CDLHIKKAKEMOD

Summary

A four-candle pattern: two successively narrower inside bars, then a breakout bar, with the second candle closing near one extreme of its range. Bullish or bearish reversal signal. Bullish (+) or bearish (-) reversal; per the code's note it is significant in a downtrend (bull) or uptrend (bear), context the code does not verify.

Notes

Does not verify the prior trend (downtrend for bullish, uptrend for bearish) that this reversal pattern 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 bullish hikkake bar, -100 bearish; +200 confirmed bullish, -200 confirmed bearish (confirmation adds another +/-100); 0 otherwise

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

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

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLHIKKAKEMOD.c`
Rust	`cdlhikkakemod.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLHIKKAKEMOD.java`

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

Aliases

Modified Hikkake, Modified Hikkake Pattern