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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

  • inPriceOHLC — Open, High, Low, Close price series

Outputs

  • outInteger — +100 when the second candle is white (bullish), -100 when it is black (bearish), 0 otherwise

Implementation

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

Native File
C ta_CDLKICKING.c
Rust cdlkicking.rs
Java Core.java

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

Aliases

Kicking

See Also

CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH · CDLMARUBOZU · CDLGAPSIDESIDEWHITE