As of 12/20/2024   Indus: 42,840 +498.02 +1.2%     Trans: 15,892 +32.54 +0.2%     Utils: 986 +14.76 +1.5%     Nasdaq: 19,573 +199.83 +1.0%     S&P 500: 5,931 +63.77 +1.1%	YTD  +13.7%   0.0%    +11.9%    +30.4%    +24.3%	Targets    Overview: 12/12/2024     44,200 or 41,750 by 01/01/2025   16,100 or 17,700 by 01/01/2025   1,050 or 975 by 01/01/2025   20,500 or 19,300 by 01/01/2025   6,100 or 5,775 by 01/01/2025
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As of 12/20/2024   Indus: 42,840 +498.02 +1.2%     Trans: 15,892 +32.54 +0.2%     Utils: 986 +14.76 +1.5%     Nasdaq: 19,573 +199.83 +1.0%     S&P 500: 5,931 +63.77 +1.1%	YTD  +13.7%   0.0%    +11.9%    +30.4%    +24.3%
Targets    Overview: 12/12/2024     44,200 or 41,750 by 01/01/2025   16,100 or 17,700 by 01/01/2025   1,050 or 975 by 01/01/2025   20,500 or 19,300 by 01/01/2025   6,100 or 5,775 by 01/01/2025
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Bulkowski on the Deliberation Candle Pattern

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The deliberation has a lot in common with the advance block candle pattern. Both use three white candles in an upward price trend. However, the deliberation has requirements on body height, but none on the upper shadow like the advance block.

The deliberation works better than the advance block, too, ranking 2nd as a bullish continuation pattern, but the overall performance is near the end of the pack. Its frequency rank of 48 means you should be able to find many examples of the deliberation in a historical price series (unreal time) or real time.

Deliberation: Important Results

Theoretical performance: Bearish reversal Tested performance: Bullish continuation 77% of the time Frequency rank: 48 Overall performance rank: 93 Best percentage meeting price target: 36% (bull market, up breakout) Best average move in 10 days: -6.72% (bear market, down breakout) Best 10-day performance rank: 6 (bull market, down breakout) All ranks are out of 103 candlestick patterns with the top performer ranking 1. "Best" means the highest rated of the four combinations of bull/bear market, up/down breakouts. The above numbers are based on hundreds of perfect trades. See the glossary for definitions.

Deliberation

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Deliberation: Discussion

The deliberation candlestick is supposed to act as a bearish reversal, but testing shows that it acts as a bullish continuation pattern 77% of the time. That is quite a substantial change from theory, but the way I measured it is probably to blame. It is far more likely that price will close above the top of the pattern since that is where the last candle line leaves it than it would be for price to drop all the way down and close below the bottom of the candle pattern.

The overall performance rank is 93 out of 103 candles. A rank of 1 is the best performance, so this falls well short. Drilling down through the data we find that the best average move is a drop of 6.72% ten days after the breakout in a bear market. I consider moves above 6% to be good, so this does well. The highest performance rank is 6th after a downward breakout in a bull market. Again, that is measured after 10 days and is a comparison against the other 102 candle types.

Deliberation: Identification Guidelines

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Deliberation: Three Trading Tidbits

If you want a few bones from my Encyclopedia of candlestick charts book, here are three to chew on. The pages refer to the book where the tips appear.

1. Deliberation candles that appear within a third of the yearly low perform best -- page 195.
2. Select tall candles for the best performance -- page 196.
3. Deliberations within a third of the yearly high act as continuations most often -- page 198.

Deliberation: Example

The chart shows a deliberation candlestick pattern, circled in red, in an upward price trend. The first two candles have tall bodies but the third line has a small body. Each of the candles is supposed to open and close higher, but a higher close is tough to see on the third day. The last day should also open near the prior close.

This deliberation acts as a reversal of the upward price trend because price closes below the bottom of the candle pattern first, not the top, plus, it appears in an upward price trend.

Notice that the trend stops when it hits overhead resistance near the top of the candle pattern. I show that as a horizontal green line. That is the way it goes sometimes.

-- Thomas Bulkowski

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See Also

• The advance block candlestick has a similar appearance.
• 3 white soldiers are 3 advancing candles which appear after a downward price trend.
• If the price trend continues then look at 8 new price lines candle pattern.
• Tall candles show support and resistance.
• Two candlestick tips could improve profitability.
• Candles near the yearly low perform best.
• Chart pattern breakouts: Which candlesticks appear most often the day before breakouts?
• Shadows. Do tall candle shadows predict price turns? Yes and no.
• Tall candles at peaks and valleys. Tall candles appear at turning points.

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