Inverted Hammer Candlestick - Shooting Star Candlestick - Inverted Hammer vs Shooting Star Candlesticks
Inverted Hammer Bullish Candlestick - Shooting Star Bearish Candlestick - Bullish vs Bearish Candlesticks Patterns
Inverted Hammer Candlestick Pattern and Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern candlesticks look alike. These candlesticks patterns have a long upper shadow and a short body at the bottom. Their color does not matter. What matters is the point where they appear whether at the top of a market trend (star) or the bottom of a market trend (hammer).
The difference is that inverted hammer is a bullish reversal pattern while shooting star is a bearish reversal pattern.
Upward Trend Reversal - Shooting Star Candlesticks
Downward Trend Reversal - Inverted Hammer Candlesticks
Inverted Hammer Candlestick Pattern and Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern Candlesticks Chart Patterns
Inverted Hammer Candlestick
This is a bullish reversal candlestick pattern. It occurs at the bottom of a Forex trend.
Inverted hammer occurs at the bottom of a downtrend and indicates the possibility of reversal of the downward Forex trend.
Inverted Hammer Candlestick
Technical Analysis of Inverted Hammer Candlestick Pattern
A buy is confirmed when a candlestick closes above the neckline, this is the opening of the candlestick on the left side of this pattern. The neckline in this case is a resistance level.
Stop orders for the buy trades should be placed a few pips below the lowest price on the recent low.
An inverted hammer is named so because it signifies that the market is hammering out a bottom.
Shooting Star Candlestick
This is a bearish reversal candlestick pattern. It occurs at the top of a market trend.
It occurs at the top of an uptrend where the open price is the same as the low and price then rallied up but was pushed back down to close near the open.
Shooting Star Candlestick
Technical Analysis of Shooting Star Candlestick Pattern
A sell is confirmed when a candlestick closes below the neckline, this is the opening of the candlestick on the left side of this pattern. The neckline in this case is a support level.
Stop orders for the sell trades should be placed a few pips above the highest price on the recent high.
The Shooting Star is named so because at the top of an upward market trend this candlestick pattern resembles a shooting star up in the sky.
