and is known as a dark cloud cover signifying the cloud as a ceiling for the Bitcoin price up trend.

Piercing Line Candlestick in Bitcoin Charts - Dark Cloud Candlestick in Bitcoin Charts

Dark Cloud Candle Pattern - Bitcoin Trading

Analysis of Dark Cloud Candle

A sell signal generated using this dark cloud cover candlestick setup is confirmed once the price closes below the neckline which is the opening of the candlestick on the left of this candlestick like is shown above.

This candlestick pattern is a bearish setup and Bitcoin price should continue moving downwards and for a trader who open a sell trade they should place a stop loss just above the highest price level.

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