Candlestick patterns ranked from best to worst performance in the S&P 500, assuming a 10-day holding period from patterns seen in the market between 2/10/25 and 2/14/25.
Ranking
#1 Three Black Crows
Average 10-day profit: 0.75%
Event count: 1
#2 Falling Window
Average 10-day profit: 0.71%
Event count: 104
#3 Morning Star
Average 10-day profit: 0.57%
Event count: 6
#4 Bearish Harami Cross
Average 10-day profit: 0.46%
Event count: 39
#5 Dark Cloud Cover
Average 10-day profit: 0.45%
Event count: 134
#6 Engulfing
Average 10-day profit: 0.27%
Event count: 277
#7 Rising Window
Average 10-day profit: 0.4%
Event count: 79
#8 Evening Doji Star
Average 10-day profit: 0.38%
Event count: 4
#9 Hammer
Average 10-day profit: 0.37%
Event count: 103
#10 Bearish Engulfing
Average 10-day profit: 0.32%
Event count: 62
#11 Morning Doji Star
Average 10-day profit: 0.29%
Event count: 3
#12 Upside Gap Two Crows
Average 10-day profit: 0.26%
Event count: 1
#13 Harami Cross
Average 10-day profit: 0.25%
Event count: 189
#14 Harami
Average 10-day profit: 0.24%
Event count: 298
#15 Bullish Engulfing
Average 10-day profit: 0.19%
Event count: 95
#16 Tweezers Bottom
Average 10-day profit: 0.18%
Event count: 754
#17 Spinning Top
Average 10-day profit: 0.15%
Event count: 491
#18 Doji
Average 10-day profit: 0.14%
Event count: 744
#19 Bullish Harami Cross
Average 10-day profit: 0.14%
Event count: 53
#20 Tweezers Top
Average 10-day profit: 0.1%
Event count: 778
#21 Bearish Counterattack Lines
Average 10-day profit: 0.03%
Event count: 27
#22 Bullish Harami
Average 10-day profit: -0.0%
Event count: 94
#23 Bearish Harami
Average 10-day profit: -0.0%
Event count: 94
#24 Piercing
Average 10-day profit: -0.14%
Event count: 94
#25 Counterattack Lines
Average 10-day profit: -0.15%
Event count: 52
#26 Evening Star
Average 10-day profit: -0.31%
Event count: 9
#27 Bullish Counterattack Lines
Average 10-day profit: -0.33%
Event count: 25