Kicking - bull/bear determined by the longer marubozu (CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH)

Summary

A two-candle pattern of two opposite-color marubozu (long body, very short shadows on both ends) separated by a gap. A strong directional/reversal signal whose bull/bear bias is set by the longer of the two marubozu.

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 or -100 on a hit, 0 otherwise. Sign = candlecolor of the candle with the larger realbody (i if realbody(i) > realbody(i-1), else i-1; tie goes to i-1): +100 if that marubozu is white, -100 if black

Output Values

Value	Meaning
-100	Bearish Kicking by Length: the longer of the two marubozu closed black
0	No pattern
100	Bullish Kicking by Length: the longer of the two marubozu closed white

Properties

Numerical Stability: Start-Independent


☐ Overlap Input
✅ Independent Y-Axis i
✅ Candlestick i
☐ Can Output NaN or ±Inf
☐ Identity at Period 1

Implementation

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

Native	File
C	`ta_CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH.c`
Rust	`cdlkickingbylength.rs`
Java	`Core_CDLKICKINGBYLENGTH.java`

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

Aliases

Kicking by Length, Kicking - bull/bear decided by the longer marubozu