As of 10/03/2024
Indus: 42,012 -184.93 -0.4%
Trans: 15,745 -226.81 -1.4%
Utils: 1,058 -6.74 -0.6%
Nasdaq: 17,918 -6.64 0.0%
S&P 500: 5,700 -9.60 -0.2%
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YTD
+11.5%
-1.0%
+20.0%
+19.4%
+19.5%
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43,500 or 41,600 by 10/15/2024
16,800 or 15,700 by 10/15/2024
1,125 or 1,025 by 10/15/2024
19,000 or 17,600 by 10/15/2024
5,900 or 5,600 by 10/15/2024
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As of 10/03/2024
Indus: 42,012 -184.93 -0.4%
Trans: 15,745 -226.81 -1.4%
Utils: 1,058 -6.74 -0.6%
Nasdaq: 17,918 -6.64 0.0%
S&P 500: 5,700 -9.60 -0.2%
|
YTD
+11.5%
-1.0%
+20.0%
+19.4%
+19.5%
| |
43,500 or 41,600 by 10/15/2024
16,800 or 15,700 by 10/15/2024
1,125 or 1,025 by 10/15/2024
19,000 or 17,600 by 10/15/2024
5,900 or 5,600 by 10/15/2024
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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.
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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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.
Characteristic | Discussion |
Number of candle lines | Three. |
Price trend leading to the pattern | Upward |
Configuration | Look for three white candlesticks in an upward price trend. The first two are tall bodied candles but the third has a small body that opens near the second day's close. Each candle opens and closes higher than the previous one. |
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.
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.
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