CDLEVENINGDOJISTAR

Summary

A three-candle bearish reversal pattern: a long white candle, a doji that gaps up (the star), then a black candle closing well down into the first candle's body. A stricter Evening Star whose middle candle must be a doji. Hit (-100) signals a bearish top reversal.

Notes

Does not verify the preceding uptrend the bearish reversal classically assumes.

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 when the pattern is detected, 0 otherwise. Always bearish; never emits +100

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Accepted values	Description
`optInPenetration`	real	0.3	≥ 0	Fraction of the 1st real body the 3rd candle's close must penetrate; larger demands a deeper close into the first body

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

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

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLEVENINGDOJISTAR.c`
Rust	`cdleveningdojistar.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLEVENINGDOJISTAR.java`

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

Aliases

Evening Doji Star