CDLABANDONEDBABY

Summary

A three-candle reversal pattern: a long body, then a gapped-away doji, then a body of opposite color that gaps back the other way and closes deep into the first body. Bullish (bottom) or bearish (top) reversal signal. Nonzero hit signals a reversal: +100 abandoned baby bottom (bullish), -100 abandoned baby top (bearish).

Notes

Does not verify the prior trend the pattern classically assumes for significance.

Inputs

inOpen — Open price of each bar
inHigh — High price of each bar
inLow — Low price of each bar
inClose — Close price of each bar

Outputs

outInteger — +100 at a bullish abandoned baby bottom (3rd candle white), -100 at a bearish abandoned baby top (3rd candle black), 0 otherwise; sign = color of the 3rd candle

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Accepted values	Description
`optInPenetration`	real	0.3	≥ 0	Fraction of the 1st candle's real body the 3rd close must penetrate

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

Display Flags
☐ Overlap Input
✅ Independent Y-Axis i
✅ Candlestick i

Implementation

TA-Lib Definition: cdlabandonedbaby.c · cdlabandonedbaby.yaml

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLABANDONEDBABY.c`
Rust	`cdlabandonedbaby.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLABANDONEDBABY.java`

TA-Lib is also available for Python, R and more using a wrapper.

Aliases

Abandoned Baby