Interactive curriculum
Learn candlestick patterns with context.
Explore accurate, animated candle structures and the psychology behind each pattern before interpreting it on a real chart.
Every candlestick chart pattern, explained in plain language
CandleIQ Learn is a free candlestick pattern guide built for Indian traders (NIFTY, BankNifty & Sensex). Each pattern below opens an animated, interactive lesson with the psychology behind it and honest context on when it works — and when it fails.
Core concepts
- What is a candlestick — how open, high, low and close form a single candle.
- Support & Resistance — zones where price repeatedly stalls, bounces or reverses.
- Trend vs Range — telling directional markets apart from sideways ones.
- Why context matters (volatility) — how volatility changes a candle's reliability.
Single-candle patterns
- Doji — open and close nearly equal; signals indecision near turning points.
- Hammer — long lower wick after a decline; a potential bullish reversal clue.
- Inverted Hammer — long upper wick after a decline; a bullish reversal attempt.
- Hanging Man — Hammer shape after a rise; a potential bearish warning.
- Shooting Star — long upper wick after an advance; failed upside follow-through.
- Bullish Marubozu — long green body, no wicks; strong buying conviction.
- Bearish Marubozu — long red body, no wicks; persistent selling pressure.
- Spinning Top — small body between long wicks; indecision or fading momentum.
Two-candle patterns
- Bullish Engulfing — green body engulfs the prior red body; buyers take control.
- Bearish Engulfing — red body engulfs the prior green body; sellers take control.
- Bullish Harami — small green body inside a large red body; selling pressure contracts.
- Bearish Harami — small red body inside a large green body; buying momentum fades.
- Piercing Line — green candle closes back above the midpoint of a prior red candle.
- Dark Cloud Cover — red candle closes below the midpoint of a prior green candle.
- Tweezer Top — two matched highs; rejection at the same resistance area.
- Tweezer Bottom — two matched lows; buyers defend the same support area.
Three-candle patterns
- Morning Star — decline, hesitation, then strong buying; a bullish reversal sequence.
- Evening Star — advance, hesitation, then strong selling; a bearish reversal sequence.
- Three White Soldiers — three rising green candles; sustained demand.
- Three Black Crows — three falling red candles; sustained supply.
Educational content only — not investment advice. Candlestick patterns are probabilistic and require context; no pattern guarantees an outcome.