CDLKICKING

Summary

Two-candle pattern of two opposite-color marubozu (long bodies with very short shadows) separated by a price gap. A reversal signal whose direction is set by the second candle's color. Hit signals a reversal in the direction of the second candle: +100 bullish, -100 bearish.

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 second candle is white (bullish), -100 when it is black (bearish), 0 otherwise

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent

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

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLKICKING.c`
Rust	`cdlkicking.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLKICKING.java`

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

Aliases

Kicking