The Ultimate Guide to Tweezers Bottom Candlestick Patterns

Last updated: January 12, 2025

Tweezers Bottom Pattern

The tweezers bottom candlestick pattern is a series of two or more candles with matching lows. Ideally, the first candlestick should have a long candle, and the second candlestick should have a small real body:

General Identification & Interpretation

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

Typical characteristics

• First and second (and additional, if any) candlesticks have matching lows
• Ideally, first candlestick is long candle, second candlestick has a small real body

Examples of use as a trading indicator

• Potential bullish reversal signal after market decline

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