CDLENGULFING
Summary
A two-candle reversal pattern where the second candle's real body engulfs the first candle's opposite-colored real body. Bullish (white engulfs black) or bearish (black engulfs white) reversal signal. Bullish reversal at +100/+80, bearish at -100/-80; ideally after a downtrend (bullish) or uptrend (bearish), which the code does not verify.
Notes
- Does not verify the prior trend (down for bullish, up for bearish) the reversal classically assumes.
Inputs
inPriceOHLC— OHLC price bars (open, high, low, close)
Outputs
outInteger— +100/+80 (bullish, white engulfs black), -100/-80 (bearish, black engulfs white), 0 otherwise. Magnitude 100 when the second body strictly engulfs both ends; 80 when the bodies share an exact endpoint (open[i]==close[i-1] or close[i]==open[i-1])
Implementation
TA-Lib Definition: cdlengulfing.c · cdlengulfing.yaml
| Native | File |
|---|---|
| C | ta_CDLENGULFING.c |
| Rust | cdlengulfing.rs |
| Java | Core.java |
TA-Lib is also available for Python, R and more using a wrapper.
Aliases
Engulfing Pattern, Engulfing, Bullish/Bearish Engulfing