Three-candle pattern

Three Inside Up candlestick pattern

Three candles that traders read as bullish reversal. How to recognize the Three Inside Up, what it suggests about buyers and sellers, and where it matters.

Bullish reversal3 candles

Faded candles show the trend before the pattern. The dashed box marks the pattern.

How to recognize it

  • Appears after a decline.
  • 1–2. A bullish harami: a long bearish candle, then a small candle inside its body.
  • 3. A bullish candle that closes above the first candle's open.

What it suggests

A harami that has been confirmed: the stall in selling has turned into a close above where that selling began.

Where it matters

Most useful at support after a clear decline.

Educational content only. Candlestick patterns describe past price action. They do not predict future prices, and they are not trading signals or investment advice. Prices in the diagrams are illustrative.

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