The Ultimate Guide to Bullish Harami Cross Candlestick Patterns

Last updated: January 12, 2025

Bullish Harami Cross Pattern

The bullish harami cross candlestick pattern is identical to the bullish harami pattern, except the second candle is a doji:

In this pattern, a doji candlestick body falls within the extended body of the preceding candle, indicating that the strongly bearish market movements seen the previous day are running out of steam.

General Identification & Interpretation

Steve Nison is credited with bringing Japanese candlestick charting to the West. In his book "Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques" he describes bullish harami cross patterns with the following characteristics:

Typical characteristics

• First candlestick is an unusually long red candle
• Second candlestick is a doji (or a small real body approaching a doji)
• The candles don't necessarily have to be opposing colors

Examples of use as a trading indicator

• Potential bullish reversal signal after a downtrend
• The smaller the real body of the second candle, the stronger the potential reversal signal from this pattern

Other interpretations

• If the second candle is not a doji (or subjectively close to it) but has a small real body within the body of the first candle, this pattern is classified as simply a harami.

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